Overview
Identification
Country
PhilippinesEvaluation Title
KALAHI-CIDSS Community Development Grants
Evaluation Type
Independent Impact Evaluation
ID Number DDI-MCC-PHL-IPA-IE-2018v01 |
Version
Version Description
Anonymized dataset for public distribution
Overview
Abstract
This study is an impact evaluation of the KALAHI-CIDSS (KC) program. The impact evaluation's key research questions can be divided into the following four themes:
1. Socio-Economic Effects: Does KC improve outcomes related to specific subprojects? Does it increase consumption, assets, or other facets of economic well-being?
2. Governance Effects: Does KC increase participation in local governance and government leader responsiveness to community needs?
3. Community Empowerment Effects: Does KC increase collective action and contribution to local public goods?
In order to isolate KC's effects, a randomized control trial evaluation design was chosen. The impact evaluation sample consists of 198 municipalities (with 33 to 69 percent poverty incidence), spread over 26 provinces and 12 regions. The 198 municipalities were paired based on similar characteristics (99 pairs) and then randomly assigned into treatment and control groups through public lotteries. The sample size is large enough to be able to detect MCC's projected eight percent change in household income as well as other smaller effects.
Evaluation Methodology
Randomization
Units of Analysis
Households, communities
Kind of Data
Clinical data [cli]
Questionnaires
1. Household questionnaire: This questionnaire was composed of modules on education, labor income sources, household assets and amenities, expenditures, social networks, and other topics.
2. Barangay questionnaire: The barangay captains (village leaders) were the principal respondents. The questionnaire collected data on the barangay's development projects, budget, demographics, and other topics.
3. Structured community activity observation and implementation forms: Community members were invited to take part in an open meeting to plan for the use of grant funds toward public good improvement. The observation and implementation forms recorded participation, attendance, discussion dynamics and structure of the meetings, as well as the subsequent procurement and completion of the resulting project.
Geographic Coverage
National coverage with 198 sample municipalities spanning all 26 provinces of the Philippines.
Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
| Name | Affiliation |
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Innovations for Poverty Action
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Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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| Innovations for Poverty Action | IPA | Independent Evaluator |
| Millennium Challenge Corporation | MCC | Review of Metadata |
Date Produced
2018-02-12
Metadata ID Number
DDI-MCC-PHL-IPA-IE-2018v01
MCC Compact and Program
Compact or Threshold
Philippines Compact
Program
Philippines KALAHI-Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS)-DSWD
MCC Sector
Other (Other)
Program Logic
The KALAHI-CIDSS (KC) program provides resources to poor rural municipalities to invest in public goods and by reviving local institutions to enahce people's participation in governance. Specifically, the program provides communities with grants for community-based social preparation, planning, and subproject implementation. The KC intermediate outcomes include the following: 1. Broad-based community participation in KC-supported community based development activities, 2. Transparent, inclusive and accountable KC process of local decision-making and implementation (facilitating more responsive local governance), 3. Villages complete and operate their community subprojects within technical, budget, time and sustainability standards. The main KC project outcome is the empowerment of targeted communities to achieve improved access to sustainable basic public services and to participate in more inclusive local government planning and budgeting. The program has the following intended impacts: 1. Broader-based community participation in regular local development and local governance activities, 2. More improved local poverty reduction indicators compared to what would have occured in the absence of KC, 3. More inclusive and responsive local government decision-making.
Program Participants
As supported by MCC, KALAHI-CIDSS was implemented in 48 of the Philippines' poorest provinces. A province receiveed funding for half of the municipalities in the province minus one municipality. Municipalities with a poverty incidence of 70% automatically received the program, and municipalities with a poverty incidence below 33% automatically did not receive the program.
Documentation in PDF
Study website