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Field
Last Published
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Before
October 19, 2015 11:15 AM
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After
November 02, 2015 11:57 AM
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Field
Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
Drawing and Disbursing Officers (the government officers legally responsible for public procurement) are randomly allocated to 1 of 4 treatments, stratifying by district and by line department (Health, Higher Education, Communication & Works, Agriculture). Treatment arm 1: Financial bonuses for good procurement performance. Treatment arm 2: Increased discretion for bureaucrats. Treatment arm 3: Combined treatments 1 & 2. Treatment arm 4: Control group.
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After
Drawing and Disbursing Officers (the government officers legally responsible for public procurement) are randomly allocated to 1 of 5 treatments, stratifying by district and by line department (Health, Higher Education, Communication & Works, Agriculture). Treatment arm 1: Financial bonuses for good procurement performance; data collected through POPS. Treatment arm 2: Increased discretion for bureaucrats; data collected through POPS. Treatment arm 3: Combined treatments 1 & 2. Treatment arm 4: Control group; data collected through POPS. Treatment arm 5: Pure control group; data not collected through POPS, but through field visits.
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Field
Planned Number of Clusters
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Before
618 Drawing and Disbursing officers
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After
1074 Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs)
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Field
Planned Number of Observations
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Before
Approx 618*50=46,350
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After
Approx 1074*50=53,700
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Field
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
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Before
150 In Incentive payment arm
157 in Discretion arm
159 in Both treatments arm
152 in control group
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After
202 in Incentive payment arm
203 in Discretion arm
228 in Combined treatments arm
320 in Control group
121 in Pure Control group
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