Survey and Formative Evaluation of the Integrated Early Childhood Development Programme
UNICEF Vietnam’s country program 2017-2021 is designed to, among others, strengthen the enabling legal and policy environment for integrated early childhood development (IECD) at the national level and strengthen the local capacities to develop IECD model to be implemented in selected districts and communes of three provinces, namely Gia Lai, Kon Tum and Dien Bien. […]
Citizens’ Opinions of and Experiences with Government Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic in Viet Nam
Viet Nam’s responses to contain the COVID-19 outbreak have been swift and effective. This has been widely recognized by the international development community. Evidence from the decade-long policy advocacy tools of the Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) reveals that improved governance and responsiveness of central and local governments have contributed […]
Project-level midterm assessment of the Australia-Vietnam Program for Gender Equality in Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT)
MDRI collaborates with CowaterSogema International Inc. to perform consulting services for the Australia-Vietnam Program for Gender Equality in Agriculture and Tourism (GREAT). GREAT Program is an initiative sponsored by the Australian Aid Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and managed by CowaterSogema International Inc, the DFAT-designated contractor. The program aims to […]
AgResults Emissions Reduction Field Survey in Vietnam
MDRI is collaborating with DFID & Abt Associates to conduct a survey of 2000 Thai Binh rice farmers and evaluate AgResults’ prize competition initiative in Vietnam. AgResults is a multinational initiative that promotes agricultural innovations from the private sectors by designing and organizing “pay-for-results” prize competitions. In Vietnam, AgResults’ goal is to encourage the development […]
Vietnam High-Frequency Monitoring Survey of Covid-19 Impacts on Household Welfare and Household Business Activities
Since its initial outbreak in December 2019, COVID-19 has quickly spread across the world to become a pandemic and caused a global health crisis. Measures to contain the spread of a pandemic, such as social displacement, restrictions of movement, closure of schools and businesses, etc. have had great impacts on the economies of countries around […]
Research on employability skills and skills gaps among adolescents and youth
MDRI is working with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Market Assessment and Analysis to identify needed employability skills and firms’ good practices so as to improve the skills of businesses in order to close the capacity gap, including making recommendations to improve the skills […]
Baseline Data Collection for Sustainable Pepper Project in Vietnam
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 extension sources; Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) including use […]
Cao Lanh Bridge Impact Evaluation – Midline Survey
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 improved access from Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to the Southern Coastal […]