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Scaling Up and Evaluation

Author: Esther Duflo Contributors: Administrator 2016

This paper discusses the role that impact evaluations should play in scaling up. Credible impact evaluations are needed to ensure that the most effective programs are scaled up at the national or international levels. Scaling up is possible only if a case can be made that programs that have been …
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NONEXPERIMENTAL VERSUS EXPERIMENTAL ESTIMATES OF EARNINGS IMPACTS

Author: Steven Glazerman, Dan Levy et al. Contributors: Administrator 2016

ABSTRACT: Nonexperimental or “quasi-experimental” evaluation methods, in which researchers use treatment and comparison groups without randomly assigning subjects to the groups, are often proposed as substitutes for randomized trials. Yet, nonexperimental (NX) methods rely on untestable assumptions. To assess these methods in the context of welfare, job training, and employment …
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How to Randomize

Contributors: Administrator 2016

This lecture covers the following topics:   Unit and method of randomization Why not simple lotteries?  Revisiting unit and method Variations on simple treatment-control
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Presentation 09: Mother Baby Trial Approach In Malawi

Author: David Matiya Contributors: Administrator 2016

In Malawi, over 50,000 tonnes of sweetpotato are produced annually and each district has a certain level of sweetpotato production. However, it is not clear how much OFSP is produced. Out of that produced, it is assumed that majority of it is Zondeni. To better estimate the yield, the mother-baby …
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Presentation 06: Capturing Dissemination / DVM Registration and Monitoring

Author: Luka Wanjohi Contributors: Administrator 2016

The first part of this presentation was how to capture dissemination of vines in different situations using ODK. In the second part of the presentation, participants were taken through the functions within ODK which would enable them to register key information about the vine multiplier.  The presentation, which included practical demonstrations, …
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Presentation 03: Status of Sweetpotato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Progress Towards the SPHI Goal

Contributors: Administrator 2016

Jan Low made a presentation about progress towards achieving the Sweetpotato for Profit and Health Initiative (SPHI), which is a multi-partner, multi-donor initiative that seeks to reduce child malnutrition and improve smallholder incomes in 10 million African families by 2020 through the effective production and expanded use of sweetpotato. This …
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