Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report
The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 Community Development Councils (CDCs) across 361 districts in all of Afghanistan's 34 provinc...
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ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATE INDICATORS AID ALLOCATION BENEFICIAL IMPACTS BEST PRACTICES BLOCK GRANTS BUDGETARY EXPENDITURE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CIVIL SERVICE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY CENTERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES CONSENSUS CONSULTATION CONSULTATION PROCESS CONSULTATIONS CONTROL GROUPS CRIMES DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKERS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS DEMOCRATIC VALUES DISTRICT DISTRICT CENTER DISTRICT OFFICIALS DISTRICTS DWELLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ELECTORAL SYSTEM EXPENDITURES FEASIBILITY FEMALE FIGURES FLEXIBILITY FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOCUS GROUPS FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME LEVELS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERMEDIARY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTERVIEWING INTERVIEWS LEARNING LIVELIHOODS LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS MARGINALIZED GROUPS MEDICAL SERVICES MOBILITY MOBILIZATION MONITORING DATA NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NGO OPENNESS PARLIAMENT PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES PARTICIPATORY PROCESS POWER-HOLDERS PREPARATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT MONITORING PROVINCE PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR RECONSTRUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAMPLE SIZE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS SUB-NATIONAL SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAXATION TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT EFFECTS VILLAGE VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATE INDICATORS AID ALLOCATION BENEFICIAL IMPACTS BEST PRACTICES BLOCK GRANTS BUDGETARY EXPENDITURE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CIVIL SERVICE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY CENTERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES CONSENSUS CONSULTATION CONSULTATION PROCESS CONSULTATIONS CONTROL GROUPS CRIMES DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKERS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS DEMOCRATIC VALUES DISTRICT DISTRICT CENTER DISTRICT OFFICIALS DISTRICTS DWELLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ELECTORAL SYSTEM EXPENDITURES FEASIBILITY FEMALE FIGURES FLEXIBILITY FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOCUS GROUPS FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME LEVELS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERMEDIARY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTERVIEWING INTERVIEWS LEARNING LIVELIHOODS LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS MARGINALIZED GROUPS MEDICAL SERVICES MOBILITY MOBILIZATION MONITORING DATA NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NGO OPENNESS PARLIAMENT PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES PARTICIPATORY PROCESS POWER-HOLDERS PREPARATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT MONITORING PROVINCE PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR RECONSTRUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAMPLE SIZE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS SUB-NATIONAL SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAXATION TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT EFFECTS VILLAGE VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report |
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The National Solidarity Programme (NSP)
is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its
inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 Community
Development Councils (CDCs) across 361 districts in all of
Afghanistan's 34 provinces and has financed nearly
65,000 development projects. NSP seeks to improve the access
of rural villagers to basic services and to create a
foundation of village governance based on democratic
processes and female participation. The program is
structured around two major village-level interventions: 1)
the creation of a gender-balanced CDC through a
secret-ballot, universal suffrage election; and 2) the
disbursement of block grants, valued at $200 per household
up to a community maximum of $60,000, to fund village-level
projects selected, designed, and managed by the CDC in
consultation with villagers. The NSP Impact Evaluation
(NSP-IE) is a multi-year randomized control trial designed
to measure the effects of implementation of the second phase
of NSP on a broad range of economic, political, and social
indicators. While there have been a number of qualitative
studies of NSP, the NSP-IE is the first large-sample
quantitative assessment capable of providing rigorous
estimates of program impact. The study tests a series of
hypotheses which examine the impacts at midline and end line
of NSP on the access of villagers to utilities, services and
infrastructure; on the economic welfare of villagers; on
local governance; on political attitudes and state-building;
and on social norms. NSP improves the access of villagers to
basic utilities. NSP also increases access to education,
health care, and counseling services for women. As NSP does
not usually fund such services, these impacts arise
indirectly from other changes induced by NSP. NSP increases
girls' school attendance and their quality of learning,
but there is no impact on boys' school attendance. NSP
also increases child doctor and prenatal visits and the
probability that an illness or injury is attended to by a
medical professional, although does not affect other health
outcomes. Finally, NSP raises the proportion of women who
have a group or person with whom they can discuss their
problems. NSP-funded utilities projects deliver substantial
increases in access to drinking water and electricity, but
infrastructure projects are less effective. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study |
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Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben |
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Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben |
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Beath, Andrew |
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Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report |
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Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report |
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Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report |
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Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report |
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Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report |
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randomized impact evaluation of afghanistan's national solidarity programme : final report |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-166372021-04-23T14:03:30Z Randomized Impact Evaluation of Afghanistan's National Solidarity Programme : Final Report Beath, Andrew Christia, Fotini Enikolopov, Ruben ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCOUNTABILITY AGGREGATE INDICATORS AID ALLOCATION BENEFICIAL IMPACTS BEST PRACTICES BLOCK GRANTS BUDGETARY EXPENDITURE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CIVIL SERVICE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY CENTERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES CONSENSUS CONSULTATION CONSULTATION PROCESS CONSULTATIONS CONTROL GROUPS CRIMES DATA COLLECTION DECISION-MAKERS DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS DEMOCRATIC VALUES DISTRICT DISTRICT CENTER DISTRICT OFFICIALS DISTRICTS DWELLING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ELECTORAL SYSTEM EXPENDITURES FEASIBILITY FEMALE FIGURES FLEXIBILITY FOCUS GROUP FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOCUS GROUPS FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME LEVELS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERMEDIARY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS INTERVIEWING INTERVIEWS LEARNING LIVELIHOODS LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL PUBLIC GOODS MARGINALIZED GROUPS MEDICAL SERVICES MOBILITY MOBILIZATION MONITORING DATA NATURAL RESOURCES NEIGHBORHOOD NGO OPENNESS PARLIAMENT PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES PARTICIPATORY PROCESS POWER-HOLDERS PREPARATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROJECT MONITORING PROVINCE PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR RECONSTRUCTION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAMPLE SIZE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDER STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT STAKEHOLDERS SUB-NATIONAL SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAXATION TRANSPARENCY TREATMENT EFFECTS VILLAGE VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES The National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is the largest development program in Afghanistan. Since its inauguration in 2003, NSP has established 32,000 Community Development Councils (CDCs) across 361 districts in all of Afghanistan's 34 provinces and has financed nearly 65,000 development projects. NSP seeks to improve the access of rural villagers to basic services and to create a foundation of village governance based on democratic processes and female participation. The program is structured around two major village-level interventions: 1) the creation of a gender-balanced CDC through a secret-ballot, universal suffrage election; and 2) the disbursement of block grants, valued at $200 per household up to a community maximum of $60,000, to fund village-level projects selected, designed, and managed by the CDC in consultation with villagers. The NSP Impact Evaluation (NSP-IE) is a multi-year randomized control trial designed to measure the effects of implementation of the second phase of NSP on a broad range of economic, political, and social indicators. While there have been a number of qualitative studies of NSP, the NSP-IE is the first large-sample quantitative assessment capable of providing rigorous estimates of program impact. The study tests a series of hypotheses which examine the impacts at midline and end line of NSP on the access of villagers to utilities, services and infrastructure; on the economic welfare of villagers; on local governance; on political attitudes and state-building; and on social norms. NSP improves the access of villagers to basic utilities. NSP also increases access to education, health care, and counseling services for women. As NSP does not usually fund such services, these impacts arise indirectly from other changes induced by NSP. NSP increases girls' school attendance and their quality of learning, but there is no impact on boys' school attendance. NSP also increases child doctor and prenatal visits and the probability that an illness or injury is attended to by a medical professional, although does not affect other health outcomes. Finally, NSP raises the proportion of women who have a group or person with whom they can discuss their problems. NSP-funded utilities projects deliver substantial increases in access to drinking water and electricity, but infrastructure projects are less effective. 2014-01-28T02:25:14Z 2014-01-28T02:25:14Z 2013-07-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18273450/randomized-impact-evaluation-afghanistans-national-solidarity-programme http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16637 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Afghanistan |