Why are the impacts differentiated across groups of beneficiaries?
What are the key ingredients for a successful/disastrous program/policy?
Impact evaluation studies inform Government agencies and donors of the level of impact each designed program or policy has on its beneficiaries.
MDRI has a group of experts with extensive experience in impact evaluation, especially in designing impact evaluation methodologies using randomization, discontinuity regression, Instrumental Variable method, score matching method and other state-of-the-art techniques. In addition to impact evaluation, our researchers provide in-depth analyses that answer critical questions such as “Why are the impacts differentiated across groups of beneficiaries?” and “What are the key ingredients for a successful/disastrous program/policy?”
Client: International Finance Corporation (IFC-WB) Duration: 05/2020-08/2020 Overview: MDRI is collaborating with International Finance Corporation (IFC) to conduct quantitative data collection for a quasi-experimental baseline survey to better understand the conditions of farmers participating in IFC’s Vietnam Sustainable Pepper project in terms of Household income, income sources and income from pepper; Access to training and…
Client: The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) & the World Bank (WB) Time: 09 – 12/2019 Overview: The Government of Vietnam, MPI and the WB have launched the Central Highlands Poverty Reduction Project (CHPRP) in 6 provinces (4 Central Highland provinces – Dak Nong, Dak Lak, Kon Tum, Gia Lai and 2 Central Southern provinces –…
Client: The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Time: 06 – 10/2019 Overview: Since 2011, with funding support from the Government of Australia, the Government of South Korea and Asian Development Bank, the Government of Vietnam has implemented the Central Mekong Delta Connectivity Project (CMDP) to enhance transport mobility in the Mekong Delta Region and provide…
Client: Save the Children in Vietnam Time: 03/2019 – 09/2019 Overview: Save the Children (SC), through Vietnam Sponsorship Programme, is partipating in the building up of human capital in Vietnam. The programme aims at giving children the best chance for a lifetime of success by transforming the lives of children and ensures children have the…
OVERVIEW Based on data collected from the Survey on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities carried in 2015, this report provided a comprehensive picture of the socio-economic situation of the 53 ethnic minorities (EMs) in Vietnam with overall analyses and assessments on general aspects/profile of the EMs, including: the cultural, medical, educational, etc. characteristics….
OVERVIEW Between 2011 and 2016, Irish Aid provided €30.5 million through Programme 135 to support 400 small-scale community infrastructure projects (such as rural road connections, commune centres, school rooms, clinics, etc.) in nine provinces: Ha Giang, Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Dien Bien, Thanh Hoa, Quang Tri, Quang Ngai, Kon Tum and Tra Vinh. The purpose…
OVERVIEW What will happen to residential demand for electricity if the government of Vietnam wants to increase electricity tariffs to cost recovery, a level estimated at 20 percent above current prices? To answer this research question, a study was conducted to measure the demand elasticity of the electricity consumption in Vietnam and characterize it. The…
