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Identifying the Impact Dynamics of a Small‐Farmer Development Scheme in Nicaragua
Author(s) -
Tjernström Emilia,
Toledo Patricia,
Carter Michael R.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1093/ajae/aat042
Subject(s) - library science , corporation , session (web analytics) , agency (philosophy) , political science , management , sociology , business , economics , computer science , law , social science , advertising
Social programs predicated on the notion that their beneficiaries will change some behavior (perhaps due to improved incentives or new knowledge gained during the intervention) pose unique challenges for impact evaluation. Assuming that a randomized control trial (RCT) is appropriate, we often don’t know ex ante precisely how long it will take for the treatment group to change the target behavior and reap the benefits of the Emilia Tjernström (emiliat@primal.ucdavis.edu) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at the University of California, Davis. Michael R. Carter is a Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Department at the University of California, Davis, and the Director of the BASIS Research Program. Patricia Toledo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Ohio University. We thank Anne Rothbaum, Lola Hermosillo, Jack Molyneaux, Juan Sebastian Chamorro, Carmen Salgado, Claudia Panagua, Sonia Agurto, Conner Mullally, and the staff at FIDEG. We gratefully acknowledge funding from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as financial support from the US Agency for International Development Cooperative Agreement No. EDH-A-00-06-0003-00 through the BASIS Assets and Market Access CRSP.