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Training for Productivity: An Experimental Evaluation of Civil Service Reform in Ghana

Last registered on September 25, 2017
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Training for Productivity: An Experimental Evaluation of Civil Service Reform in Ghana
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0001889
Initial registration date
September 24, 2017

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
September 25, 2017, 3:15 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Ghana
Region
Accra

Primary Investigator

Name
Imran Rasul
Affiliation
University College London (UCL)
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Martin Williams
PI Affiliation
Oxford University
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PI Name
Daniel Rogger
PI Affiliation
World Bank
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2017-02-20
End date
2018-12-31
Keywords
Governance
Additional Keywords
training, bureaucrats
JEL code(s)
H11, O1
Secondary IDs
Abstract
The Training for Productivity (TFP) project aims to improve the Ghanaian Civil Service’s capacity by designing, implementing and evaluating novel individual and group-based training methods for bureaucrats. The training programs will be experimentally implemented as part of a standard package of training sessions coordinated by the Office of the Head of Civil Service (OHCS) and the Civil Service Training Centre (CSTC) of Ghana. The project findings will feed directly into the work of the OHCS, which requested the project and with whom we are working closely. As the trainings are being delivered by Civil Service personnel and through existing training systems, the research findings will have external validity and it will be straightforward to scale-up and sustain them.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Rasul, Imran, Daniel Rogger and Martin Williams. 2017. "Training for Productivity: An Experimental Evaluation of Civil Service Reform in Ghana." AEA RCT Registry. September 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1889-1.0
Former Citation
Rasul, Imran, Daniel Rogger and Martin Williams. 2017. "Training for Productivity: An Experimental Evaluation of Civil Service Reform in Ghana." AEA RCT Registry. September 25. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/1889/history/21782
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
We will support the implementation of the training programme and conduct an evaluation of the training, based on administrative data collected by the government and survey data collected by us. We have helped design the training, based on our baseline survey data collected from Ghanaian civil servants, and qualitative work in the field.
Intervention Start Date
2017-03-01
Intervention End Date
2017-12-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Preferences and performance measures of bureaucrats and their organizations.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
Outcomes will be collected from a combination of survey questions. e.g. Perry Public Service Motivation, and administrative data (e.g. initiation and completion rates for divisional projects).

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The training consists of two treatment arms, with a 2x2 design: 1) a training at Civil Service Training Centre, with 20-30 other peers from around the civil service; 2) a follow-up training delivered to all members of a particular division.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Individuals and divisions will be the units assigned to the two dimensions of treatment.
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
Individual and division level randomization: there are 2500 civil servants in service, who are employed in around 200 divisions.
Sample size: planned number of observations
Around 2500 civil servants.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Some treatments at individuals level, others clustered by division.
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
BSG, Oxford University
IRB Approval Date
2017-02-13
IRB Approval Number
SSD/CUREC1A/BSG_C1A-17-001
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
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