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TIP 2000-01 Evaluation Programme

TIP 2000-01 Evaluation Programme. An overview of the methodology Carlos Barahona Statistical Services Centre University of Reading, UK Lilongwe 19 th September 2001. Modular structure. Monitoring TIP distribution Food Production and Security

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TIP 2000-01 Evaluation Programme

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  1. TIP 2000-01 Evaluation Programme An overview of the methodology Carlos Barahona Statistical Services Centre University of Reading, UK Lilongwe 19th September 2001

  2. Modular structure • Monitoring TIP distribution • Food Production and Security • A Quantitative Study of Markets and Livelihood Security • A Qualitative Study of Markets and Livelihood Security • Agricultural Communications and the HIV/AIDS leaflets • Consultations with the Poor on Safety Nets

  3. Monitoring TIP distribution • Interviews with key informants at all levels: • DA personnel before and after distribution • ATF, VTF and TIPLU • Monitoring of distribution • 174 monitoring days were monitored • Survey work • 108 villages selected in all 27 districts • Individual interviews with TIP recipients and non-recipients, VTA members, and distributors

  4. Food Production and Security A stratified random sample survey of national coverage • All 27 districts • 108 villages • 3030 households interviewed • Questionnaires in Chichewa and Tumbuka

  5. A Quantitative Study of Markets and Livelihood Security A stratified random sample survey of national coverage with a questionnaire based on findings of participatory work • 26 districts (Likoma not included) • 60 villages • 1789 households interviewed • Questionnaires in Chichewa and Tumbuka

  6. A Qualitative Study of Markets and Livelihood Security • Based on qualitative methods. • Pays more attention to language, based on case studies • Bring out diversity in order to clarify wider phenomena • Work done in 12 sites purposively selected to include a variety of settings throughout the country • 108 days of spent living at villages and discussing with villagers

  7. Agricultural Communications and HIV/AIDS messages • A combination of participatory and survey work • 29 villages selected using stratified random sampling throughout Malawi • Participatory work based on FG discussions of media, messages, symbols and pictures • Survey of men, women, boys and girls; 848 individual interviews

  8. Consultations with the Poor on Safety Nets • Covers TIP and Direct Welfare Transfers • lessons about what the rural poor think would be • fair methods beneficiary SELECTION and • fair ways of MANAGING the benefits • 23 randomly selected villages –focus group discussions • Tools: • social mapping • card games to simulate beneficiary selection • scoring of alternatives • seasonal calendars • key informant interviews (village heads)

  9. Net impact of TIP • Looking at the multi-dimensional aspects of the impact of Starter Pack • Triangulating the estimates of production and months of food produced through • Year to year comparisons • Recipients versus non-recipients • Farmers’ perceptions and experience • Independent measures of ‘impact’ from each module in the evaluation.

  10. Poverty classification • Based on assets and income • Does not attempt to define a poverty line • Intended to allow comparisons of poverty profiles of TIP recipients and non-recipients

  11. Assets dimension • A weighted index that includes ownership of: Chicken ,ducks ,guinea fowls, doves, pigs, goats, cattle, radio ownership, bicycle ownership, oxcart ownership

  12. All crops Small business Crafts or artisan work Livestock sales Remittances Pension Ganyu (weeding) Salary Sale of fish Sale of charcoal or firewood Rent Any other income Income dimension Includes all income from

  13. Assets index Income index Less than 2 2 to 30 31 to 70 71 or higher 0 to 100 1 1 2 3 >100 to 300 1 2 3 4 >300 to 800 2 3 4 5 >800 3 4 5 5

  14. The evaluation team

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