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Session Title: Impact Evaluation Design for the Peru New Private Sector Competitiveness and Poverty Reduction and Alleviation Activity Project (PRA II), 2009-2012
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Panel Session 124 to be held in Laguna B on Wednesday, Nov 2, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Sponsored by the International and Cross-cultural Evaluation TIG
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| Mark Bardini, Chemonics International, mbardini@chemonics.com
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| Abstract:
The main objective of this session is to present the nature of the USAID Peru Poverty Reduction and Alleviation (PRA) project approach and how a goal-based evaluation design can incorporate the future expectations of its main beneficiaries. Chemonics International (CI) is implementing the second stage of the PRA project from 2009 to 2014. The strategy of this project is market-driven. Therefore, its development approach is to generate dynamic economic growth in the poverty zones of Peru through the creation of business plans for SMEs. Each plan implies associating and linking the production of small urban and rural producers with value chain agents with greater capacity (project's clients). At the end of the fifth year of the intervention (2014), the project implementation should show that the household income of project beneficiaries (the micro-entrepreneur producers and suppliers of the project's clients) has increased, on average, 30%, in comparison to a control group.
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Presentation of the Impact Evaluation Design for the Peru New Private Sector Competitiveness and Poverty Reduction and Alleviation Activity Project (PRA II)
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| Pedro Mateu, Western Michigan University, pmateub@yahoo.com
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In this part of the presentation, Pedro will explain the rigorous impact evaluation design (quasi-experimental) for PRA II. He will detail the intricacies of the design, including how propensity score matching will be used to simulate treatment and control groups. Pedro will also explain how this rigorous design will measure the project impact of increasing incomes for the project beneficiaries (micro-entrepreneurs and supply chain providers)in the intervention zones in Peru.
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Implications and Relevance of the Impact Evaluation Design of Peru PRA II for the Evaluation Field
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| Mark Bardini, Chemonics International, mbardini@chemonics.com
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In this part of the presentation, Dr. Bardini will explain the implications and relevance of the impact evaluation design of Peru PRA II for the evaluation field. This impact evaluation design is unique in that its methodology includes an alternative (contingency) impact design which will be applied if the intervention of the project changes significantly over time or if the propensity scores lose their validity.
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Current Status of the Impact Evaluation Design for Peru PRA II Project
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| Marco Aspilcueta, Chemonics International, maspilcueta@chemonicsalliances.com
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In this part of the presentation, Marco will provide the most current updates to the data collection and impact evaluation design. He will also provide insights on how the imapct evaluation deisgn is changing, make recommendations on how it is being improved and solicit feedback from the audience on the design.
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