Since the early 2000s, the VillageFXB Poverty Reduction Model has been regularly evaluated. A real impact on the economic, health and social status of children and adults has been demonstrated:
- In 2025, an external evaluation was carried out by Yever consulting on the implementation of the VillageFXB model in Mon and Kayin states, Myanmar, in 2017. It reveals that the VillageFXB model has been well implemented, with significant positive impacts in several areas. Its relevance is high, particularly in Mon State, because of the precariousness of its population. The beneficiaries were considered to be well selected. The effectiveness of the project is highly effective in nutrition, access to care, hygiene (WASH) and education. Families have improved their nutrition, health and living conditions, while education has benefited from strong youth participation. Some economic activities and savings activities were evaluated more moderately effective, due in particular to successive waves of Covid-19, political instability and inflation. Operational effectiveness is also high: despite political and health challenges, FXB has managed its resources well and its monitoring and evaluation is of high quality.
- In 2024, an external evaluation by a Burundian independent was carried out 21 months after the closure of the VillageFXB project. Despite the difficult context of inflation and floods, the vast majority of the gains have been retained, as shown by the figures: 92% of households maintain income-generating activities and continue to save within the NITs, 97% have maintained their vegetable gardens, and 79% remain affiliated with a health mutual. If certain indicators — such as number of daily meals or income — have been affected by economic and climate shocks, access to care, immunization of children and vocational training show lasting progress.
- A partnership with City of ParisSince 2006, FXB has been able to drive more than 900 families (nearly 5,500 people) to economic and social autonomy in Kigali, Rwanda. An external evaluation, conducted by the Group - Mutualized Consultants Experts of the Solidarity Sector in 2019, revealed, among other things, that among these families – some of whom have graduated from the program for 10 years already – 81% have maintained the cultivation of a vegetable garden, primarily intended for self-consumption, beyond the duration of the project. All the houses visited have shown a special effort to ensure adequate hygiene and environmental protection practices. 81% of parents reported significant satisfaction with support for children's education. The former participants expressed a very high level of satisfaction with the support received for their economic development.
- In 2018, an independent consultant from Burundi conducted a retrospective evaluation of 8 VillageFXB programmes conducted in Burundi between 2006 and 2017. The 800 beneficiary households were divided into three analysis groups, depending on the time between the evaluation period and the end of household participation in the programmes. This assessment, carried out between 1 and 12 years after the end of the programmes, shows that 74% of households find food easily on a regular basis, 83% of households have access to improved sanitation, between 44 and 56% of households save regularly, and average monthly incomes are above the regional average.
- In 2016, a VillageFXB program in Villupuram, India was evaluated by an independent researcher one year after the end of its implementation. The objective was to measure the sustainability of impacts. Thus, all women beneficiaries were still involved in collective Income Generation Activities (AGRs), with different levels of profit. The most profitable AGR is the hemp rope manufacturing unit. In terms of sanitation, the most significant change concerns access to improved latrines. Beneficiaries also confirmed a better understanding of diseases and prevention tools. Finally, FXB has raised students' desire to learn and has encouraged the motivation of disadvantaged rural families to support their children's higher education.
- 2015, based on baseline data, semi-annual and annual evaluations, as well as the final results of the poverty reduction model evaluation methodology VillageFXB, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard researchers reviewed the evolution of the status of beneficiary families before and after their participation in the programmes. This analysis was conducted by comparing them with a sample of families from the National Demographic Health Surveys. The study is based on data from 20 programmes implemented between 2009 and 2012 in Rwanda and Uganda, representing over 1,500 households.The results show that the VillageFXB programmes have led to significant improvements in economic security, health and nutrition, access to water, sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial well-being, and school participation of children.
- En 2014, une évaluation externe d’un programme VillageFXB en Ouganda, réalisée par l’Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, a révélé que les anciens bénéficiaires étaient significativement moins touchés par la pauvreté multidimensionnelle que leurs pairs, et ce, même trois ans après la fin du programme. Les améliorations les plus marquées concernaient le logement et la propriété foncière, l’épargne, l’accès à la vaccination des enfants, la diversité alimentaire et l’accès à des sources d’eau améliorées.
- Entre janvier 2012 et janvier 2014, trois évaluations externes successives, menées par un évaluateur indépendant burundais, ont été réalisées pour mesurer la pérennité des résultats du programme VillageFXB de Nyakabiga, au Burundi, un an, deux ans et trois ans après sa conclusion. Les résultats de ces évaluations montrent que 98,2 % des enfants sont toujours scolarisés, 93,7 % des ménages consomment au moins deux repas par jour, 88,9 % des enfants de moins de cinq ans présentent un périmètre brachial normal, et les familles parviennent à épargner en moyenne 207 000 francs burundais par an (environ 132 USD). Par ailleurs, l’accès aux soins de santé reste durablement assuré, et tous les accouchements ont été assistés par du personnel médical.
- En 2009, une évaluation externe du programme VillageFXB à Buriram, dans le nord-est de la Thaïlande, menée par l’Université de Thaksin, a révélé que 100% des jeunes participants ont terminé l’école primaire et sont passés à l’enseignement secondaire, alors que la moyenne nationale pour l’achèvement de l’école primaire était de 40%. De plus, l’évaluation a constaté une augmentation de 60 à 62 pour cent du revenu moyen gagné par les familles participantes, plus de 80 pour cent des familles continuant de poursuivre leurs activités génératrices de revenus. L’évaluation a conclu que le programme VillageFXB avait été mis en œuvre efficacement et « avait considérablement amélioré les conditions de vie d’un grand nombre d’orphelins et d’enfants vulnérables ».
- En 2008, une évaluation à mi-parcours du programme pilote de réduction de la pauvreté VillageFXB mené à Bu Tuo, en Chine, menée par l’UNICEF et le Bei Jing Institute of Information and Control, a mis en évidence des résultats significatifs. L’analyse a révélé une augmentation substantielle des revenus et des actifs des ménages, une réduction de 25 % de leur endettement, ainsi que des améliorations notables en matière de santé, d’éducation et de bien-être émotionnel des enfants. Parmi les enfants ayant perdu leurs deux parents, l’état émotionnel et psychosocial s’est amélioré de façon spectaculaire, étant multiplié par six depuis leur participation au programme.
- In 2007, an external evaluation of a VillageFXB programme in Rwanda, conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa), revealed that four years after the end of the programme, 86 % des bénéficiaires vivent toujours au-dessus du seuil de pauvreté et 97 % continuent d’exploiter leur activité génératrice de revenus initiale. In addition, their children attend school more regularly, continue their education longer and achieve better results than their peers.