The impact of adopting risk-reducing, drought-tolerant rice in India

Abstract

The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) promotes evidence-informed equitable, inclusive and sustainable development. We support the generation and effective use of high-quality evidence to inform decision-making and improve the lives of people living in poverty in low-and middle-income countries. We provide guidance and support to produce, synthesise and quality-assure evidence of what works, for whom, how, why and at what cost. 3ie impact evaluations 3ie-supported impact evaluations assess the difference a development intervention has made to social and economic outcomes. 3ie is committed to funding rigorous evaluations that include a theory-based design, use the most appropriate mix of methods to capture outcomes and are useful in complex development contexts. About this report 3ie accepted the final version of the report, In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households out of poverty in Zambia?, as partial fulfilment of requirements under grant DPW1.1042 awarded through Development Priorities Window Grail An object or goal that is sought after for its great significance.-Meriam-Webster Dictionary A thing which is eagerly pursued or sought after.-Oxford English Dictionary iii Contents Acknowledgements .

Impacts of a novel mHealth platform to track maternal and child health in Udaipur, India

“…between treatment and control samples, allowing for an evaluation of outcomes after three years of SHG membership. However, as noted in the study report (Hoffman, et al 2018), implementation within treatment GPs was delayed, reducing the difference in exposure to the programme in treatment GPs at the time of the endline survey.…”

“…Yet another reason for the difference in results could be the actual interventions that are being implemented by SHGs. For example, Hoffman et al (2018) attribute their finding of no impact of the JEEViKA programme on consumption to the fact that the programme had not started convergence activities with other social schemes. On the other hand, convergence activities with public distribution systems has been discussed as factor that led to improved nutrition outcomes in the study in Andhra Pradesh by Deininger and Liu. Research studies, however, also differ in their methods, and this variation in methodology contributes to the variation in results (Brody et al 2015)…”

“…A growing empirical literature examines their success within India, based primarily on early variants of the NRLM in states such as Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. These studies examine the effect of SHGs on a diverse set of outcomes, including the incidence of high-cost debt (Hoffman et al 2018;Khanna et al 2015); ownership of productive assets (Singh et al 2017;Deininger and Liu 2013;Prennushi and Gupta 2014); household income and income from enterprises (Singh et al 2017); measures of female empowerment (Desai and Joshi 2014;Prennushi and Gupta 2014;Khanna et al 2015;Datta 2015;Brody et al 2015); and even household consumption and nutrition (Deininger and Liu 2013).…”

Assessing the Impact and Cost of Economic Inclusion Programs: A Synthesis of Evidence

“…The handful of studies that report spillover effects on nonparticipants in a community find evidence of behavioral change and increased personal and social empowerment (Raza, Van de Poel, and van Ourti 2018;Misha et al 2019;Deininger and Liu 2009). There remain concerns about sustaining implementation quality and hence impact on these outcomes (Hoffmann et al 2018). Less is known about economic multipliers that may influence local economywide impact on material outcomes at scale.…”

“…The drivers of impact include the ecosystem in which program participants operate-that is, institutional factors that determine program design and delivery as well as markets and community-level factors-and the characteristics of participating households and individuals. These are highlighted in Figure 14 and described is follows: • Institutions: Variations in institutional capacity of local administrative structures, the private sector, and nongovernment partners, can lead to uneven implementation across geographic locations (Berhane et al 2014) or dilute impact (Hoffmann et al 2018). Complementary programs, in particular, require policy coherence and effective interagency coordination (Slater et al 2016).…”