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Lessons from the field: making impact evaluations work on the ground.

Lessons from the field: making impact evaluations work on the ground. By Deo -Gracias Houndolo , Impact Evaluation Specialist_www.3ieimpact.org. Intervention?. Total financial inclusion; loan to women and debt-swapping;

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Lessons from the field: making impact evaluations work on the ground.

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  1. Lessons from the field: making impact evaluations work on the ground. By Deo-Gracias Houndolo, Impact Evaluation Specialist_www.3ieimpact.org

  2. Intervention? • Total financial inclusion; loan to women and debt-swapping; • Target : Andhra Pradesh poor and indebted HH through SHG in 33000 villages

  3. Rural poverty elimination Theory of change? Total financial inclusion project HH experiences a better livelihood and welfare SHG are formed Debtswapping intervention implemented HH increase consumption expenditure and asset Household become more productive and increase income and savings Householdpay all debts

  4. Evaluation design? A strong proposal that didn’t make it on the ground.

  5. What happened on the ground?

  6. Intervention implementation Before evaluation baseline • Debt swapping program was opened to any eligible SHG in any panchayat, across all Mandals • SHG members were requested by Bankers to be from the same caste  • SHG are eligible for debt swapping after 3 years of activities  • SHG members can apply for debt swapping only one time (with ceiling) • etc.

  7. ToC and evaluation design? • The theory of change missed Key underlyingassumptions; • Identification and samplingstrategywere a fiasco; • Evaluation timelinedid not match that of programme implementation; • Evaluation timeline far behindschedule; • Evaluation staff not on the groundas planned.

  8. A matter of Difference in priorities? Policy makers Researchers Implementing agency

  9. Lessons learnt: Before implementation

  10. Lessons learnt: Duringimplementation

  11. Lessons learnt: Afterimplementation

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