Mid-term performance evaluation of the USAID/West Africa Gambia-Senegal sustainable fisheries program : final report

This is a report on the mid-term evaluation of the Gambia-Senegal Sustainable Fisheries Program funded by USAID/West Africa. The project was implemented in The Gambia and Senegal by the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center and the World Wildlife Fund. Per the requirements of USAID, this evaluation report covers The Gambia, where the majority of the on-the-ground activities occur, but not Senegal.

Impact Evaluation of the Farmer Training and Development Activity in Honduras

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.

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• Measuring Results of the Honduras Farmer Training and Development Activity - Executive Summary

Evaluation of Water-to-Market Training in Armenia

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.

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• Measuring Results of the Armenia Farmer Training Investments - Summary

Measuring Results of the El Salvador Production and Business Services Investments

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.

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• Measuring Results of the El Salvador Production and Business Services Investments - Executive Summary

The Impact of Rural Business Services on the Economic Well-being of Small Farmers in Nicaragua

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.

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• Measuring Results of the Nicaragua Rural Business Development Services - Summary

An Evaluation of the MIDA FBO Training

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.

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• Measuring Results of the Ghana Commercial Training Activity - Executive Summary

Evaluation of the Paris Declaration - Phase 2 Donor HQ Study - US Aid

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.

Continuous Improvement in the Central American Workplace (CIMCAW)

This report represents the final project performance report for the Continuous Improvement in the Central American Workplace (CIMCAW) project.

Vietnam Central Highlands Needs Assessment - Final Report

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.

Sierra Leone - Demographic and Health Survey 2008

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.