Affordable day care program to empower Indian mothers: an impact evaluation in Rajasthan

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1 Affordable day care program to empower Indian mothers: an impact evaluation in Rajasthan Arijit Nandi, Sam Harper, Parul Agarwal, Shannon Maloney September 4 th, ADB- 3ie- PIDS Conference, Manila

2 Content Theory of change Measuring women empowerment Making this evaluation matter

3 Content Theory of change Measuring women empowerment Making this evaluation matter

4 Impact Output Outcome Problem/ Need Input/ Intervention

5 Impact Output Outcome Problem/ Need Input/ Intervention

6 Problem/ Need - Lack of affordable day care options - Nuclear family - Woman completely responsible for household work - Restricted labour force participation - Divided attention between work and child care - Child health and education at a loss

7 Impact Output Outcome Problem/ Need Input/ Intervention

8 Input/ Intervention - Balwadi programme by Seva Mandir - 80 balwadis to be set up in Udaipur district of Rajasthan - Operates from 9 am to 4 pm for 1-5 year old children - Provides a safe place managed by a community member - Provides pre-school education - Provides basic nutrition/ medicines/ vaccination

9 Impact Output Outcome Problem/ Need Input/ Intervention

10 Output - Increase in number of children vaccinated - Increase in nutrition intake - Increase in enrolment in formal schools - Change in mother s time allocation

11 Impact Output Outcome Problem/ Need Input/ Intervention

12 Outcome - Improved performance in formal schools: child and elder sibling - Improved health and nutrition of children - Increased labour force participation - Greater economic opportunities for women - Increased financial autonomy and better bargaining power - Increased participation in household decision making - Reduced stress, better mental health and increased self-belief

13 Impact Output Outcome Problem/ Need Input/ Intervention

14 Impact - Greater economic development in the area - Wider social network and power structures - Improved literacy rates in the area - Improved health indicators - Improved social norms and institutions

15 Content Theory of change Measuring women empowerment Making this evaluation matter

16 Measuring Women Empowerment A woman is economically empowered when she has both the ability to succeed and advance economically and the power to make and act on economic decisions To achieve empowerment, factors contributing to individual and 1. Skills and resources to compete community resources and norms and institutions must be addressed in markets 1. Ability to make and act on 1. Human Capital 2. Fair and equal access to 2. Financial Capital economic institutions decisions 1. Gender defined roles, 2. Ability prohibitions to control resources & expectations and 3. Social Capital profits 2. Legal, policy, social and 4. Physical Capital economic structures

17 Measuring Women Empowerment Control and share resources Define and make choices Human Financial Social Power & Agency Economic Advancem ent Women s Economic Empowerment Resources Economic Success Economic Gain Components

18 Measuring Women Empowerment Indicators of empowerment constructed for the study: Human Capital: Views and attitudes on critical issues Financial Capital: Decision making within family and control over income Social Capital: Freedom of movement in the public domain, participation in community and public life

19 Content Theory of change Measuring women empowerment Making this evaluation matter

20 Making this Evaluation Matter Academia - Generating new evidence on women s economic empowerment and gender equality - Providing stronger evidence base for evaluating the potential for new child-care interventions in other communities Partner - Getting stronger evidence of the impact of their program - Replicating the efforts in new areas - Securing funding for their program - Supporting dialogue with NGOs and state govt. Evaluation NGOs - Sensitized towards evaluating their own programs - Adopting learnings from the study for expanding their initiatives sustainably - Securing funding for their programs using the evidence as a base Policy - Sensitizing policymakers to impact evaluation - Helping them improve their existing initiatives on providing day care services - Other countries can also adopt the learning from the study

21 KEY OUTCOMES THANK YOU TRAINING For any questions or information please contact: Parul Agarwal at Shannon Maloney at