Cross Border Trader Impact Evaluation 2010, Baseline Survey
Rwanda, 2010
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AFR_2010_CBTIE-BL_v01_M
Cross Border Trader Impact Evaluation 2010
Baseline Survey
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Rwanda | RWA |
Impact Evaluation Survey
The DRC-Rwanda Cross-Border Trade Impact Evaluation focused on the effects of the training, under Component 2 "Empowerment of small-scale traders (via increased knowledge and understanding of regulations and rights and establishment and strengthening of associations/cooperatives)," of the larger project. It was a randomized individual trader-level assignment of 628 traders to treatment (training) and control. There were two rounds of survey data collection conducted by The Catholic University of Bukavu and IPSOS in 2011 and 2013. From the (unpublished) results, there was a potential reduction in sexual and gender-based violence (fewer traders insulted or spit upon), with no increase in "unofficial" fees to border officials. There also was a possible drop in corruption (fee-asking by border officials) emerging from the participation of border officials in the trader's training. Savings from trading activity also seemed to increase for small-scale cross-border traders.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Individual trader-level
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous datasets for public distribution.
Scope
DRC Cross-Border Trade Impact Evaluation program was designed to evaluate the impact of training on rights, procedures and tariffs, for cross-border traders, on the following outcomes:
- incidence of corruption
- trading activity (volume traded, income from trading, and profits)
- sexual and gender-based violence
Coverage
The dataset covers the Great Lakes zone, specifically North-Kivu and South-Kivu provinces in Democratic Republic of Congo (represented by three fourths of the sample) and the border region in Rwanda (represented by one fourth of the sample).
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Kevin Croke | The World Bank |
| Markus Goldstein | The World Bank |
| Michael O'Sullivan | The World Bank |
Sampling
A trader roster has been made available through the listing of traders at border crossings to identify 628 traders (90% female), from which 314 initially randomly selected to be trained and 314 selected to not receive the training.
Survey instrument
SURVEY MODULES
1- Contact
2- Demographics
3- Midline demographics
4- Housing and assets
5- Midline expenditures
6- Expenditures
7- Trade
8- Midline trade
9- Border conditions and negotiations
10- Midline Border Conditions and negotiations
11- Business skills and financial literacy
12- Midline Skills and Financial Literacy
13- Conflict
14- Midline conflict
15- Harassment
16- Midline harassment
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-08-16 | 2010-12-15 | Baseline |
Much effort was put into the wording in order to adapt the survey to local and cultural contexts. A team of researchers from the Catholic university of Bukavu, IPSOS and the World Bank worked together to finalize the questionnaire instrument, which was then piloted prior to the survey.
Enumerators were recruited based on their past experiences in conducting survey and their ability to implement the survey in local languages.
All field staff received training on data collection. This consisted of instructive lectures and demonstrations followed by practice sessions with non-sampled cross-border traders, and a final special briefing about different field techniques.
The enumerator teams were led by supervisors and controllers. They were selected among the most experienced enumerators.
A team of researchers from the Catholic University of Bukavu, IPSOS and the World Bank closely monitored all the field activities through frequent visits for spot checking. They revisited random sub-sample of the respondents, called back the respondents for verification of information, and checked completed questionnaires for consistency. During their visits, assistance and guidance were provided to enumerators and their supervisors where needed.
Depositor information
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Brittany Nicole Hill | The World Bank |
Data Access
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download.
Example,
Kevin Croke, Markus Goldstein, and Michael O'Sullivan, World Bank. DRC-Rwanda Cross Border Trader Impact Evaluation (CBTIE-BL) 2010, Ref. AFR_2010_CBTIE-BL_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brittany Nicole Hill | The World Bank | bnhill@worldbank.org |
| Kevin Croke | The World Bank | kcroke@worldbank.org |
| Markus Goldstein | The World Bank | mgoldstein@worldbank.org |
| Michael O'Sullivan | The World Bank | mosullivan@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_AFR_2010_CBTIE-BL_v02_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2016-08-08
Metadata version
DDI Document - Version 02 - (04/27/21)
This version is identical to DDI_AFR_2010_CBTIE-BL_v01_M_WB but country field has been updated to capture all the countries covered by survey.
Version 01 (August 2016)