Impact Evaluation of a Mobile Childcare Project in Burkina Faso

Last registered on January 20, 2021

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Impact Evaluation of a Mobile Childcare Project in Burkina Faso
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0006811
Initial registration date
January 19, 2021

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
January 20, 2021, 9:22 AM EST

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

Locations

Region

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
World Bank

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
The World Bank
PI Affiliation
The World Bank

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2019-11-04
End date
2021-06-30
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study consists of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a “mobile creches” childcare intervention implemented through the Labor-Intensive Public Works (LIPW) component of a youth employment and skills development project in Burkina Faso. The LIPW project aims to increase access to temporary employment and skill development opportunities for out-of-school youth in 9 regions of the country. The study sample includes 2,036 female public works participants in 36 work sites, with 18 sites randomly selected to receive mobile creches and no childcare provision introduced in the remaining 18 sites. The study aims to measure the impact of the mobile creches on child development outcomes and public works participants’ employment outcomes, time use, and well-being.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Ajayi, Kehinde, Aziz Dao and Estelle Koussoube. 2021. "Impact Evaluation of a Mobile Childcare Project in Burkina Faso." AEA RCT Registry. January 20. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.6811-1.0
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The “mobile creches” childcare intervention is integrated in the public works project and follows participants as they move from work site to work site. The intervention includes availability of full coverage tents that offer an environment designed specifically for children aged 0-6 years, with added protection from the sun, dust, inclement weather and potential accidents, along with complementary information for parents on childcare, health, and nutrition. The creches will operate for up to four months, while the project beneficiaries participate in their public works assignments.

The creches are operated by 7 to 10 public works participants who receive a 3-day training to become “brigadieres assistantes maternelles” (BAMs) who attend to children in the creches. Interested participants at each public works site are asked to volunteer. Volunteers are screened based on a set of selection criteria, after which 10 volunteers from each site are selected for training before starting to operate the creches. BAMs receive the same compensation as other brigadiers and work the same hours but at the creches instead of working in the labor-intensive public works assigned to their peers. The maximum capacity for each mobile creche is 50 children. Satellite creches can be introduced close to the public works site to allow lactating infants to remain close to their mothers. Creches are supported by supervision visits by education and health government workers.
Intervention Start Date
2019-11-04
Intervention End Date
2020-03-13

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Female caregivers (public works participants):
1. Employment status
2. Income earned
3. Empowerment and decision-making power
4. Socio-emotional wellbeing
5. Time use
6. Use of childcare centers

Children of public works participants:
7. Early childhood development indicators
8. Health status

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
36 urban public work sites in 9 regions will be randomly allocated in two groups (treatment and control), with 18 sites in each group. A mobile childcare center will be set up in each treated site, while no childcare provision will be introduced in the control sites. The site-level randomization will be stratified at the region level, using pair-wise matching to increase the similarity of the 2 treatment groups. A baseline survey will take place with approximately 60 female public works participants randomly selected to interview in each site, after screening for whether participants are the primary caregiver for any children aged 0-6. An endline survey will attempt to re-interview the full baseline sample by phone, one year after the baseline. Public works beneficiaries in both treatment and control sites will be invited to five sessions of parental education on early childhood development.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
public works site
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
36 public works sites
Sample size: planned number of observations
2160 public works participants and up to two children per participant
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
18 public work sites (with approximately1080 public works participants) per treatment arm
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Health Media Lab, Washington DC
IRB Approval Date
2019-09-13
IRB Approval Number
656WBG19
IRB Name
Comite D’Ethique Institutionnel pour la Recherche en Sciences de la Sante (CEIRES), Burkina Faso
IRB Approval Date
2019-12-18
IRB Approval Number
90-2019/CEIRES

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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