The University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Advancement (NDIGD) was lately awarded a $ 375,000 contract from the Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) to perform an evaluation of MCC’s water venture in Ghana.
In 2006, MCC signed a 5-year, $ 547 million compact with the Republic of Ghana aimed at decreasing poverty by way of agribusiness advancement. The University of Notre Dame will help evaluate the advantages of the water element of that venture, which was made to supply water methods to communities in Ghana. 3 hundred ninety-two water points had been constructed, including boreholes, small town water methods and pipe extensions.
The evaluation will help establish no matter whether strengthening water techniques in participating districts has decreased the prevalence of sickness — notably diarrhea — and created health enhancements, and regardless of whether beneficiary productivity and incomes have elevated with the availability of greater water. Some 137 selected communities in the intervention locations are benefiting from the enhanced water techniques.
NDIGD will perform with MCC to assess the water action of these enhanced water techniques, integrating a survey and information assortment to synthesize outcomes of the task. NDIGD’s preceding experience in utilizing rigorous research methods to acquire data from communities will be beneficial in creating and executing the evaluation.
The study team contains Edwin Michael, professor of biological sciences and a member of Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Worldwide Well being. “We are excited about investigating regardless of whether the model utilized for the water intervention has led to improved well being outcomes, specifically in the case of diarrhea, which continues to be a top result in of death between the creating world’s young children,” Michael explained.
NDIGD monitoring and evaluation specialists Lila Khatiwada and Juan Carlos Guzman will travel to Ghana in December to develop the layout for the survey and information assortment that will be implemented in 2014. “We are collaborating with several specialists in Ghana to assist in offering nearby skills and knowledge as we design the review and carry out the evaluation,” Khatiwada mentioned.
Economics professor Joseph Kaboski will offer input into the design of the evaluation and help in analyzing the information. Other researchers on the project, like ND-Achieve investigation fellow Chen Chen and Andres Martinez, information management consultant for the Center for Social Analysis, also serve as portion of the analysis staff.
“Notre Dame is most grateful to be in a position to spouse with the Millennium Challenge Corp. on this possibly transformative task in Ghana,” said University of Notre Dame Provost Thomas Burish. “Splendid faculty from a number of distinct disciplines, working via Notre Dame’s Initiative for International Development, will contribute to several applied analysis tasks that will advantage not only communities in Ghana but also several other individuals worldwide.”
A United States foreign support agency developed by Congress in January 2004, the Millennium Challenge Corp. is committed to providing wise U.S. foreign help by focusing on great policies, nation ownership and confirmed outcomes.
Make contact with: Michael Sweikar, NDIGD managing director, msweikar@nd.edu
NDIGD awarded contract to evaluate water project in Ghana
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