Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (sief)

The Promise of Preschool in Africa:

*Acknowledgements: This report presents initial results of a community based preschool program implemented by Save the Children in the Gaza Province of Mozambique. We thank a number of colleagues and institutions that have assisted at various stages of the evaluation. Barbara Bruns played an instrumental role in launching this evaluation and formed an integral part of the evaluation design team...

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OFFICE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Vietnam Evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Process and Arrangements Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF)

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OFFICE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Republic of Guinea Evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) Process and Arrangements Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF)

A cluster-randomized, controlled trial of nutritional supplementation and promotion of responsive parenting in Madagascar: the MAHAY study design and rationale

BACKGROUND Over half of the world's children suffer from poor nutrition, and as a consequence they experience delays in physical and mental health, and cognitive development. There is little data evaluating the effects of delivery of lipid-based, nutrition supplementation on growth and development during pregnancy and early childhood within the context of a scaled-up program. Furthermore, there...

Vocational Education Voucher Delivery

This report describes the ongoing Technical and Vocational Vouchers Program (TVVP) in Kenya and provides early results from the intervention. Implementation began in 2008 with the recruitment of approximately 2,160 out-of-school youths (ranging in age from roughly 18 to 30). Study participants were drawn from the Kenya Life Panel Survey, an unusual on-going panel dataset of detailed educational...