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A checklist to guide sensitivity analyses and replications of impact evaluations Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Sridevi K. Prasad, Fiona Kastel, Suvarna Pande, Chenxiao Zhang, Douglas M. Glandon
The transparency, reproducibility, and ethics movement has helped promote efforts to improve the rigour and validity of social science research. However, replication research, where the original da...
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A sky view evaluation of the impact of mini-grid projects on progress towards SDG7 Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Jean-Claude Berthelemy, Mathilde Maurel
This paper proposes an evaluation study of the impact of mini-grid electrification projects on SDG7 (ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all). Questioning the e...
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Grow the pie, or have it? Using machine learning to impact heterogeneity in the Ultra-poor graduation model Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Reajul Alam Chowdhury, Federico Ceballos-Sierra, Munshi Sulaiman
The ‘Ultra-poor Graduation’ model, though highly effective in poverty alleviation, costs substantially more than alternative poverty alleviation approaches. One possible way of improving the cost-e...
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Impact of cash transfer on food accessibility and calorie-intake in Pakistan Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-08-06 Shagufta Shabbar
ABSTRACT This paper evaluates the impact of unconditional cash transfers (UCT) on the indicators of food accessibility in the urban and rural areas of Pakistan. Previous empirical evidences show poor food security in the country; however, there is lack of literature on this investigation in the context of UCT specifically the highest coverage providing social assistance programme that is the Benazir
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Self-selection versus population-based sampling for evaluation of an agronomy training program in Uganda Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-07-16 Vivian Hoffmann, Miki Khanh Doan, Tomoko Harigaya
ABSTRACT One of the challenges in evaluating the impact of agronomy training programs, particularly on downstream impacts such as yield, is identifying a sample of farmers who are likely to participate in the training. We assess farmers’ participation in a farm business training activity before the agronomy training intervention as a sample identification mechanism. The screening activity was designed
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The effects of booster classes in protracted crisis settings: Evidence from Kenyan refugee camps Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Andrew Brudevold-Newman, Thomas de Hoop, Chinmaya Holla, Darius Isaboke, Timothy Kinoti, Hannah Ring, Victoria Rothbard
ABSTRACT Students in protracted crisis settings often face a range of challenges which combine to yield low education outcomes. This paper presents the results from a randomised controlled trial of weekend and holiday booster classes for 7th and 8th grade girls in Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, that aimed to improve girls’ education outcomes and increase transition rates from primary to secondary school
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Editor’s note Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Emmanuel Jimenez
Published in Journal of Development Effectiveness (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Adolescent girls’ agency and their labour force participation: experimental evidence from rural Bangladesh Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Sajeda Amin, Momoe Makino
ABSTRACT In many South Asian countries, recent improvement in girls’ education has not been reflected in increased labour force participation. We hypothesise girls’ agency as a necessary condition to enhance their labour force participation. Data from an experimental setting is utilised to examine whether addressing gender-awareness skills is effective in encouraging girls’ paid-work participation
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Technical efficiency and technology gap in Kenya’s tea industry: accounting for farm heterogeneity Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Vincent Ngeno
ABSTRACT The study used a cross-county survey from Kenya to investigate smallholder tea farmers’ performance using a stochastic metafrontier framework. According to the results, farmers in all four regions are falling short of their potential with the mean technical efficiency ranging from 0.69, 0.77, 0.61, and 0.74, respectively, for the Nandi, Mau, Kisii, and Kericho regions. Comparing its performance
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The trade-off between economic development and pandemic control: strategy identification and effect analysis Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Hui Ye, Yunshu Tang, Zhixiang Zhou, Huaqing Wu
ABSTRACT The pandemic has substantially impacted global development. Countries worldwide have weighed economic development and pandemic control and gradually formed two entirely different governance strategies: the elimination strategy with the goal of zero new cases and the suppression strategy with the goal of ‘smoothing the pandemic curve’. Amid the popularity of vaccinations and mutation of the
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How accurate are retrospective survey data? Evidence from rural Ethiopia Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-04-09 Rob Fuller, Simone Lombardini, Cecilia Poggi
Development actors are always seeking reliable and cost-effective methods to assess the impact of their programmes. In particular, there are frequently calls to evaluate programmes for which no pre...
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Towards improved and more transparent ethics in randomised controlled trials in development social science Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 David K. Evans
ABSTRACT Randomised controlled trials in development economics, political science, and other social science fields have been on the rise in recent decades. Recent awards and particular trials in development economics have re-ignited active discussions of the ethics of these trials. This article surveys common ethical concerns with such trials and proposes a series of practical suggestions to help researchers
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Edutainment and the prevention of under-age marriages: The evaluation of a television series designed to promote positive role models in Bangladesh Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Muhammed Nazmul Islam, Atonu Rabbani, Animesh Talukder, Rubaiya Riya Siddiqua, Sanjana Nujhat, Mushfiqur Rahman, Antara Roy, Malabika Sarker
ABSTRACT Edutainment intervention is a popular and inexpensive behavioural change communication toolkit to raise positive social norms through broadcast media. We evaluated a 26-episode nationally broadcasted television series targeted to improve attitudes towards preventing child marriage in Bangladesh. We applied a randomised encouragement design to motivate our subjects to watch the series, addressing
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Reviewer Summary for Journal of Development Effectiveness Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-02-23
Published in Journal of Development Effectiveness (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Benefit-cost analysis of iron fortification of rice in India: modelling potential economic gains from improving haemoglobin and averting anaemia Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Lubina Fatimah Qureshy, Harold Alderman, Navneet Manchanda
ABSTRACT This paper presents an ex-ante Benefit-Cost analysis of proposed fortification of extruder rice with iron under the social safety net in India. The benefits of iron fortification are estimated in terms of economic gains from increases in current work productivity among adults and future productivity from improvements in learning among school-going children. The base case scenario indicates
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Community-based natural resource management: an effective tool to reduce poverty and inequality? Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Akhtaruzzaman Khan, Khan Jahirul Islam, A.B.M. Mahfuzul Haque
With exclusive property rights, community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) may provide economies of scale and scope in a joint production system. This paper examines the impact of CBNRM on...
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Evaluating spillovers and cost-effectiveness of complementary agricultural and social protection interventions: evidence from Lesotho Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Silvio Daidone, Justin Kagin, Noemi Pace, Ervin Prifti, J.Edward Taylor
ABSTRACT We present findings from a study of the local-economy impacts of Lesotho’s Child Grants Programme and of a multi-faceted rural development intervention. We designed a micro-data parameterised general equilibrium model and used it to simulate the direct and indirect impacts of the two interventions, considering income and production spillovers. The Child Grants Programme, alone and in combination
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Upping the game: adding costs to impacts an introduction to the special issue on costing in the field of development effectiveness Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Marie Gaarder, Johannes F. Linn
Published in Journal of Development Effectiveness (Vol. 15, No. 1, 2023)
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Infections averted by a comprehensive HIV prevention intervention and its cost-effectiveness: a prospective cohort study of persons who inject drugs in Delhi, India Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Lopamudra Ray Saraswati, Aparajita Dasgupta, Indrani Gupta, Julie Pulerwitz, Avina Sarna
ABSTRACT This paper presents the cost-effectiveness of a WHO-recommended harm-reduction programme implemented among a cohort of persons who inject drugs in Delhi, India. We estimate the number of infections averted using Bernoulli process model and calculate cost-effectiveness ratio as the total programme cost per infection averted. The intervention averted 996 HIV infections over 36 months, with a
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Cost and cost-efficiency of unconditional cash transfers in Tahoua, Niger Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Lani Trenouth, Victoria L. Sibson, Carlos S. Grijalva-Eternod, Kate Golden, Chloe Puett
ABSTRACT We compared the costs and cost-efficiency of two unconditional cash transfer (UCT) programs in southern Niger – a ‘standard’ four-month program implemented during the June-September lean season and a six-month ‘modified’ UCT implemented April-September – each providing the same total cash transfer. The standard UCT was more cost-efficient based on all metrics. However, costs to beneficiaries
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Supported cooperative groups and the economic performance of small farmers: evidence from Georgia Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-12-26 Samuel Ahado, Jiri Hejkrlik, Tomas Ratinger, Tamila Arnania Kepuladze
The reintroduction of cooperatives is part of the Georgian government’s new rural development policy, supported by several international donors’ interventions. This paper estimates the impact of sm...
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Does citizen engagement improve development outcomes? A realist-informed systematic review of participation and accountability mechanisms Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Ada Sonnenfeld, Jennifer Stevenson, Hugh Sharma Waddington
Effective, accountable and transparent institutions, that engage in inclusive and participatory governance, are crucial for the sustainability of global development investments. However, there is a...
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Employer attitudes towards hiring university-educated refugees: evidence from Rwanda Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Thomas de Hoop, Andrea Coombes, Chinmaya Holla
ABSTRACT This paper examines the labour market conditions of refugees in Rwanda using a process evaluation and a survey with 244 employers. The process evaluation covers a tertiary education program, which offers a path to bachelor’s degree from a US University using a blended approach to instruction. Students highlighted the importance of the internship and employment components of this programme
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Implementation of graduation programs for alleviating rural poverty: an impact analysis in Paraguay Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-12-11 Jorge H. Maldonado, John Gomez-Mahecha, Viviana León-Jurado, Laura Villa, Daniel A. Rodríguez
Rural poverty in Paraguay led to the implementation of the ‘Sembrando Oportunidades Familia por Familia’ program (SOF), an initiative based on the graduation approach and one of the few government...
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Improving access and quality of civic infrastructure and amenities: how effective are the different interventions? A synthesis of the findings from meta analysis studies Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-11-22 Ganesh Devkar, Venkata Santosh Kumar Delhi, Vinod Ramanarayanan, Suchismita Goswami, Thillai Rajan A
The rapid pace of urbanisation has resulted in challenges to the provision of civic infrastructure services. A number of systematic reviews have also been commissioned to understand the effectivene...
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Effectiveness of donor supported leadership development interventions intended to promote women’s leadership in health in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-10-31 Sethunya Matenge, I Nyoman Sutarsa, Emily Lancsar
Women remain underrepresented in health leadership. Promoting women’s leadership in development has resulted in the proliferation of donor-supported leadership development initiatives to address ba...
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Cost-effectiveness analysis and joint public production of outputs for development: a preliminary framework Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Arnab Acharya, Douglas Glandon, Jane Hammaker, Edoardo Masset
ABSTRACT The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals are highly interdependent. Lasting progress towards these goals requires collaboration among actors operating in diverse sectors and thematic domains. Yet, multi-sectoral collaboration is complicated by a variety of factors that tend to incentivise siloed action organised around individual interventions and budgets. This paper presents an analytical framework
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Do producer organisations promote environmental sustainability through organic soil investments? Evidence from Cameroon Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-10-13 Martin Paul Jr Tabe-Ojong
This study examines the relationship between cooperative membership and investments in organic soil amendments in Cameroon. We use switching regressions to reduce selection bias and estimate differ...
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Improving housing conditions: labelled loans in Kenya and Uganda Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-10-08 Amreen Choda, Annekathrin Schoofs, Noel Verrinder
We evaluate a non-governmental housing microfinance intervention that attempts to improve housing conditions for low-income populations by simultaneously offering them a labelled loan and non-finan...
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Does more schooling infrastructure affect literacy? Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-10-07 Chitra Jogani
This paper examines how the expansion in schooling infrastructure of girls as part of India’s Education for All program has increased female literacy and reduced gender gaps. To identify causal eff...
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Scaling education innovations in complex emergencies: a meta-evaluation of five process and three impact evaluations Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-09-30 Thomas de Hoop, Andrea Coombes, Hannah Ring, Kelsey Hunt, Victoria Rothbard, Chinmaya Holla
ABSTRACT The papers in this special issue describe evaluations of the scaling journey of five different education programmes operating in humanitarian crises. This introduction first presents the research context for these evaluations followed by a synthesis of the overarching barriers and facilitators to scaling across three domains: (1) context, (2) business model, and (3) advocacy and ownership
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Book review for Ethics for Evaluation: Beyond ‘Doing No Harm’ to ‘Tackling Bad’ and ‘Doing Good’ Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-08-17 Jennifer Sturdy
Published in Journal of Development Effectiveness (Vol. 15, No. 2, 2023)
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Impact evaluation and synthesis – how far are they being used in low- and middle-income countries? Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-07-29 Richard Manning, Ian Goldman, Gonzalo Hernández Licona
ABSTRACT We examine how Impact Evaluation (IE) and associated syntheses contribute to evidence generation in low- and middle-income (LMIC) countries. We interviewed over 50 individuals from relevant organisations and five LMIC countries and drew on data from reports and repositories. The number of development-oriented IEs has shown sustained growth, but tracking of use is too often weak. We conclude
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Impact of the Child-optimized Financial Education (COFE) curriculum among savings group participants in Uganda: A cluster randomised controlled trial Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Eunsoo Timothy Kim, Yunji Zhou, Levicatus Mugenyi, Margaret Lillie, John Kato Bbosa, Collins Agaba, Andrew Mijumbi Ojok, John Hembling, Godfrey Kalemera Ruhangawebare, Carrie Miller, Thomas K. Shaw, Benjamin S. Allen, Joseph R. Egger, John A. Gallis, Joy Noel Baumgartner
ABSTRACT This article reports on a post-test only cluster randomized controlled trial that assessed the impact of exposure to the Child-Optimized Financial Education (COFE) curriculum, delivered within Savings and Lending Communities (SILC) in Uganda, on caregivers’ spending on school and healthcare expenses for children, and caregivers’ financial self-efficacy. Participation in SILCs with COFE was
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The effect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act on the size of outstanding debts in rural India Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-07-21 Sharvari Patwardhan, Luca Tasciotti
MGNREGA was introduced in India in 2005 with the aim to improve the livelihood of rural Indian households. In 2012-13, around 156 million rural Indian households had an outstanding personal debt; ...
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Experimental evidence from a fodder shrub promotional effort among dairy farmers in Uganda Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Karl Hughes, Judith Beatrice Auma Oduol, Hilda Kegode, Joan Kimaiyo, Kai Mausch
Previous research has demonstrated the potential of fodder tree technology (FTT) in bolstering milk yields and quality among small-scale dairy producers. Yet, FTT adoption at recommended levels is ...
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Table banking plus certified organic agriculture: an integrated microfinance approach to sustainable livelihoods Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Vincent Canwat, Stephen Onakuse
ABSTRACT The understanding of integrated microfinance effects has been limited by variability in the sector and microfinance studied. While sectors ranged from health to agriculture and microfinance varied from special-licensed banks to non-governmental organizations; table banking plus organic agriculture received no research attention. This study analyzed the effects of table banking plus certified
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Thailand’s vocational training and upward mobility: impact heterogeneities and policy implications Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Patima Chongcharoentanawat, Franziska Gassmann, Pierre Mohnen
ABSTRACT Using quasi-experimental treatment effect methods with unique longitudinal survey data, the paper assesses the impact of vocational training on economic mobility in the short, medium and long term in Thailand. We find that vocational training does not affect upward mobility in terms of income, expenditure and employment. The analysis of the heterogeneity of effects suggests that women, rural
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Providing academic opportunities to vulnerable adolescents: a randomised evaluation of privately managed tuition-free middle schools in Uruguay Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-05-20 Ana Balsa, Alejandro Cid, Ana Laura Zardo
ABSTRACT We conducted a randomised evaluation of three privately managed middle schools in Uruguay aimed at providing education opportunities to adolescents from low income socioeconomic status. At 3-year follow-up, treatment students fare better in terms of academic promotion and school retention. Students in treatment schools present also better mental health, as represented by lower rates of internalising
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Building community engagement and teacher support in education: qualitative findings from process evaluations in two exceptional settings Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-04-27 Andrea Coombes, Oriana Ponta
ABSTRACT This paper presents findings from a qualitative evaluation of Caritas’ Essence of Learning programme, which provides educational and psychosocial support to children in exceptional living situations. We analyse approaches to community and teacher engagement for: (1) a pilot programme in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh and (2) an established, government-partnered programme serving Roma
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A social network analysis to determine success factors of food security innovations in Tanzania Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-04-14 Ernestine Mefor, Barbara Schröter, Frieder Graef, Estephania Delgadillo
ABSTRACT To improve resistance to upcoming vulnerabilities to climate change and cope with rising food demand smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa need to upgrade their local food systems. Upgrading strategies (UPS) within existing food value chains have the potential to secure food at the local to regional level. In this paper, we determined the roles of actors and their interlinkages and motivations
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Do conditional cash transfers improve antenatal care outcomes in Senegal? Combining non-experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Frieda Vandeninden, Fabienne Fecher
ABSTRACT This paper evaluates the effects of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) on antenatal consultations in Senegal. We conduct a non-experimental and a quasi-experimental evaluations, in which the control group is constructed using a propensity score matching method. While the non-experimental approach alone does not allow to conclude on the impact of the CCT, the quasi-experimental approach reveals
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Measuring non-monetary poverty in the coffee heartlands of Laos and Rwanda: comparing MPI and EDI frameworks Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-03-09 Patrick Illien, Eliud Birachi, Maliphone Douangphachanh, Saithong Phommavong, Christoph Bader, Sabin Bieri
ABSTRACT Poverty reduction is a key objective of development interventions. Evaluating the effectiveness of policies and programmes thus requires practical, reliable and context-relevant measures of poverty. This article is the first to compare the new Extreme Deprivation Index (EDI) framework with the increasingly used global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) framework. Locally adapted versions
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Long-term and spillover effects of rice production training in Uganda Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-03-08 Yoko Kijima
ABSTRACT Using panel data from 2009, 2011, and 2015, this study estimates the impact of rice production training conducted in Uganda on the adoption of improved cultivation practices and productivities of not only training participants but also non-participants. Spillover effects to non-participants in training villages are indicated by increased total rice production by 0.4 tons and expanded cultivation
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The economic and social impact of private investments: results of a programme to generate useful results while building research capacity Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Pierre Jacquet, Emmanuel Jimenez, Debora Revoltella
ABSTRACT This introduction summarily describes an innovative programme jointly organised by the European Investment Bank and the Global Development Network that competitively recruited and trained young researchers from Africa and the Caribbean to research on the economic and social impact of private sector investments funded by the European Investment as part of their Impact Investing Envelope. The
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Harnessing cost data to improve early grade reading: cost evidence from a large-scale literacy initiative in Pakistan Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-03-07 Erin Byrne, Caitlin Tulloch, Naeem Sohail, Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns
ABSTRACT Understanding the resources needed to deliver literacy programmes at scale is critical for improving global education. We estimate the cost of early grade literacy interventions delivered at scale in government schools in Pakistan, including several teacher professional development interventions and a suite of reading materials including tablets, workbooks, readers, and libraries. The entire
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‘Craft for social good’: do on the job training of artisans’ impact on their vulnerability to poverty? Evidence from Kibera Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-02-28 Soazic Elise Wang Sonne, Timothy Kinoti
ABSTRACT In this paper, We study how an on the job training program targeting low-income jewellery artisans (SOKO) impact on their vulnerability to poverty in Kenya. We use propensity score matching to assess SOKO’s impact on the poverty likelihood of artisans. We find that SOKO artisans have a lower vulnerability to poverty as compared to artisans with similar socio-demographic characteristics but
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The impact of Sri lanka’s school-based management programme on teachers’ pedagogical practices and student learning: evidence from a randomised controlled trial Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Harsha Aturupane, Paul Glewwe, Tomoko Utsumi, Suzanne Wisniewski, Mari Shojo
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effectiveness of a school-based management policy in Sri Lanka, the Programme for School Improvement (PSI). The PSI established new management structures and provided training and support services to: (a) devolve decisions for a range of activities to the school level; (b) increase participation of parents and the local community; and (c) focus schools’ efforts
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The State of Cost-Effectiveness Guidance: Ten Best Resources for CEA in Impact Evaluations Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Douglas Glandon, Sam Fishman, Caitlin Tulloch, Radhika Bhula, Grace Morgan, Shahana Hirji, Liz Brown
ABSTRACT Despite policymaker demand, cost evidence is infrequently included in impact evaluations (IEs) in LMICs. This article provides a curated list of resources for researchers and practitioners who would like to incorporate cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) into an IE. We identified 1402 resources through systematic searching of peer-reviewed and grey literature, crowd-sourcing and depersonalised
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Savings and self-control: the effect of labelling Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-02-09 Luz Magdalena Salas
ABSTRACT I designed and implemented a Randomized Controlled Trial to study the effects of publicly and privately labelling village savings and loan associations’ savings accounts on savings behaviour for low-income individuals in Colombia. I find that publicly labelling savings accounts increased savings by 18 and 25 percent inside and outside the commitment product, respectively, relative to the control
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Facilitating real-time cost collection and evaluating cost-effectiveness in a multi-armed study with government partners in Ghana Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-01-25 Shahana Hirji, Bethany Park, Edward Tsinigo, Sabrin Beg, Anne Fitzpatrick, Adrienne Lucas
ABSTRACT Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) provides partners with information for allocating limited budget resources. Challenges in conducting CEAs include collecting data across multiple sources, introducing cost ssumptions, and delivering the results to partners. This paper introduces strategies to address these challenges using the example of the Strengthening Accountability to Reach All Students
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Unconditional cash transfers and women’s labor supply in Pakistan Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Hadia Majid, Syeda Warda Riaz
ABSTRACT This article uses propensity score matching techniques to estimate unconditional cash transfer effects on women’s labour outcomes in Pakistan. Using two rounds of nationally representative data, we find positive effects for women in recipient households . However, we observe a dip in overall women’s employment from the first to the second round. This is likely driven by a downturn in the agriculture
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Improvements in schooling attainment through conditional cash transfers in Mexico Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2022-01-11 Araceli Ortega–Díaz, Miguel Székely, Ivonne Acevedo
ABSTRACT There is evidence that the conditional cash transfer programmeme PROGRESA/ /OPORTUNIDADES/PROSPERA, implemented in Mexico increased school enrolment, nutrition, and health outcomes among its participants, but little is known about its effects on school performance. This paper assesses this less commonly explored aspect through an innovative data base that engages the results from the national
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The impact of grants in combination with school-based management trainings on primary education: a cluster-randomized trial in Northern Nigeria Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2021-12-26 Sophie Ochmann, Kehinde Elijah Owolabi, Folake Olatunji-David, Niyi Okunlola, Sebastian Vollmer
ABSTRACT Grant disbursals and school-based management interventions have received growing attention from policy-makers despite their mixed success at improving educational outcomes. This paper reports results from a large-scale, cluster randomised controlled trial in Sokoto state, Nigeria. School-based management committees received a training and a grant to improve access to and quality of primary
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Do larger school grants improve educational attainment? Evidence from urban Mexico Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 M. Caridad Araujo, M. Adelaida Martinez, Sebastian Martinez, Michelle Perez, Mario Sanchez
ABSTRACT We study the effects of larger cash grants on the educational attainment of low-income middle and high school students in Mexico. Starting in 2009, school grants from the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer programme increased by 27 percent for females and 30 percent for males in 263 of 551 urban localities. Using a difference-in-difference analysis of longitudinal programme registries
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Integrating research into policy sphere: evidence from Tanzania Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2021-09-09 Goodluck Charles
ABSTRACT This article explores lessons on integrating research evidence into policy through public-private dialogue for the purpose of enhancing evidence-based policy making. Based on a qualitative analysis of the engagement of researchers and policy actors in Tanzania, it is evident that collaborative arrangements of researchers, the private sector, media and policy makers promote the use of research
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The impacts of rainfall shocks on birth weight in Vietnam Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2021-10-03 Kien Le, My Nguyen
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the less discernible cost of rainfall shocks to birth weight outcomes in the context of Vietnam. Exploiting the variation across districts and conception months-years, we show that in-utero exposure to excessive and deficient rainfall shocks in the second trimester reduces child’s weight at birth by 3.5% (97 grams) and 3.1% (87 grams), respectively. Besides, infants
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Effects of an e-reader intervention on literacy, numeracy and non-verbal reasoning among adolescent girls in Zambia: evidence from a randomised controlled trial Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2021-09-01 Barbara S. Mensch, Nicole Haberland, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Jean Digitale, Natalie Jackson-Hachonda, Nachela Chelwa, Pamela Nyirenda, Erica Chuang, Lisa Polen, Stephanie R. Psaki, Nkomba Kayeyi, Michael T. Mbizvo
ABSTRACT This paper presents results from a three-arm randomized controlled trial in Zambia with a sample of nearly 1200 adolescent girls enrolled in Grade 7. Selected primary schools (N=36) were randomly assigned within each of three districts to one of three arms: 1) e-readers, which girls could take home, provided within a safe space group platform plus community engagement activities; 2) safe space
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The impact of an integrated value chain intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso: evidence from a randomized controlled trial Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2021-09-05 Jessica Leight, Josué Awonon, Abdoulaye Pedehombga, Rasmané Ganaba, Elena Martinez, Jessica Heckert, Aulo Gelli
ABSTRACT This article reports on a cluster-randomised controlled trial conducted in rural Burkina Faso evaluating a multifaceted intervention, SELEVER, that seeks to increase poultry production by delivering training and strengthening of village-level institutions providing veterinary and credit services. Households exposed to the intervention significantly increase their use of poultry inputs (veterinary
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Fostering social mobility. The case of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano in Ecuador Journal of Development Effectiveness (IF 1.067) Pub Date : 2021-08-29 Andrés Mideros, Franziska Gassmann
ABSTRACT Social protection programmes are now expanded due to their efficacy in reducing poverty and vulnerability. However, the literature is scarce regarding long-term effects. Using administrative panel data, this study analyses social mobility in Ecuador and evaluates the effect of the social transfer programme Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH). Results show that social policies should focus on household