Assignment name:

Baseline survey for the Child Grant Program in Kaputa, Kalabo and Shang’ombo Districts

Approx. value of the contract (in current US$):

US$ 308,000

 

 

Country:  Zambia

Location within country: Kaputa, Kalabo and Shang’ombo Districts

 

Duration of assignment (months): 4

 

 

 

Name of Client: American Institutes for Research (AIR), UNICEF, Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS)

Total No. of staff-months of the assignment: 480

 

 

Contact Person, Title/Designation, Tel. No./Address:

David Seidenfeld, Senior Vice President, American Institutes for Research (AIR), 1400 Crystal Drive, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202-3289, USA

Email: [email protected], Phone: +1.267.973.8752

 

Start date (month/year): August 2010

Completion date (month/year): March 2011

No. of professional staff-months provided by your consulting firm/organization or your sub consultants: 68.47

 

 

Name of associated Consultants, if any: N/A

 

 

 

Name of senior professional staff of your consulting firm/organization  involved and designation and/or functions performed (e.g. Project Director/Coordinator, Team Leader):

Prof. Gelson Tembo – Survey Coordinator/Principal Investigator (PI); Nathan Tembo – Master Trainer/Field Manager; Chiluba Goma-Chikoti – Master Trainer/Field Manager; Liseteli Ndiyoi – Data Manager/IT Specialist; Festus Tembo – Financial Manager

 

Description of Project:

This project involved carrying out longitudinal impact evaluations of the Child Grant Program (CGP) designed to assess the program’s effects on poverty alleviation, child well-being, and economic outcomes. Conducted by Palm Associates in partnership with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the project involved baseline data collection across 2,500 CGP households in Kaputa, Kalabo, and Shangombo districts. The evaluation included anthropometric measurements for children under five, household interviews, adolescent interviews, and process evaluations.

 

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment:

Palm Associates provided a comprehensive range of services. They were responsible for designing and pre-testing survey instruments, including household, community, and adolescent questionnaires, and obtaining ethical and government approvals. Palm Associates recruited and trained enumerators, ensuring they were skilled in the use of anthropometric tools and survey methods. The firm conducted data collection across 2,500 CGP households. Palm Associates implemented stringent quality control measures, including field supervision and real-time data checks. They also developed and managed a data entry system, using a double-entry process in CSPro to ensure data accuracy. Finally, they delivered cleaned and fully documented datasets in CSPro and STATA formats, along with detailed reports on data quality and field operations​​.