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Concept note for LEAP
Livelihood Enhancement & Association of the
Poor in Siem Reap (CAMBODIA)
LEAP:
Hay Younell, Top Neth, Mean Sambath, Nuon Sokhom, Lim Piseth
DIME:
Radu Ban, Matthias Rieger
Project site
Siem Reap
Phnom Penh
Siem Reap background
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Provincial Profile
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Land area: 12,000 sq. km
Consists of: 12 districts, 100 communes, 875 villages
Total population: 900,000 (more than 80% living in rural)
Total households: 136,185 (avg. HH size 6 persons)
Provincial Economy
 Int’l tourists from 2005-2008: 0.7-1.1 million
 Provincial GDP (2004): USD 285 million (5.4% of the
national GDP)
 Tourism industry as the main source of GDP growth
 But, Siem Reap remains 1 of the 3 poorest provinces
Common causes of poverty
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Lack of assets, low investment and productivity
 Majority of ID Poor 1 & 2 owns less than 0.5 ha of land
 Majority of these land has a low productivity
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Lack of access to finance
 A study indicates only 58% of HHs (n=80) is able to borrow
 About 67% of them use informal source of money lender,
with high IR (4-10% per month)
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Lack of access to market
 Inability to compete with Thai and Vietnamese Products
due to inconsistent quality, low volume, time to market...
 Lack of market information makes the production and
delivery of the right products difficult
Project description
Project Development Objective is to improve
livelihoods of the rural poor in select
communes in Siem Reap
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Component 1: creating and strengthening self-managed
institutions of the poor
Component 2: providing access to finance to the poor
Component 3: linking the poor to key markets and value
chains
Component 4: project management, coordination,
monitoring and evaluation
Project description
Project phasing
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Pilot phase: 12 communes (half of villages are treated)
1st phase: 8 communes (PLUS half of the rest villages from the
pilot phase)
2nd phase: 30 communes
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Research questions
Are incomes and livelihood of the poor in the
target areas improved?
Indicators
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Indicator 1. At least 50% of HH take up new
livelihood technologies
Indicator 2. At least 50% of poor HHs are
investing in productive assets generating
sustained income with project funds
Indicator 3. At least 50% of HH receiving
project funds increase their income by at
least 30% of the baseline
Key HH survey questions
Income
 Percentage of poor/non-poor/women in SHGs
 Sources of income (micro-investment, chicken raising, other
activities for which training is provided by the program...)
 Credit, sources of credit (Banks/MFIs), how much?
 Assets
 Trust (in SHG, neighboring HHs,...)
 Social capital (reducing violence, increase cooperation, more
care to one another, ...)
 Employment (job training, ability to get job, ...)
 Benefit from Village Association (VA) or Commune Level
Federation (CLF)
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Key SHG survey questions
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SHG performance (frequency of meetings, attendance,
saving, application for credit, ...)
Characteristics of SHG members (men/women, poor/nonpoor, occupations, ...)
Satisfaction of being SHG member
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Identification strategy
Sam. 9
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12 out of 50 target
communes randomly
selected as sample
In each commune, half of
villages randomly chosen as
treatment & the rest half as
control groups (about 100
villages totally)
Sam. 7
Sam. 3
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Sam. 4
Sam. 1
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Sam. 5
Sam. 8
Sam. 2
Sam. 6
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Identification strategy
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In each village, about 10
poor and 10 non-poor
HHs randomly selected
for survey
-Treatment villages
- Control villages
Sample
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The total sample HHs are about 2,000 HHs (1,000
poor and 1,000 non-poor)
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In each village, 2 SHGs randomly selected for
baseline survey, and 2 additional SHGs for the
follow up survey
Timeline
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now - 15 Jul: design of questionnaires, question coding,
format of data input, sample selection
15 Jul - 15 Sep: recruitment of M&E and MIS specialists
15 Sep – 30 Sep: training of enumerators and key
relevant staffs, plus testing the baseline survey
(questionnaires testing)
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1 Oct: start the baseline survey and
evaluation
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1 Oct 2011: follow up survey
Impact evaluation team
Gov’t team:
Hay Younell, Top Neth, Mean Sambath, Nuon Sokhom, Lim Piseth
Consulting teams:
M&E and MIS Specialists (to be recruited)
DIME:
Radu Ban, Matthias Rieger
Estimated budget
Budget for baseline survey (about 2,000 HHs):
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Surveyors: 4 teams of 5 people = 20 people, working 30 days @ USD25/day =
USD 15,000 (LEAP)
Piloting and training 40 people, working 10 days @ USD25/day = 10,000
4 cars * 30 days @ USD100/day (including gas) = USD 12,000 (LEAP)
Data treatment: 5 people, working 30 days @ USD 35/day = USD 5,250 (LEAP)
Field coordinator: 60 days @ USD 200/day = USD 12,000 (DIME)
Economist(s): 30 days @ USD 250/day = USD 7,500 (DIME)
Overheads and unexpected costs USD 10,000 (LEAP)
Total :
USD 52,250 (LEAP)
 USD 19,500 (DIME)
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USD 71,750