Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support - Socioemotional Skills Facilitators Impact Evaluation 2020
Baseline Survey

Nigeria, 2020

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Reference ID

NGA_2020_APPEALS-SESIE-BL_v01_M

Producer(s)

Smita Das, Clara Delavallade, Ayodele Fashogbon, Sreelakshmi Papineni

Collection(s)

Impact Evaluation Surveys

Metadata

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Jun 30, 2026

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Jun 30, 2026

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Identification

Survey ID number

NGA_2020_APPEALS-SESIE-BL_v01_M

Title

Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support - Socioemotional Skills Facilitators Impact Evaluation 2020

Subtitle

Baseline Survey

Abbreviation or Acronym

APPEALS-SESIE-BL 2020

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Nigeria	NGA

Study type

Enterprise Survey [en/oth]

Abstract

Socioemotional skills (SES) programs are widely used to promote economic empowerment, yet their returns may depend on the type of skills targeted and social context. The impact evaluation measures the effect of different types of SES using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) among 4,500 aspiring agribusiness entrepreneurs in Nigeria within a large-scale government program. Participants were randomly assigned to an interpersonal-skills curriculum, a combined interpersonal and intrapersonal-skills curriculum of the same length, or a control group. This dataset contains survey responses from the agribusiness owners (men and women) conducted over the phone prior to the implementation of the socioemotional skills intervention.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individuals from Lagos, Kaduna, Kogi, Cross River, Enugu and Kano states in Nigeria.

Scope

Notes

The survey covered the following topics:

Demographic characteristics
Economic activities, employment and business outcomes
Household welfare
Socioemotional skill measures
Gender norms and decision-making
Well-being measures

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Lagos, Kaduna, Kogi, Cross River, Enugu and Kano states

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Smita Das	Innovations for Poverty Action
Clara Delavallade	World Bank Group
Ayodele Fashogbon	World Bank Group
Sreelakshmi Papineni	World Bank Group

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
Wellspring
UFGE

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The baseline sample is comprised of 4,500 agribusiness owners (2,250 men and 2,250 women) within Lagos, Kaduna, Kogi, Cross River, Enugu and Kano states in Nigeria. The sample was defined by sampling from applicant database of the APPEALS WYEP program. Baseline surveys were conducted over the phone prior to the implementation of the socioemotional skills training.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The data consists of responses from agribusiness owners to questions pertaining to (i) business ownership and firm performance; (ii) business practices; (iii) socioemotional skills; (iv) women empowerment and intra-household bargaining; and (v) household income.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2020-06	2020-07	Baseline

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation
Innovations for Poverty Action	IPA

Supervision

World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab

Data Collection Notes

The baseline survey was conducted between June-July 2020 over the phone by enumerators due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Data processing

Data Editing

Data was anonymized through decoding and local suppression.

Data Access

Citation requirements

Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which includes:

The identification of the primary investigators
The title of the survey (including country, acronym, and year of implementation)
The survey reference number
The source and date of download

Example:
Smita Das (Innovations for Poverty Action), Clara Delavallade (World Bank Group), Ayodele Fashogbon (World Bank Group), Sreelakshmi Papineni (World Bank Group). Nigeria - Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support - Socioemotional Skills Facilitators Impact Evaluation 2020 Baseline Survey (APPEALS-SESIE-BL 2020). Ref: NGA_2020_APPEALS-SESIE-BL_v01_M. Downloaded from [uri] on [date].

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Smita Das	Innovations for Poverty Action	sdas@poverty-action.org
Clara Delavallade	World Bank Group	cdelavallade@worldbank.org
Yodele Fashogbon	World Bank Group	afashogbon@worldbank.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_NGA_2020_APPEALS-SESIE-BL_v01_M

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Development Data Group	DECDG	World Bank Group	Documentation of the survey

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 (June 2026)

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