Mercy Corps - Baseline Survey of Linking Laputta to Markets(LLM)- LIFT Delta 3 - 2016

Project Description:

The aim of the Baseline survey of Linking Laputta to Markets (LLM) was ‘increased incomes for landless, vulnerable and smallholder households in Laputta Township’. Two higher-level outcomes (HLOs) will contribute to this goal: Total projected beneficiaries for the LLM project is 5,100 HHs from 276 villages.

MKE took responsibility to produce outcomes: HLO 1: Improved performance of smallholder farmers in the rice value chain; HLO 2: Landless and vulnerable women and men have stability of income from diverse off-farm employment and economic opportunities. Intermediate outcomes include

a) farmer producer enterprises (FPEs) operating as professional market actors

b) smallholder farmers adopting improved agricultural practices

c) landless women and men benefitting from improved employment opportunities.

HelpAge International - Baseline Survey: Dry Zone Social Protection - 2016

Project Description:

The purpose of this assignment was to design a baseline survey and an index related to social protection, analyse the data collected and produce a baseline report.

Project activities led to two project outcomes: poor households had expanded access to community assistance in times of stress, and vulnerable groups had greater income security. The project outcomes would contribute directly to the following Dry Zone programme outcome defined by LIFT: The basic needs of poor households in the target villages were met through effective social protection interventions. MKE participated in this assignment to assess the context and to enable us to measure change in the project indicators, as well as vulnerability and social protection more generally over the course of the project.

MKE also served a wider purpose by providing information for LIFT, other practitioners and government regarding the situation in the Dry Zone. The locations of the project were 30 villages in each of six target townships and the total number of target villages is 180.

Athena Informics (funded by UNICEF) - Literature review and mapping of interventions of child labour - 2016

Project Description:

The purpose of this study was to increase understanding on the scope and drivers of child labour in various sectors, what services were currently available for child labourers and their families, and who was doing what in respects of child labour in Vietnam. The study was designed to inform policy development and programming with the private sector and Government, including the policy development and programme on Worst Forms on Child Labour and the National Programme on Child Protection.

Plan International - Baseline Study: BRACED Myanmar Alliance Project - 2015

Project Description:

The Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) Myanmar aimed to support community resilience building in 153 target communities in 7 Townships in 3 diverse climatic zones - the Central Dry Zone, Coastal Zone and Hilly Areas - where vulnerable groups were increasingly exposed to extreme climate events including:

i) cyclones/strong winds

ii) floods/storm surges

iii) intense rains

iv) extreme temperatures

v) drought

MKE conducted the baseline study to provide baseline data for the project log-frame, specifically in relation to International Climate Fund (ICF) Key Performance Indicator, relating to the number of people with increased resilience due to BRACED support. The baseline also provided the basis from which to answer the project evaluation questions (as well as OECD-DAC criteria and cross-cutting concerns).

ICRW - Formative and Baseline research for a career and life skills program in Village Saving and Loan community members of Sre Ambel district (Koh Kong) in Cambodia - 2014

Project Description:

ICRW served as an evaluation partner and strategic advisor for P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement) a financial and life skills program that had been operational among female garment workers in factories for seven years now. It was now being extended to the community setting to benefit young women of Village Saving and Loan Associations (VSLA) from the Cambodian community.

Mekong Economics was commissioned to conduct an interviewer-administered survey to obtain baseline information on participant characteristics as well as knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding key objectives of the program in the VSLAs in Sre Ambel district, Koh Kong province.

German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) - Baseline Survey of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) - 2013

Project Description:

The SMEs baseline survey was designed to collect data on the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises, which would be used for monitoring and evaluation purposes of the German development cooperation projects, and shared with the Myanmar Government to form an evidence base for future policies and projects designed to encourage and support new and established SMEs in Myanmar.

The SME Baseline Survey would form the first round of a firm panel. All surveys would cover the same firms in each township. There were three stages to the survey; the first was to conduct a pre-survey to identify and select townships in each city/town included in the survey, to obtain the necessary permissions at that township level, and to recruit local enumerators. The second stage was to develop a sampling frame, which would be done by implementing a block-screening approach (see the attached TOR for more information). Finally, the third stage of the survey was to conduct the baseline survey amongst SMEs selected from the sampling frame.

A wide range of activities would be undertaken, including the selection of survey sample, the development of survey methodology and instruments, and the implementation and quality assurance of the actual survey and the data entry of 7,500 enterprises and 2,500 SMEs.

UNDEF - Post Project Evaluation of Civic Education and Civil Society Empowerment in Remote Areas - 2013

Project Description:

In an effort to promote a more vibrant civil society in Myanmar, UNDEF had been providing funding to Myanmar Egress to support its Civic Education and Civil Society Empowerment in Remote Areas Project. These trainings served to strengthen civil society in remote areas by giving participants the basic tools for engaging government.

The post evaluations assessed project impact, effectiveness, efficiency and relevance. This involved a review of not only project operations but also other civil society strengthening models in Myanmar. Research was conducted through interviews with project staff, trainers, and training participants as well as other civil society organizations.

United Nations Population Fund Vietnam (UNFPA) - Baseline Survey on Imbalanced Sex Ratio at Birth - 2012

Project Description:

This baseline study was part of UNFPA commitment to support the Government of Vietnam (GoV) in addressing the problem of imbalanced sex ratio at birth (SRB). UNFPA is forming an intervention model to be piloted in Hai Duong province with an aim to provide adequate and well directed support for the GoV in combating rising SRB imbalance.

This baseline study was designed and conducted in Hai Duong province to measure the actual situation of sex ratio at birth in the province, identify gender roles and cultural perceptions of gender that drive SRB imbalance in Vietnam, review the awareness to SRB imbalance as well as the effectiveness of past/current interventions, and recommend detailed interventions as well as set up baseline data for measuring the project effectiveness and cost effectiveness analysis of the intervention model on SRB by the end of 2015 and 2016.

The World Bank - Survey on Dollarization in Vietnam - 2012

Project Description:

There was a growing concern about the impact of the dollarization on the effectiveness of monetary and exchange rate policies in Vietnam. To improve the understanding of this issue, the World Bank in Vietnam commissioned MKE to carry out a study that aims to identify the extent and causes of dollarization in Vietnam over time.

UNDP Myanmar - Study of Development Intervention Approaches - 2012

Project Description:

UNDP Myanmar began formulating a new, post-2012 HDI programme. This consultancy served to inform the post-2012 HDI progamme design. It consisted of a study of development intervention approaches and related business models, (e.g. farmer field school, private sector – development agency partnership production of appropriate technology based agricultural tools/equipment, etc.) for adaptation, where feasible, into the new UNDP programme.

The objective was to provide comprehensive knowledge of successful development interventions including related business models demonstrated by development agencies working on the grassroots level in rural Myanmar as well as bring in models of best practices from other countries.