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LAC Reads Evaluation
This five-year project will evaluate and cost U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) investments in early literacy and access to education in conflict settings in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Preference will be given to the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Peru. Read more. -
Improving Maternal and Child Health in Bihar
Mathematica, along with its partners, is evaluating the Ananya program, a family health initiative, in Bihar, India, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project aims to reduce maternal and child mortality and improve key nutrition and health outcomes. Read more. -
MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program
This program seeks to build a new cohort of leaders, prepared to support equitable socioeconomic growth, through expanded access to education, with a focus on Africa. The program offers scholarships and support services, and links youth to employment opportunities. As the learning partner to the foundation, we will help create and implement a measurement framework to assess program effects. Read more. -
School Dropout Prevention Pilot Program
Mathematica is evaluating a school dropout prevention program in four Asian countries—India, Tajikistan, Cambodia, and Timor Leste—using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design. We have also developed the survey instruments and overseen data collection, data entry, and analysis. Read more.
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New Project: Latin America/Caribbean (LAC) Reads
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Upcoming Seminar Series: "Worms at Work: Long-Run Impacts of Child Health Gains" Edward Miguel, Oxfam professor in Environmental and Resource Economics and faculty director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley, presented his work on the long-run impacts of deworming.
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We are rigorously evaluating and costing USAID investments in the LAC region related to early literacy and access to education in conflict settings. Most of the evaluations will be multiyear and some will be multicountry. Approximately half of the evaluations are expected to use an RCT design, whereas the remainder will likely be quasi-experimental evaluation designs. This project will work with local researchers to build capacity in conducting rigorous evaluations. We have begun designing the first evaluation under this project, an RCT evaluation of early-grade reading interventions targeting indigenous children in Peru and Guatemala. Recent Work
Armenia: "Evaluation of Water-to-Market Training in Armenia" (October 2012)
El Salvador: "Impact Evaluation Findings After One Year of the Productive and Business Services Activity of the Productive Development Project, El Salvador" (August 2012)
Burkina Faso: "The Effects of 'Girl-Friendly' Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso," Working Paper (May 2012)
Bihar, India: "Measurement, Learning, and Evaluation for the Ananya Program (Family Health Initiative in Bihar)" (October 2011)
Rwanda: "Evaluation of the Rwanda Threshold Program: Baseline Report" (October 2011)
Niger: "Impact Evaluation of Niger's IMAGINE Program" (September 2011)
Indonesia: "Improving Sanitation at Scale: Lessons from TSSM Implementation in East Java, Indonesia" (June 2011)
Tanzania: "Tanzania Energy Sector Impact Evaluation: Findings from the Zanzibar Baseline Study" (March 2011)
Newsroom
- Improving Living Conditions in Rural Armenia: Mathematica's work in Armenia was recently cited in the Millennium Challenge Corporation's issue brief, "First Impact Evaluations: Farmer Training Activities in Five Countries."
- School Dropout Prevention Pilot Program (SDPP): USAID announced the award of the SDPP and the official launch of program activites in schools in participating countries. Visit the USAID project website for more information.
Conferences
Seventh Annual Research Conference on Population, Reproductive Health, and Economic Development—January 23-26, 2013—Oslo, Norway
Ali Protik, Hewlett and Population Reference Bureau dissertation fellow, participated in this conference whose attendees included academic researchers and funders from around the globe interested in how population dynamics affect economic outcomes.Â
American Economic Association—January 4, 2013—San Diego, CAÂ
"Is Agricultural Training a Good Investment in Developing Countries? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Armenia"
Kenneth Fortson (presenter), Randall Blair, Anu Rangarajan, Joanne Lee Valentine Gilbert | PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
Third Meeting of the Colombian M&E Network—November 27-28, 2012—Bogota, Colombia
Larissa Campuzano presented "Impact Evaluations: Fundamentals and Two Examples." | PowerPoint presentation in Spanish (PDF)
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)—November 10-12, 2012—Baltimore, MD
"Is Agricultural Training a Good Investment in Developing Countries? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Armenia"
Kenneth Fortson, Anu Rangarajan, (presenter) Randall Blair, Joanne Lee Valentine Gilbert | PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
EGAP Conference— November 2-3, 2012—Stanford, CA
"Findings from the Evaluation of the Rwanda Threshold Program”
Jack Molyneaux and Anu Rangajaran
MCC Impact Evaluation Conference—November 1, 2012—Washington, DC
“Impact of the Production and Business Services Activity in El Salvador”
Randall Blair presented findings from Mathematica’s impact evaluation at a meeting hosted by the Millenium Challenge Corporation. | PowerPoint presentation (PDF)
Events
Upcoming Seminar: "Worms at Work: Long-Run Impacts of Child Health Gains"
Edward Miguel, Oxfam professor in Environmental and Resource Economics and faculty director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley, will present his work on the long-run impacts of deworming.
Date: February 20, 2013
Location: Mathematica's Oakland, California office