Evaluation of the Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) program in Tanzania

Last registered on October 31, 2025
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Evaluation of the Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) program in Tanzania
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0017138
Initial registration date
October 29, 2025

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
October 31, 2025, 8:36 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

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Primary Investigator

Name
Mahreen Mahmud
Affiliation
University of Exeter
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Emma Riley
PI Affiliation
University of Michigan
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2025-11-10
End date
2028-12-30
Keywords
Behavior, Finance & Microfinance, Gender, Health, Labor, Welfare
Additional Keywords
Female empowerment
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study will conduct a rigorous evaluation of BRAC’s Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) program in Tanzania, which provides adolescent girls and young women with entrepreneurship, employability, and life skills training through girls’ clubs, along with resources to start and expand their own businesses. Using a cluster randomised controlled trial, the research will assess the program’s impact on women’s economic empowerment, control over their bodies, and gender attitudes within households and communities, including norms surrounding gender-based violence. The trial will compare a livelihood-only program to the full package, which integrates safe spaces and empowerment training, to examine relative effectiveness.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Mahmud, Mahreen and Emma Riley. 2025. "Evaluation of the Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) program in Tanzania." AEA RCT Registry. October 31. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.17138-1.0
Sponsors & Partners

Partner

Name
Innovations for Poverty Action
Type
ngo
URL
https://poverty-action.org/
Name
BRAC International
Type
ngo
URL
https://www.bracinternational.org/
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Arm 1: Full AIM program: the full BRAC’s Accelerating Impact for Young Women (AIM) program provides adolescent girls and young women with entrepreneurship, employability, and life skills training through girls’ clubs, along with resources to start and expand their own businesses.
Arm 2: AIM program without the formation of girls' clubs.
Arm 3: Control group receives nothing
Intervention Start Date
2026-04-01
Intervention End Date
2028-05-02

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
economic empowerment
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
non-economic empowerment, control over bodies, gender norms
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Census and baseline activities will be conducted across 150 communities in Tanzania. Communities will then be randomised to be in arms 1, 2 or 3.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
Randomisation done by PIs using Stata
Randomization Unit
Community
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
150
Sample size: planned number of observations
3000 girls/women aged 15-24 In addition, we will survey 1500 adults from the community to look at shifts in wider community norms
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
50 communities in arm 1, 50 communities in arm 2, 50 communities in arm 3
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
IPA Institutional Review Board
IRB Approval Date
2025-08-24
IRB Approval Number
17429
Analysis Plan