Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Reshaping institutions : evidence on aid impacts using a pre analysis plan, conducted between 2005 and 2009 in Sierra Leone. The study observed the impact of pre analysis plan (PAP) on local institutions by imposing participation requirements for marginalized groups (including women) and test for learning-by-doing effects in Sierra Leone on the individual and village level. Requiring women and young adults to take on leadership positions participate in project meetings, and sign off on project finances does not have any persistent effect on their participation in local decision making or attitudes regarding leadership ability. The project successfully established village organizations and tools to manage the project. The distributions of the project's benefits were equitable and leakage was minimal. There was a significant positive impact on the stock and quality of local public infrastructure. However, there are no detectible changes in the ability to raise funds for local public goods, decision-making process, or social norms and attitudes. Funding for the study derived from the GoBifo Project, the Institutional Reform and Capacity Building Project (IRCBP), The World Bank Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the International Growth Center, 3ie, and the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) African Successes Project.

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