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ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................................xi
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................xiii
A. Evaluation questions and methodology ...................................................................................xiv
B. Summary of findings ................................................................................................................xiv
C. Next steps ................................................................................................................................ xvi
I. INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................1
II. OVERVIEW OF THE COMPACT, ADP ACTIVITIES, AND EVALUATION .....................................5
A. Overview of the Burkina Faso Compact ....................................................................................5
B. Program logic.............................................................................................................................5
III. The Di perimeter evaluation .............................................................................................................9
A. Background................................................................................................................................9
B. Evaluation objectives, research questions, and methods .......................................................12
C. Existing data sources ..............................................................................................................14
D. Baseline findings .....................................................................................................................19
1. Demographic information and economic well-being .........................................................19
2. Land use and production ..................................................................................................24
E. Discussion ...............................................................................................................................30
F. Next steps ................................................................................................................................33
IV. Di Lottery ........................................................................................................................................ 35
A. The Di Lottery beneficiary selection process ...........................................................................35
B. Evaluation objectives, questions, and methods ......................................................................36
C. Baseline data sources ...............................................................................................................38
D. Baseline findings .....................................................................................................................41
1. Description of Di Lottery applicants ..................................................................................42
2. Baseline equivalence of Di Lottery beneficiaries and controls .........................................53
3. Analysis of plausibility of an RD design ............................................................................59
E. Discussion ...............................................................................................................................62
F. Next steps ................................................................................................................................65
V. Farmer Training ..............................................................................................................................67
A. Background..............................................................................................................................67
1. Overview of the DA Activity ...............................................................................................67
2. Farmer Training Sub-activity .............................................................................................68
B. Evaluation objectives, questions, and methods ......................................................................68
1. Quantitative analysis .........................................................................................................69
2. Qualitative analysis ...........................................................................................................70
C. Data sources............................................................................................................................70
D. Baseline findings .....................................................................................................................73
1. Household demographic and land tenure characteristics .................................................74
2. Agricultural characteristics, assets, production, and sales ...............................................76
3. Agricultural profits, household revenue, and credit ...........................................................84
4. Agricultural training ...........................................................................................................87
E. Discussion ...............................................................................................................................88
F. Next steps ................................................................................................................................91
VI. ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................................................................93
A. Preparing data files for access, privacy, and documentation plan ..........................................93
B. Evaluation timeline and reporting schedule .............................................................................93
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................97
APPENDIX A. MAPS ............................................................................................................................ A.1
APPENDIX B. DI PERIMETER ERR .................................................................................................... B.1
APPENDIX C. QUANTITATIVE DATA COLLECTION PLANS .............................................................C.1
APPENDIX D. DI PERIMETER EVALUATION .....................................................................................D.1
APPENDIX E. DI LOTTERY EVALUATION ......................................................................................... E.1
APPENDIX F. FARMER TRAINING EVALUATION ............................................................................. F.1
APPENDIX G. CLIENT COMMENTS ................................................................................................... G.1 |
