Concept note for Social Investment Program Project (SIPP), BangladeshTeam Members :

Md. Abdul MomenMd. Golam FaruqueMd. Lutfor RahmanMIM ZulfiqarDr. Erwin BulteDr. Elliot Mghenyi

Objective of SIPP

To improve the livelihoods, quality of life and resilience to climate variability, natural hazards and other shocks of the rural poor, especially the left-out poor and vulnerable households.

Project description

Project duration : 5-Years (June 2015)

Project villages to be covered : 1500;

Target group : Poor and Hardcore Poor (Identified through PIP) and Unemployed Youth (from HCP and Poor)

Target beneficiaries : 200,000 HHs

Total project cost SIPP-2: US$ 115 million

Project description- Contd.

Component A: Community and Livelihood Development at village level Institutional development (e.g. Capacity building, Institutional

set-up, grant to vulnerable, loan to youth for skill dev. ) Livelihoods (community finance) ( e.g. grant to the VO but

loan to the targeted community) Community infrastructure and social services ( e.g.

Construction /rehabilitation of community assets)

Component B: Institutional Development and Livelihoods Promotion at the Inter-village Market linkages and aggregate institutions Inter-village community infrastructure

Research questions

Focus now is on component-A (Community and Livelihood Development at village level)

Question 1 : What is the impact CDD process on social empowerment, governance, inclusion, social capital and cohesiveness?

Question 2 : What is the impact of livelihood development fund on economic wellbeing ?

IndicatorsResearch Question 1 Attitudes, preferences etc Proxies of social relations / social conflict

Disputes/Conflict resolution of the villages Advance labor selling Indebtedness Child marriages Access to public and private services/resources

Research Question 2 Income ; Consumption Assets; Employment; No. of meals in a day Food habit- Meat or fish in a week

Randomized sub-treatments

Project restricts 70% of VO positions to hardcore poor – subtreatment will relax the restriction

Livelihoods development fund to be expanded to non-target households – the rich (using external funds). The idea is to test whether inclusiveness improves project outcomes

Others to be decided

Identification strategy

Admin structure: District>Upazila (sub-district)>union>village>target households)

District and Upazila (sub-district) will be selected based on published poverty data, Vulnerability index, Accessibility information;

Randomly assign cluster intensity to unions (100% villages treated, 70%, 30%, 0%)

Randomly assign unions to phases (3 phases in total but only 1 and 3 used in the evaluation). Phase 3 is pipeline control

Randomly select treatment villages in unions

Sample

Multi-stage clustered random sample▪ Select district and sub-district (upazila) based

on; poverty data, vulnerability index, regional characteristics e.g. Cyclone, flood, seasonal famine etc.

▪ Randomly select clusters (unions) ▪ Randomly assign unions into phases (3) – only 1

and 2 used for evaluation▪ Randomly select treatment and control villages ▪ Randomly sample target and control

households

Timeline

Baseline : November 2010 First follow-up : November 2012 Second follow-up : November 2014

Impact evaluation team

Project Team;

World Bank Team;

Research Team – External e.g. DIME & Local;

IE Survey Agency (Consulting Firm/Agency)

Estimated budget

Project already allocated US$ 2.00 million for survey data collection, process monitoring and thematic studies ;

Team will raise additional resources for coordination and analysis

Q & A

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