CARE
TANGO International helped CARE’s Livelihood Monitoring Project in conducting two comprehensive studies on indebtedness of vulnerable households living in Northwest and Southeastern part of Bangladesh. The quantitative and qualitative studies are based on feedback gained from focus group discussions and household interviews. Both of the studies build on earlier findings of CARE/Bangladesh’s Livelihoods Monitoring Project baseline studies. These baselines were designed to assess livelihood profiles of the households and identify the critical indicators that would allow the systematic and quantitative monitoring of livelihood impacts in the country. In an effort to add quantitative and qualitative depth to these findings and inform future interventions, these two follow-up studies systematically documents the dynamics of indebtedness and its potential relationship to migration within selected communities and households in both of the Northwest and Southeast regions of the country. The reports focus on the number of key issues to developing a comprehensive perspective on debt within Bangladesh and the various impacts it has on the livelihood security of poor households in the Northwest and Southeast regions of the country.
Basic Needs Wage Study
Compania Bananera Atlantica (COBAL) / Chiquita Brands International
This study was the second of three by TANGO International for Chiquita Brands International. As part of its corporate responsibility strategy, Chiquita adopted Social Accountability International’s SA 8000 standards and intends to work toward full SA 8000 compliance and certification in its banana divisions. The purpose of this study is to help Chiquita determine whether its compensation package for its lowest paid category of employees working on its banana farms in Costa Rica is adequate to allow the workers to meet their basic needs, which is one of the requirements of SA 8000 certification.
Social Accounting 8000 Basic Needs Study
Chiquita Brands International
Chiquita Brands International publicly adopted the Core Values and a Code of Conduct of the internationally supported Social Accounting 8000 (SA8000). The project was to develop practical methods to establish a basic needs wage for the communities in which the company operates. A Household Livelihood Security Framework is used to assess household basic needs and appropriate methodologies to obtain the needed information to provide a recognizable wage standard.
Strengthening the National Food for Education Program in Egypt
Egypt Jun 2006 - Dec 2006 TANGO led a review of food distribution and the national school feeding program for WFP and the Government of Egypt focusing on the impact on educational attainment, academic performance, and nutritional status, amongst other variables. The review identified more optimal uses of available resources and alternative approaches to the current programming. TANGO also conducted a national level workshop to engage stakeholders in a dialogue to identify the role of food for education programs in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Following this, strategies were outlined to strengthen institutional capacity to plan, implement, and monitor food for education activities.
Basic Needs Wage Study
Panama Aug 2002 - Aug 2002 Chiquita Farms
TANGO International conducted a basic needs wage study for Chiquita Brands International in Bocas and Armuelles, Panama. As part of its corporate responsibility strategy, Chiquita adopted Social Accountability International’s SA 8000 standards and intends to work toward full SA 8000 compliance and certification. To address this problem, Chiquita contracted TANGO International, which used its well-known and respected livelihood security framework to guide data collection and analysis that provided Chiquita with the information and recommendations necessary to formulate an appropriate basic needs wage policy.