This report describes Mathematica's design for the evaluation of the first ever Development Impact Bond in a refugee context. The evaluation seeks to measure the metrics to determine payments to investors and generate broader learning about the program's impacts.
This report summarizes Mathematica’s evaluation of EMPOWER—a program that provided technical/vocational skills training, business groups, and employment linking services—on adolescent girls’ and women’s skill acquisition, participation in acceptable work and employment, and other related outcomes.
In 2010, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) partnered with the Government of Bihar (GoB), India to launch the Ananya program to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) outcomes.
Mobile health (mHealth) tools have potential for improving the reach and quality of health information and services through community health workers in low- and middle-income countries.
The Government of Bihar (GoB) in India, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and several non-governmental organisations launched the Ananya program aimed to support the GoB to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition (RMNCHN) statewide.
Despite increasing focus on health inequities in low- and middle income countries, significant disparities persist.
This report presents findings from a 5-year randomized control trial of a $120 million maternal and child health project in Indonesia funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
In this report we describe the final findings from the performance evaluation of the investments in irrigated olive and date areas funded by MCC’s Fruit Tree Productivity Project in Morocco.
In this report we describe the final findings from the performance evaluation of the modern olive oil processing units established under MCC’s Fruit Tree Productivity Project in Morocco.
mHealth technology holds promise for improving the effectiveness of frontline health workers (FLWs), who provide most health-related primary care services, especially reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services (RMNCHN), in low-resource - especially hard-to-reach - settings....
In this report, Mathematica researchers present interim findings of a program they evaluated that was designed to increase the number of Georgians with technical skills that are relevant to the local economy.
This issue brief provides key findings from a performance evaluation that Mathematica conducted on a technical and vocational education training program in the country of Georgia.
The authors evaluated the impact of a ‘Team-Based Goals and Incentives’ (TBGI) intervention in Bihar, India, designed to improve front-line (community health) worker (FLW) performance and health-promoting behaviours related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition.
This report describes the evaluation design for the Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project, or Nutrition Project, under the Millennium Challenge Corporation Indonesia Compact.
This report describes the interim findings for the evaluation of the Transition to High-Value Agriculture Project in Moldova.
This report presents the findings from interim data collection for the Nutrition Project that took place between October and December 2017.
Mathematica recently completed a mixed-methods performance evaluation of improvements to Namibia’s Community Skills and Development Centers (COSDECs), funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation. The improvements covered COSDECs’ infrastructure, tools and equipment, and technical capacity.
Mathematica recently completed an impact evaluation of the Vocational Training Grant Fund in Namibia. This program, which was funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation, provided scholarships to Namibian youth to attend vocational training.
Between 2009 and 2014, the Millennium Challenge Corporation funded several improvements to Namibia’s network of Community Skills and Development Centers (COSDECs), community-based institutions that provide basic levels of vocational training to clients from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Between 2009 and 2014, the Millennium Challenge Corporation funded the Vocational Training Grant Fund (VTGF), a program that provided scholarships to disadvantaged Namibians attend vocational training programs in high-priority skill areas.
This report describes the findings from an end-of-compact analysis of the Access to Agricultural Finance Credit Program in Moldova.
In this report we describe the designs for two evaluations of the MCC-funded Fruit Tree Productivity Project in Morocco: (1) an evaluation of the modern olive oil processing units funded by the project, and (2) an evaluation of the project’s investments in irrigated olive and date areas.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation contracted with Mathematica to conduct a rigorous randomized evaluation of the Indonesian Community-Based Health and Nutrition to Reduce Stunting Project, also known as the Nutrition Project, to understand the project’s effects on stunting and related key maternal...
This report describes the baseline findings from the 2013-2014 Farm Operator Survey for the evaluation of the Transition to High-Value Agriculture Project in Moldova.
This report describes plans for the evaluation of the Transition to High-Value Agriculture Project in Moldova.
Findings from a rigorous randomized controlled trial of an innovative, comprehensive mHealth tool for frontline health workers (FLWs) in Bihar, India, found improvements in FLW-beneficiary interactions as well as improved health outcomes for mothers and children.
This report presents findings from the first round of qualitative data collected for the evaluation of MCC’s investments in vocational training in Namibia, which was conducted in the fourth quarter of 2014—shortly after the formal completion of the compact.
Mathematica is conducting an impact evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation funded Vocational Training Grant Fund (VTGF) in Namibia, which provided scholarships to Namibian youth to attend vocational training.
This report evaluates the impacts of a comprehensive package of interventions aimed at improving maternal and child health in Bihar, India, after two years of implementation.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation has selected Mathematica to conduct an evaluation of the vocational training activity, covering all three subactivities. This report describes our design for the evaluation.
This issue brief explores the effect of adding the Team-Based Goals and Performance-Based Incentives (TBGI, see left) intervention to the Ananya program.
This report summarizes a rigorous randomized evaluation of a teamwork and goal-setting intervention in Bihar, India, that uses incentives and lessons from motivational theory to encourage teams of frontline health workers to improve maternal and child health in their communities.
The Ananya program (ananya is a Sanskrit word meaning “unique” or “unlike others”) was created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (the foundation) to address some of the important family health challenges in Bihar, one of India’s most populous and poorest states.
Low-quality or nonexistent sanitation affects health and hinders economic development, especially in the world's poorest countries.