Counting What Matters, Before It Changes

Overview

Strengthening the economic empowerment of poor communities takes a multipronged approach. I led a quantitative team to establish a benchmark for measuring the outcome of a World Vision program that provide communities with services such as agricultural inputs, formation of farmer cooperatives, and a suit of financial services. My team conducted surveys in Ghana, Kenya, and Vietnam, measuring community needs, perceptions and attitudes, and household assets and income.

Analytical Approach

A before-and-after study benchmarked KPIs before the program start date to enable the assessment of changes that occurred during the program. The study used spatial clustering to randomly sample ~2,500 households in rural and urban areas of Ghana, Kenya, and Vietnam. Surveys were complemented by interviews and focus groups to understand trends and contextual factors and triangulate quantitative insights.

Key Metrics

Poverty, dietary diversity, food insecurity, access to finance, perceptions and attitudes on well-being and autonomy.

My Role and Impact

Delivered key insights on pre-program status by leading a quantitative team on short-turnaround data collection and analysis of survey data across ~2,500 households in 3 countries simultaneously.
Managed stakeholder relations by updating key stakeholders on the quantitative approach and status of data collection and analysis.
Ensured cost-effective survey data collection by designing and optimizing survey modules that gathered required data for all 16 KPIs.
Guaranteed smooth and accurate data collection in hard-to-reach areas by training dozens of enumerators and coordinating survey translation into 12 local languages.