Basic Information
Country
India
Region
Madhya Pradesh
Governing level
NGO
Funding
Budget (local currency)
₹55.00 million
Budget (USD 2022)
$1.32 million
Budget currency
INR
Funding type
Private
Funding description
UNICEF India (main funder) and ING Bank
Timeline
Project start date
01/10/2010
Project start year
2010
Final project release date
01/01/2014
Length of project (days)
1188
Project length description
Preparatory work was already carried out prior to October 2010 by SEWA, but the research team designing the experiment started then. The final report was published in January 2014.
Experiment start date
01/06/2011
Experiment start year
2011
Experiment end date
31/01/2013
Experiment end year
2013
Number of start dates
2
Length of experiment (days)
610
Participants
Number of treatment groups
2
Sample size (intervention)
6093
Sample notes
1065 households in intervention and 1193 households in control group
Unit of analysis
Individuals
Control group?
Yes
Control group sample size
6721
Control group description
12 villages with similar distance to roads, schools, medical facilities and shops selected as control villages; a control tribal village with similar characteristics was selected for that part of the experiment
Target group description
Every individual in 8 villages of roughly 100 households size and roughly equidistant from an urban centre, Indore; and one tribal village
Gender target
No
Income target
No
Age target (outside working age)
No
Family target
No
Labour market status target
No
Disability target
No
Occupation target
No
Industry target
No
Design and Implementation
Saturation
Saturation
Evaluation
Internal
Conditionality
Only unconditional treatments
Taper rates
No tapers
Alternative interventions
None