Mid-term performance evaluation of USAID/Cambodia's countering trafficking-in-persons activity

In 2018, The Mitchell Group, Inc. conducted a mid-term performance evaluation in five provinces on prevention interventions. The evaluation included a desk review and six weeks of mixed-methods data collection, including a survey to 504 participants. The focus was on four key evaluation questions: (1) whether CTIP prevention activities contribute to increasing safe migration and/or sufficient livelihoods as a measure to reduce migration; (2) identifying unintended consequences that affected performance; (3) providing actionable recommendations; and (4) documenting lessons learned in design and management. Overall, CTIP is contributing to safe migration and improving the livelihoods of low-skilled and low-educated beneficiaries in order to give them alternative options, such as documented migration or domestic migration. This mid-term result is being achieved by deploying effective models based on previous extensive research and experience, such as multiple income sources, integrated farming, and savings groups, which are improving levels of income sufficiency, improving living conditions, and significantly improving the awareness of TIP-related issues. The evaluation team’s recommendations include: • Strengthening livelihood diversification and the use of updated, innovative techniques through international technical assistance, exchange learning programs, and integrated models of support; • Continue its plan for an extensive review of Bong Pheak, its M&E approaches, and its worker satisfaction surveys; • Continue its plan to assess the effects of its 2018 BCC strategy in 2019 to consider upscaling to other provinces.