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19-September-2012
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The evaluation report clearly documents that the treatment and control groups of farmers had substantially different characteristics, making it impossible to use the control group as a valid counterfactual in the evaluation. The evaluation report makes a compelling case for the use of an alternative evaluation approach, because a counterfactual could not be established.
18-September-2012
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The MCC compact with Armenia was a five-year investment(2006-2011) of $177.6 million in two projects: irrigated agriculture and rural road rehabilitation. Although most output and outcome targets were met or exceeded, the evaluation did not detect impacts on adoption, productive income or household income.
11-September-2012
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In dairy, the evaluation estimates there were impacts on adoption and increases in farm income. In horticulture, the evaluation estimates impacts on adoption, but no impacts on farm income. In handicrafts, the evaluation estimates impacts on employment for program participants, but no impacts were detected on productive income.
14-August-2012
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The independent evaluation found varied results looking at farm income and household consumption. In addition, although the evaluation was not originally designed to test whether or not farm investments increased as a result of the training and increase in farm income, the evaluators did look at changes in investments in mobile and fixed capital in order to potentially explain why they were not finding changes in household consumption.
24-April-2012
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The evaluation found varied results for the three regions invested in under the Commercial Training Activity. The evaluation showed no impact on yields or crop incomes on average across the three regions. However, northern region farmers’ annual crop income increased significantly relative to the control group, over and above any impacts recorded in the other zones.
17-January-2011
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U.S. foreign assistance has lacked an overall conceptual and organizational architectureIt involves many federal agencies and is heavily influenced by the U.S. Congress and a variety of interest groups.
4-December-2008
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This report represents the final project performance report for the Continuous Improvement in the Central American Workplace (CIMCAW) project.
4-December-2008
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The ARD assessment team reviewed the situation of the Central Highland communities, focusing particularly on their access to health, social and education services and the potential for income-generating activities for the most vulnerable groups.
4-December-2008
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The objectives of the 2008 Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey (SLDHS) focus on the specific issues and trends that are particular to the Sierra Leonean situation, the survey was designed in conformity with international standards.
3-December-2008
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The purpose of this methodological report is to provide an overview of the quality of the maternal and child health data collected during DHS III and MEASURE DHS+.
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