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Last Published February 21, 2021 10:56 PM April 25, 2021 01:27 PM
Experimental Design (Public) We randomly assign 76 unions (located in 76 different upazilas) to treatment and control. In the treatment group, we will provide training on the selection guidelines to all 10 Union Parishad (UP) representatives (1 UP Chairman and 9 UP Members) and the eligibility information card filling to collect data on the elderly in the target group will be carried out by listing officers in 3 out of 9 wards in each union. We randomly assign 80 unions (located in 80 different upazilas) to treatment and control. In the treatment group, we will provide training on the selection guidelines to all 18 selection committee members in the union and the eligibility information card filling to collect data on the elderly in the target group will be carried out by listing officers in 3 out of 9 wards in each union.
Planned Number of Clusters 76 unions 80 unions
Planned Number of Observations 760 local government representatives 1710 newly selected beneficiaries 1440 local government representatives 1800 newly selected Old Age Allowance beneficiaries 1200 newly selected Widow Allowance beneficiaries
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms 38 treatment unions, 38 control unions 40 treatment unions, 40 control unions
Power calculation: Minimum Detectable Effect Size for Main Outcomes 0.25sd of poverty index 0.25 sd of poverty index
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