Women Agribusiness Leaders Network Impact Evaluation 2014
Ethiopia, 2014
M. Mehrab Bin Bakhtiar, Gautam Bastian, Eliana Carranza, Markus Goldstein
Identification
IDNO
ETH_2014_WALN-BL_v01_M
Title
Women Agribusiness Leaders Network Impact Evaluation 2014
Subtitle
Baseline Data
Countries
| Name | Code |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | ETH |
Study notes
The Women in Agribusiness Leaders Network (WALN) uses a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to differentially assess the impact of the first stage traditional training program and a second stage mentorship which is carried out by the trainees in the first stage training. Half the mentors and mentees eligible to participate in WALN were randomly assigned to receive the business training and mentoring interventions, respectively. The other halves, called the control groups, did not receive the interventions. Comparing the treated groups to the control groups allows us to calculate the impact of the program on the outcomes measured through data collection. ACDI/VOCA, the program implementer, created a pool of eligible applicants based on a pre-determined set of selection criteria that were applied to information that applicants provided in their application forms. Potential mentees were also nominated at the same time that applicants (later to become mentors) were applying to the program. The pool of eligible applicants became the sample for the baseline survey, the data for which has been added in this package. Treatment was randomly assigned to eligible applicants who also responded to the baseline survey. The program operated in AGP target woredas of five regions of Ethiopia: Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Addis Ababa and SNNPR. The impact evaluation covers the business training and mentoring activities across all regions. Mentor randomization was stratified by region and firm-size tercile. Mentees of treated mentors were randomly assigned to receive mentoring, stratified by each mentor’s pool of eligible mentees. Mentees nominated by control mentors were also included in the impact evaluation but were not assigned a mentoring treatment status.
Kind of data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Scope
Topics
| Topic |
|---|
| Women in Agribusiness Leadership Network (WALN) |
| Female Owned Businesses |
| Mentorship |
| Business training |
| Micro-enterprise |
Keywords
| metadata.study_desc.study_info.keywords.keyword |
|---|
| Micro-enterprise |
| Business training |
| Mentorship |
| Female Owned Businesses |
| Women in Agribusiness Leadership Network (WALN) |
Coverage
Geographic coverage
The program operated in woredas of five regions of Ethiopia: Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Addis Ababa and SNNPR.
Unit of analysis
Individuals
Universe
For the baseline survey, the plan was to interview at least all the 200 participants in mentors treatment and control groups, as well as all the 1,600 eligible and ineligible mentees. By the time survey field work started, mid-April 2014, just at the closure of the application period and before the selection of eligible applications, the sample included 234 applicant mentors; adding recommended mentees, the total number of households to be surveyed had become close to 1,600 in total. In this data we have information on a total of 231 (potential) mentors and 1,363 (potential) mentees, including those who later dropped out of the program or were ineligible because of some criteria.
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| M. Mehrab Bin Bakhtiar | University of Maryland |
| Gautam Bastian | World Bank - AGIL |
| Eliana Carranza | World Bank |
| Markus Goldstein | World Bank - AGIL |
Funding agencies
| Name |
|---|
| World Bank |
Sampling
Sampling procedure
The program operated woredas of five regions of Ethiopia: Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Addis Ababa and SNNPR. Only eligible applicants were considered at the time of the random allocation into the "program" or "control" groups. The implementer used pre-established selection criteria and the responses to long-from questions to determine the eligibility of applicants. Women who met the eligibility criteria for participating in the WALN program, who completed the application form to provide at least one letter of recommendation and nominate five to eight mentees were considered in the pool of mentors who receive the leadership training module. Mentees were selected from amongst the nominated candidates who met the corresponding eligibility criteria. Mentees were assigned only to the mentors who nominated them. To minimize non-compliance and maximize the effectiveness of existing network ties, if multiple mentors nominated the same mentee, the mentee were allowed to pick the mentor.
The baseline survey covered the entire sample of applicants to the program. That is, the mentors and the recommended mentees were all interviewed at the end of the application phase, but before the announcement of selection results.
The objective of the WALN baseline survey was to build a comprehensive dataset, which would serve as a reference point for the entire sample, before treatment and control assignment and program implementation. To get a better understanding of the context of the survey, this section describes the survey preparation steps and methodology.
The baseline survey covered the entire sample of applicants to the program. That is, the mentors and the recommended mentees were all interviewed at the end of the application phase, but before the announcement of selection results.
The objective of the WALN baseline survey was to build a comprehensive dataset, which would serve as a reference point for the entire sample, before treatment and control assignment and program implementation. To get a better understanding of the context of the survey, this section describes the survey preparation steps and methodology.
Deviations from sample design
None
Weighting
None
Data Collection
Dates of collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-15 | 2014-05-15 | Baseline |
Mode of data collection
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Data access
Citation requirements
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
- 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
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.
Metadata production
IDNo
DDI_ETH_2014_WALN-BL_v01_M_WB
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | DECDG | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
Version
Version 01 (January 2018)