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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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Highlights

New Project: Latin America/Caribbean (LAC) Reads

school children in PeruWe 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. Read more.

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.
Date: February 20, 2013
Location: Oakland, California office


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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. 

American Economic Association—January 4, 2013—San Diego, CA 
"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