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01. Scoping of Market Situation in Sylhet

Client

Save the Children Bangladesh

Location

Sylhet

Duration

August, 2014

Status

Completed

Background

Save the Children in Bangladesh (SCiBD) has mobilized a catalytic coalition to design and implement the unique and ambitious programme named "Suchona" that will accelerate a reduction in the incidence of stunting among children under two years of age in two districts of Sylhet division in Bangladesh. The programme will capitalize upon the expertise and experience of the coalition to catalyze effort by government and other Bangladeshi stakeholder (such as the private sector, civil society and diaspora) to identify and scale up sustainable, context specific programmes that can break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition, by applying a life cycle approach that intensifies during the critical 1000 days from conception. Recognizing the nutritional needs of women even before pregnancy, and the connection between adolescents' nutrition, early marriage, early pregnancy and child under nutrition, the programme will give specific emphasis to the empowerment of adolescents and young unmarried women.

Specific objective are:

•	Identify a short list of viable and market led IGAs and/or employment opportunities particularly for women and adolescent girls from poor and moderate households with some or no land and very limited assets living in Sylhet and Maulvibazar districts of Sylhet division.
•	Identify a short list of potential value chains (both on farm and off farm) to promote and engage program beneficiaries with those value chains.
•	To explore the opportunities for private sector engagement to provide training/ capacity building to program beneficiaries linked to the identified IGAs/employment opportunities or value chain.

Tasks

The study analyzedThe study analyzed following issues of the project:

•	Scoping of business development and financial services (including financial literacy training) providers in the target areas
•	A situational market analysis of each of the programme sites
•	Analysis of constraints and opportunities for engagement of women and adolescent girls in economic development activities
•	Shortlisting of potential market opportunities/value chains for further exploration based on the following criteria:

—	Potential for increasing incomes of poor and landless households
—	Potential for increasing incomes of moderate poor households with some land and assets
—	Potential to benefit women
—	Potential to benefit adolescent girls
—	Environmental impact
—	Level of vulnerability to weather/climate related shocks
—	Potential to reach/integrate large numbers of poor households
—	likely impact on time for child care and feeding and ultimately on child nutrition

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