Baseline Survey for the Impact Evaluation of the UN Joint Program Rural Women Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia 2016

Ethiopia, 2016 - 2017

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ETH_2016_UNJP-RWEE_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Producer(s)

Ana Paula de la O Campos, Susan Kaaria

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FAO - Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalog Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Identification

Survey ID number

ETH_2016_UNJP-RWEE_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Title

Baseline Survey for the Impact Evaluation of the UN Joint Program Rural Women Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia 2016

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Ethiopia	ETH

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

The UN Joint Programme focused on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (UNJP-RWEE) was launched in Ethiopia in 2014 by UN Women, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD). UNJP-RWEE was a five-year-long initiative to accelerate the economic empowerment of rural women in the regions of Oromia and Afar. The project provided women with greater access to credit through women-run rural savings and credit cooperatives (RUSACCOs), as well as numeracy, literacy, finance, and business-development training; agricultural livestock and technology transfers; agricultural training; and community-run educational conversations in healthy eating choices and nutrition. To assess the extent to which the UNJP was effective in empowering women economically, an impact evaluation was conducted by the FAO in partnership with IFAD, and IFPRI. The FAO received a grant from GAAP2-IFPRI, facilitated by the Gates Foundation, to conduct a quasi-experimental impact evaluation with a difference-in-difference approach using a revised version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), the Pro-WEAI.

The baseline survey was conducted between December 26th, 2016, and February 1st, 2017. The sample for beneficiaries was randomly drawn from RUSSACO members in the beneficiary communities at baseline. The decision to sample from the beneficiary households rather than from the whole village was to ensure that the sample included enough program participants. The comparison kebeles were communities in which the UNJP-RWEE did not operate but that are similar in size; have similar agricultural systems, livelihoods; and cultural norms, and thus are deemed valid counterfactuals. The baseline survey was administered to 750 households. In the beneficiary communities, 390 women were interviewed, while 360 women were interviewed in the comparison communities. Within the same households, a male respondent, typically the spouse, was also interviewed when possible. In all, 312 men in the beneficiary community and 318 men in the comparison communities were interviewed at baseline.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Households

Scope

Notes

The survey covered the following topics:

Demographic characteristics of individuals living in the household
Employment of youth and adults
Dwelling characteristics and distance to various services
Cash and In-kind transfers received by any household member from the government or an organization
Training or capacity development received by any member of the household from the government or an organization
Shocks experienced by the household that resulted in significant reduction of income or consumption

Keywords

Women's Empowerment Women Empowerment in Agriculture Index Food Insecurity Experience Scale Impact Evaluation

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

Oromia National Regional State and Afar National Regional State

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Ana Paula de la O Campos	Food and Agriculture Organization
Susan Kaaria	Food and Agriculture Organization

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations	FAO	Technical Assistance
Mihret Alemu	FAO Ethiopia	Field Support
Tadele Ferede	Department of Economics at Addis Ababa University	Collaborator
Marya Hillesland	FAO	Collaborator
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women	International Organization	Collaborator
World Food Programme	International Organization	Collaborator
The International Food Policy Research Institute	International Organization	Collaborator
Vanya Slavchevska	FAO	Technical Assistance

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
The International Food Policy Research Institute
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

In the beneficiary communities, a random sample was drawn from the RUSSACO members, and from comparable kebeles. The decision to sample from the beneficiary households rather than from the whole village was to ensure that the sample included enough program participants. Six beneficiary kebeles were selected in Oromia: (1) Illuf Dirre and (2) Nannoo Chemerri in the Yaya Gulele Woreda; (3) Bura Adelle and (4) Wabe Burkitu in the Dodola Woreda; and (5) Abine Garmamme and (6) Annenno Shisho in the Adami Tulu Woreda. Two beneficiary kebeles were selected in Afar: (7) Asboda and (8) Boyina in the Dubti Woreda. The comparison kebeles are adjacent communities in which the UNJP-RWEE does not operate but that are similar in size; have similar agricultural systems, livelihoods; and cultural norms, and thus are deemed valid counterfactuals. In Oromia, the control communities are: (1) Lemi; (2) Dedfe; (3) Haleko Gulenta Boke; (4) Werji Washingula; (5) Baressa; and (6) Keta Berenda. In Afar, the control communities are: (7) Hanikesen and (8) Aredo.

Deviations from the Sample Design

Due to civil unrest and the fact that many of the selected households in Afar were nomadic pastoralists, enumerators had difficulty locating beneficiaries. Randomly selected beneficiaries could not be traced, and administrative issues made it difficult to find additional replacement beneficiary households. In addition, several beneficiaries at baseline reported not knowing the programme and were reluctant to participate in the survey. As a result, the baseline data collection was terminated early and the data from Afar has been excluded. Additionally, due to the social unrest, data collection was delayed and 300 beneficiaries in each of the three woredas in Oromia had already received loans and some training had already taken place.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2016-12-26	2017-02-01

Mode of data collection

Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Data Access

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO.

Access conditions

Micro datasets disseminated by FAO shall only be allowed for research and statistical purposes. Any user which requests access working for a commercial company will not be granted access to any micro dataset regardless of their specified purpose. Users requesting access to any datasets must agree to the following minimal conditions:

The micro dataset will only be used for statistical and/or research purposes;
Any results derived from the micro dataset will be used solely for reporting aggregated information, and not for any specific individual entities or data subjects;
The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO;
The micro dataset cannot be re-disseminated by users or shared with anyone other than the individuals that are granted access to the micro dataset by FAO.

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
Erdgin Mane	FAO	erdgin.mane@fao.org
Natalia Piedrahita	FAO	natalia.piedrahita@fao.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ETH_2016_UNJP-RWEE_v01_M_v01_A_OCS

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Office of Chief Statistician	Food and Agriculture Organization	Metadata producer
Development Economics Data Group	The World Bank	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2023-02-17

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01 (February 2023): This metadata was downloaded from the FAO website (https://microdata.fao.org/index.php/catalog) and it is identical to FAO version (ETH_2016_UNJP-RWEE_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID.

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