MCC commissioned Mathematica to conduct an independent performance evaluation of the ISWD project. In this issue brief, Mathematica researchers and MCC share key findings from Mathematica’s final evaluation.
In this report, Mathematica researchers present the final results of the performance evaluation using data collected up to 2.5 years after the compact ended. These data include: (1) a follow-up tracer survey; (2) qualitative data from grantees, employers, and stakeholders; (3) administrative data.
The Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa (PIATA), launched in 2017, aims to catalyze country-led inclusive agricultural transformation by increasing smallholders’ productivity, strengthening output markets, enhancing the agricultural sector’s resilience to shocks and stresses,...
This report presents final evaluation results from Mathematica’s evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Burkina Faso Agriculture Development Project, with a focus on MCC’s investments in the Di perimeter, including an impact evaluation of the Di Lottery randomized controlled trial.
Many foreign aid agencies fund large-scale agricultural training for farmers in developingcountries, but little rigorous research has been conducted on whether these programs are effective. We conducted a rigorous impact evaluation of a U.S.government-funded farmer training program in Armenia.
This report describes Mathematica’s comprehensive mixed-methods approach to the impact and performance evaluations of Activities 1 and 2.
This report presents interim evaluation results from Mathematica’s evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Burkina Faso Agriculture Development Project, with a focus on MCC’s investments in the Di perimeter, including an impact evaluation of the Di Lottery randomized controlled trial....
This report describes the interim findings for the evaluation of the Transition to High-Value Agriculture Project in Moldova.
This report analyzes baseline data for an evaluation of MCC’s Agriculture Development Project. It presents descriptive statistics on beneficiaries, investigates constraints to improved agricultural productivity, and provides baseline balance tests for the Di Lottery randomized controlled trial.
Individuals discharged from inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) require timely follow-up care to maintain their functioning and avoid or delay future hospitalizations.
This report presents the final results of the evaluations of three interventions funded under the Formal Technical Education Sub-Activity of the first Millennium Challenge Corporation El Salvador compact.
This issue brief outlines how MasterCard Scholars program partners define transformative leadership and its core competencies, and it summarizes the leadership training and support services they offer secondary and post-secondary Scholars.
This report presents labor market outcomes for participants in the Non-Formal Skills Development Sub-Activity of the Millennium Fund of El Salvador (FOMILENIO).
This report presents key findings of an impact evaluation of a rural road rehabilitation project in Armenia. Changes in outcomes for roads that were rehabilitated are compared to changes in outcomes for a comparison group of otherwise similar roads that were not rehabilitated.
As part of its National Quality Strategy, the U.S. Department of Health and Health Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and the HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are committed to developing and implementing measures that can be used for...
This evaluation rigorously assessed the implementation and impact of a child care Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) field test on child care quality as measured through child care quality observations and through ratings of a set of quality, education, and experience standards defined by policymakers...
This working paper used a randomized controlled trial to estimate the effectiveness of a U.S. government-funded farmer assistance program that trained more than 50,000 farmers throughout Armenia.
This memorandum presents interim findings regarding the potential effect of FOMILENIO’s Non-Formal Skills Development Sub-Activity on participants’ employment rates and income.
This report evaluates four components of an agricultural intervention in Armenia, the Water-to-Market Activity. It assesses on-farm water management, high-value agriculture training, credit to qualifying farmers, institutional training, and post-harvest processing and marketing.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Compact with Armenia aimed to reduce rural poverty and improve agricultural production.
Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation and implemented by El Salvador’s Millennium Challenge Account (FOMILENIO in Spanish) from 2008 to 2012, the Productive Development Project (PDP) aimed to assist in the development of profitable and sustainable business ventures for poor individuals in El...
This report summarizes the evaluation findings for the Electronic Health Records Demonstration (EHRD), funded and implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
The Early Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, or Baby FACES, is a longitudinal descriptive study of Early Head Start that captures family- and child-level information in addition to program-level characteristics.
This report presents baseline data from the tertiary canal survey, which provides an understanding of the current irrigation and agricultural situation in rural Armenia, as well as context for the impact evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s infrastructure improvement project in that country.
This brief highlights key findings on whether the coaching model and financial incentives implemented affect quality of services provided by participating child care businesses.
This report presents findings from an impact evaluation and implementation study of the Seeds to Success Modified Field Test, a child care quality rating and improvement system in Washington State.
This journal article identifies how impact evaluations are encouraged and resisted in Latin America and the Caribbean. Drawing on case studies from work in El Salvador, Jamaica, and Mexico, the authors outline best practices for successfully designing and implementing a high quality impact evaluation.
Identifies how impact evaluations are encouraged and resisted in Latin America and the Caribbean. Drawing on case studies from work in El Salvador, Jamaica, and Mexico, the authors outline best practices for successfully designing and implementing a high quality impact evaluation.
This report focuses on the evaluation of Water-to-Market (WtM) activities and in particular, the data being used for the WtM evaluation.