Our Projects
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Year 2010-2012
Country India Peru Senegal Vietnam
Client
Impact Evaluations: Data Management and Integration & Field Based Training and Support
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
As a response to preventable threats posed by poor sanitation and hygiene, the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) implemented a Scaling Up Handwashing Behaviour Change and Sanitation Program in six countries. The major component of the project was to reduce the incidence of disease. Kimetrica implemented the program’s impact evaluation in four countries: India, Peru, Senegal and Vietnam. The evaluation, which was based on formal quantitative surveys, documented the health impacts and relevant project costs of WSP interventions. To measure impact, the evaluation carried out randomised controled trials using household surveys to capture key outcome indicators. Kimetrica's survey and software experts provided data capture software and training in household survey enumeration, data capture, and quality control to local survey firms in the four project countries. The development of data capture software, including web-based reports, provided both quality control and survey coordination. The World Bank used the final impact evaluation data to measure the impact of its investment, as well as to inform follow-on programs.
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Year 2009
Country Kenya
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Baseline Survey: Evaluating the Impact of Home-Based HIV Counselling and Testing in Kenya
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a consortium of Kenyan and North American academic institutions and health centres that include Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. It is led by Indiana University, in partnership with the Government of Kenya. AMPATH was created in response to the challenge of providing life-saving care during the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It treated over 140,000 HIV-positive persons, with almost 2,000 new patients enrolling each month at over 60 urban and rural clinics in western Kenya. In addition, AMPATH reached over half a million persons through a home-based counseling and testing program that had a 98+ percent rate of acceptance into the homes it visited, and reduced mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS to below two percent. As part of a baseline study of the impact of AMPATH programing, Kimetrica provided a comprehensive evaluation of the bio-medical, economic and sexual behavior effects related to home-based testing. The results of the study, which included a survey of 3,000 households, provided critical input into the World Bank’s HIV/AIDS program by presenting strong evidence that home-based counselling and testing of treatment and prevention are beneficial.
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Year 2009
Country Kenya
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Evaluation and Strategic Planning: The World Bank’s Arid Lands Resource Management Project--Natural Resource Drought Management Component
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
Denmark has traditionally been a key partner in Kenya’s efforts to improve its management of natural resources. Kenya’s Natural Resource Management Programme (NRMP) is largely based on lessons learned from previous Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) supported sector programs for water, the environment and agriculture. To bolster DANIDA’s support of the NRMP, Kimetrica undertook an evaluation of the Arid Lands Resource Management Project's (ALRMP) Natural Resource Drought Management Component to pinpoint the best opportunities for DANIDA development assistance. The evaluation included the identification of ARLMP areas of strengths and weaknesses, and areas for improvement; an analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation and financial delivery mechanisms of the ALRMP in program districts; recommendations on the future direction of DANIDA's investments, given the continued relevance of the natural resource management component in the ALRMP, and the express interest of the government for the integration of DANIDA's support to arid and semi-arid lands. Kimetrica's analyses led to the development of DANIDA's support program.
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Year 2008
Country Angola Botswana Ethiopia Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Rwanda South Sudan Sri Lanka Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
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Microdata Management Toolkit Training
Research and Evaluation PROJECTS
The Microdata Management Toolkit developed by the World Bank Data Group for the International Household Survey Network aimed to promote the adoption of international standards and best practices for microdata documentation, dissemination and preservation. To this effect, Kimetrica conducted hands-on microdata management training for the National Bureaus of Statistics in 15 African countries. In Sri Lanka, Kimetrica trained national staff in improved methods for data capture, documentation, data storage and dissemination of microdata and metadata related to national surveys, such as household and expenditure surveys, population census and health surveys. The training included an introduction to the Organisation for Economic Co-ordination and Development's (OECD) Microdata Management Toolkit, an easy-to-use system for survey data management.
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Year 2008
Country Ethiopia Kenya Uganda
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Contingency Planning and Fund Management
Information Management PROJECTS
Since the early 1990s, the World Bank has promoted drought mitigation policies and strategies in east Africa. An important element in this support has been the development of drought preparedness and contingency plans at national and district levels, complemented, in some cases, by plans for natural resource management and drought response programs. In support of these efforts, Kimetrica’s early warning experts and software development team worked together to create tools for collaborative disaster management. Consultations with government officials in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda led to the development and piloting of contingency planning and emergency fund management tools, based on Kimetrica's Crisis Toolkit™ web-service application. The toolkit included early warning and response triggers, scenario development and assessment and reporting functions.