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Impact Evaluation Concept Note. THE GAMBIA. Gambia Growth & Competitiveness Project. Mr. Tamsir Manga – Project Coordinator Mr. Mamour Sey – Horticulture Project Manager Mr. Lamin Jobe – Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist. Administrative Regions of The Gambia.
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Impact Evaluation Concept Note THE GAMBIA Gambia Growth & Competitiveness Project Mr. Tamsir Manga – Project Coordinator Mr. Mamour Sey – Horticulture Project Manager Mr. Lamin Jobe – Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Administrative Regions of The Gambia Administrative Regions of The Gambia
Intervention Summary • The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the investment climate and strengthen the competitiveness of key sectors of the Gambian economy. It has two main components as described below: 1: Improving the Business Environment working on: # of hours spent in preparing, filing and paying taxes; # of days to register a business; # of new business attributed to GIEPA; % value of new investments. 2: Strengthening Economic Clusters working on matching grants & tourism % sales revenue, % beneficiaries disaggregated by gender; # of farmer participants, # of full time graduates, # of training hours delivered. IMPACT EVALUATION matching grants for: 1) mango growers, 2) groundnuts growers and, 3) Small and medium enterprises.
Evaluation Questions • MANGO AND GROUNDNUTS GROWERS: 1. Amount of sales generated / increased household income 2. Adoption of new technology and improved variety 3. Improved quality and sales in groundnuts 4. Access to technology for improved g/nut production • SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES: 1. Increased sales 2.Knowledge and business skills acquired 3. Employment creation 4. Investment opportunities
Evaluation Design • A massive advertisement and sensitization prior to the launch of call for proposals • Two calls for proposals will be made to determine eligible applicants • Amongst the eligible applicants, randomly select the ones that will benefit from the MGF NB:(assumption is that we will have more respondents to the call than would be supported by the MGF)
Evaluation Design Con’t • Each call for each of the three windows will disburse grants to 300 recipients • Average size of grant per recipient is $200 • In each call, treatment and control groups will be identified as illustrated in next slide:
Evaluation Design Con’t First call for proposal Second call for proposal MID TERM REVIEW T T Mango C C MGF MM Groundnut T T C C Small & Medium enterprises T T C C
Sampling and Data • Data collection started along agricultural census (production characteristics, sales, extension services, varieties, marketing etc.) • Census data will be the baseline for the agric component • Matching grant application forms will be used as baseline for SMEs • Sample size of 900 (50/50 T&C, 300 per window) • Revisit after one year of implementation
Timeline • Baseline data collection – June- August 2011 • MGF call for proposals – Oct – 2011 • Disbursement of grants- Jan – 2012 • Data collection for first round - Jan 2013 • Data analysis – April 2013 • Mid-term review June 2013
Team and staffing • Project Implementation Unit’s Team: • Mr. Tamsir Manga • Mr. Mamour Sey • Mr. Lamin Jobe • Potential Collaborators: • Gambia Bureau of Statistics, Agric Planning Services, Rural Finance, Social Dev. Fund • DIME /World Bank Team: • GaneshRasagam - TTL World Bank • Isabel Beltran • MassimilianoSantini
THE END! Thank you very much for your kind attention!
