Financial Crisis Initiative Performance Review

The purpose of the review was to scientifically evaluate the achievements and gather lessons learned from the C4W, FFA, and FFE programs financed by USAID/Tanzania. Data collection involved quantitative and qualitative methods, including key informant interviews. The review focused on evaluating program objectives and achievements, including overall cost effectiveness and sustainability. The sampling frame for the review included lists of participants by year, village, and gender for the FFA and C4W programs, and lists of participating schools with the number of beneficiaries by gender for the FFE program. A two-stage sampling design was used for the CFW and FFA programs, with villages selected at the first stage and participants selected at the second stage by gender. For the FFE program, a one-stage sample of schools was selected, with the units of analysis being the individual participating schools. The sample size for the FFA program was 30 villages with 10 participants per village, resulting in a total of 300 participants. The sample size for the C4W program was 20 villages with 14 participants per village, resulting in a total of 280 participants. The sample size for the FFE program was 50 schools. The sample distribution showed that the FFA program had the largest number of participants, with 88,278 participants in the Arusha region. The FFE program had the second-largest number of participants, with 100,768 participants in the Dodoma region. The C4W program had the smallest number of participants, with 420 participants in the Iringa region. Sampling frame issues were identified for the FFA, C4W, and FFE programs. For the FFA program, lists of participants for 2010 may not be retained in some cases, resulting in a non-representative sample. For the C4W program, the list provided by WMA was not by village, so an assumption of equal probability for all villages within a WMA was made. For the FFE program, 21.8% of the schools (17.8% of students) were inaccessible and were excluded from the sample. Data collection for the review involved close coordination with WFP and WWF on logistical arrangements. Four teams traveled to the field to cover all program beneficiaries selected for their sample areas. Each team had one lead experienced in survey data collection and a translator. Data collection began the week of May 14 and ended on June 8. The review sites for the FCI included FFE, FFA, and C4W programs in various regions of Tanzania, including Mara, Mwanza, Kagera, Shinyanga, Kigoma, Arusha, Tabora, Kilimanjaro, Tanga, Singida, Mbeya, Dar-Es-Salaam, Coast, Dodoma, Iringa, Morogoro, Lindi, Mtwara, Ruvuma, Rukwa, and Manyara. The review also included expansion within the current FFA areas and outside the current FFA areas, including Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Pemba, and Zanzibar. Data collection tools for the review included two quantitative questionnaires: the School FFE questionnaire and the C4W and FFA questionnaire. Standardized key informant interviews were also used to gather information from community leadership and program implementers. A pilot of the questionnaires was conducted to determine the length of interviews and to test questions and response categories.