Oct 23, 2007 we describe the concept, strategy, and initial results of the millennium villages project and implications regarding sustainability and scalability. Millennium villages impact evaluation, baseline summary report, february 2014 page 2 acknowledgements this report has been prepared by the team for the impact evaluation of the millennium villages project. Apr 20, 2018 the millennium villages project targeted more than a dozen subsaharan villages and imposed an integrated approach to help these villages achieve the u. While the mdgs have now been superseded by the sustainable development goals sdgs, 201630, there remains a consistent thread to the mdgs around issues such as. The millennium villages project iswas a demonstration project of the earth institute at columbia university, the united nations development programme, and millennium promise aimed at proving that its integrated approach to rural development can be used to achieve the millennium development goalseight globally endorsed targets that address the problems of poverty. The millennium villages project was a visionary 10year global project with 14 rural sites in 10 subsaharan african countries ethiopia, ghana, kenya, malawi.
It has received significant attention in the development blogosphere see, e. Evaluation of assistance to the african millennium. The authors of the final evaluation found a more positive takeaway from the project. This 20 annual report is a description of the 20 activities of the millennium villages project. At its conclusion we will conduct an evaluation of its causal effect on a variety of development outcomes, measured via household surveys in treatment and comparison areas.
The evaluation argues that the mvp was responsible for a substantial drop in child. The millennium villages project mvp involves the coordinated delivery of a package of scientificallyproven health and development interventions with the aim of accelerating progress towards mdg targets. The team is composed of staff from itad, the institute of development studies, the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, and participatory development associates ltd. We study one highprofile case where it is a necessity. Our response points out that much of the projects statement reflects a remarkably basic misunderstanding of what a project impact evaluation is. The underlying principles of the millennium villages project include. The millennium villages in northern ghana impact evaluation mveval is a fully independent, robust evaluation of the millennium village project mvp in northern ghana funded by the uk department for international development dfid, which took place from 2012 to 2017. Gabriel demombynes and michael clemens published a paper recently lamenting the lack of a rigorous randomized evaluation of the millennium development villages project. This briefing paper is the eighth in a series to communicate key points from the independent impact evaluation of the millennium villages project mvp. We found that impact estimates for 30 of 40 outcomes were significant and favored the project villages, wrote the authors, including sachs, of an endline evaluation of the project, which was also published in the lancet global health.
This is a question asked in a new paper examing the millennium villages project mvp, a high profile initiative that, according to its web site, offers a bold, innovative model for helping rural african communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Impact evaluation of the sada millennium villages project. The project was first piloted in kenya and ethiopia, and in 2006 was launched at scale, eventually covering 14 project sites in 10 countries in africa. Amongst other examples, this ids bulletin looks at lessons from evaluating the millennium villages project mvp in northern ghana.
The millennium villages project mvp was an integrated rural development program carried out for a decade in 10 clusters of villages in subsaharan africa starting in 2005, and in a few other sites for shorter durations. This structural approach complements the holistic design of the millennium development goals and the modified and expanded sustainable development goals sdgs. Updated with rebuttal and comments from representatives of the mvp. The team is composed of staff from itad, the institute of development studies, the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine, and participatory development associates ltd pdaghana. Ipa is working with a nonprofit the hunger project to evaluate their epicenter strategy building community centers in villages. We illustrate the benefits of rigorous impact evaluation in this setting by showing that estimates of the projects effects depend heavily on the evaluation method. The mvp was a 10 year, multisector, rural development project, initiated in 2005, operating across ten sites in ten subsaharan african countries to achieve the millennium development goals mdgs aimed at reducing extreme poverty.
Impact evaluation of the sada millennium villages project in. Several people have emailed us in the past few days asking about the new evaluation of the millennium villages project mvp, published in the lancet last week. Our underlying hypothesis is that the interacting crises of agriculture, health, and infrastructure in rural africa can be overcome through targeted publicsector investments to raise rural productivity and, thereby, to increased privatesector. The mvp has been designed to demonstrate how an integrated approach to communityled development can translate the international millennium development goals into results. The millennium villages project impacts on child mortality. Our evaluation is the first to assess the project after the full 10 years of implementation. When is the rigorous impact evaluation of development projects a luxury, and when is it a necessity.
The team is fully independent of the earth institute and the millennium promise. The monitoring and evaluation system of the millennium villages. Millennium villages project the impact of mobile connectivity on the millennium development goals in africa. The mvp was initiated in 2005 to implement the previous millennium development goals mdgs in rural villages in subsaharan africa. Oct 02, 20 the millennium villages project, an ambitious project launched across africa by economist jeffrey sachs, is once again drawing attention. Oct 19, 2011 the weaknesses in the schemes evaluation methods make it impossible to know if it is achieving its goals jeffrey sachs.
Dec 06, 2018 the millennium villages project mvp aimed to demonstrate how the millennium development goals could be achieved locally through an integrated approach to sustainable development. Methods in this endline evaluation of the mvp, we retrospectively selected. Nov, 2018 amongst other examples, this ids bulletin looks at lessons from evaluating the millennium villages project mvp in northern ghana. Together, these undertakings represent an invaluable roadmap adopted by the united. We describe the concept, strategy, and initial results of the millennium villages project and implications regarding sustainability and scalability. When does rigorous impact evaluation make a difference.
Shira mitchell and colleagues endline evaluation of the millennium villages project mvp in the lancet global health marks an important chapter in our understanding of africas meandering path towards health and economic development. It is not meant to be an evaluation of the project, which will. The authors of this report are edoardo masset, tony dogbe, dee. Mdg millennium development goal ngo non governmental organisation paksi planu asaun komunidade saneamento no ijiene community action plan for sanitation and hygiene. The integrated model of the millennium villages project is essential for accomplishing sustainable development. The millennium villages project was a visionary 10year global project in 14 rural sites in 10 subsaharan african countries ethiopia, ghana, kenya, malawi, mali, nigeria, rwanda, senegal, tanzania, and uganda. Our underlying hypothesis is that the interacting crises of agriculture, health, and infrastructure in rural africa can be overcome through targeted publicsector investments to raise rural productivity and, thereby, to increased. The millennium villages project mvp was a 10 year, multisector, rural development project, initiated in 2005, operating across ten sites in ten subsaharan african countries to achieve the millennium development goals mdgs.
Millennium villages project needs proper evaluation michael. The mvp aimed to demonstrate that rural africa could address poverty and achieve the millennium development goals mdgs through. Background the millennium villages project mvp was a 10 year, multisector. It is hoped that the evidence and analysis will be of relevance to a wide range of actors in international development. The millennium development goals mdgs are internationally agreed on timebound targets to reduce levels of extreme poverty, hunger, disease, gender inequality, environmental degradation, and lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
This report presents the midterm findings from an impact evaluation of the millennium villages project mvp in northern ghana. Originally conceived to show the power of an integrated multisector approach to ending poverty and its associated ills, the project had its. Integrating the delivery of health and development. The mvp was initiated in 2005 to implement the previous millennium development goals mdgs in. Millennium villages project mvp is a new, large, experimental intervention to promote economic development in clusters of small and very poor villages across africa. The millennium villages project mvp aims to demonstrate how the millennium development goals mdgs could be achieved locally through an integrated approach to development. Home millennium villages project monitoring and evaluation. The millennium villages project columbia statistics.
Backers of the millennium villages project say their model is successful, and can be replicated across africa. Pdf the millennium village project and african development. Evaluating the millennium villages world bank blogs. Evaluation of assistance to the african millennium villages. It has been driven forward by jeffrey sachs, one of the worlds foremost economists, and today is a joint effort of columbia university, millennium promise, and the united natio. Nov 14, 2016 this report presents the midterm findings from an impact evaluation of the millennium villages project mvp in northern ghana.
Evaluating the millennium development villages innovations. The mvp aimed to demonstrate that rural africa could address poverty and achieve the millennium development goals mdgs through lowcost, science based interventions at the village level. May 18, 2012 several people have emailed us in the past few days asking about the new evaluation of the millennium villages project mvp, published in the lancet last week. The mvp has been designed to demonstrate how an integrated approach to communityled development can translate the international millennium development goals mdgs into results. This briefing paper is the fifth in a series to communicate key points from the independent impact evaluation of the millennium villages project mvp. The millennium villages project mvp was a tenyear, multisector, rural development project characterized by. The millennium villages project, an ambitious project launched across africa by economist jeffrey sachs, is once again drawing attention a somewhat critical book, the idealist, by vanity fair editor nina munk describes columbia university professor sachs sometimes brash style. They illustrate the benefits of rigorous impact evaluation in this setting by showing that estimates of the project s effects depend heavily on the.
This is a question asked in a new paper examing the millennium villages project mvp, a high profile initiative that, according to its web site, offers a bold, innovative model for helping rural african. But critics of their development strategy beg to differ. In this endline evaluation of the mvp, we retrospectively selected comparison villages that best matched the project villages on possible. The overall impact of the millennium village project definitely passes this test of. Millennium villages project monitoring and evaluation platform 106 appendix 2. Millennium villages project blue chip foundation initiatives. Evaluating the evaluating of the millennium villages project. This mixed method impact evaluation of one mvp site in northern ghana took place over more than five years. The first phase focuses on achieving quick wins, especially in staple crop production and disease control, and on establishing basic systems for integrated rural development.
An evaluation of the 10 main sites compared to retrospectively chosen control sites estimated positive effects on a range. We used both classical and bayesian methods to synthesise information from 40 mdgrelated outcomes. The weaknesses in the schemes evaluation methods make it impossible to know if it is achieving its goals jeffrey sachs. The millennium villages project mvp aimed to demonstrate how the millennium development goals could be achieved locally through an integrated approach to sustainable development. Originally conceived to show the power of an integrated multisector approach to ending poverty and its. In this study, we aimed to estimate the projects impact, target attainment, and onsite spending. A somewhat critical book, the idealist, by vanity fair editor nina munk describes columbia university professor sachs sometimes brash style in convincing even his strongest opponents to follow his poverty. Advocates of more indirect and heuristic impact evaluation methods argue that high. The millennium villages project iswas a demonstration project of the earth institute at columbia university, the united nations development programme, and millennium promise aimed at proving that its integrated approach to rural development can be used to achieve the millennium development goalseight globally endorsed targets that address the problems of poverty, health, gender equality. Why a careful evaluation of the millennium villages is not. Millennium villages project needs proper evaluation.
Community empowerment through participation and leadership in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. It has been driven forward by jeffrey sachs, one of the worlds foremost economists, and today is a joint effort of columbia university, millennium promise, and the united nations. We compare development trends inside versus outside the villages in three countries, and show that estimates of the projects effects depend heavily on the evaluation method. Gabriel demombynes and michael clemens published a paper recently lamenting the lack of a rigorous randomized evaluation of the millennium development villages project whilst we cant yet. The millennium development goals mdgs are internationally agreed on timebound targets to reduce levels of extreme poverty, hunger, disease, gender inequality, environmental degradation, and lack. Renowned economist jeffrey sachs launched an ambitious some would say audacious experiment in 2005 in his quest to prove that it is possible to end global poverty by taking a holistic, communityled approach to sustainable development the millennium villages project targeted more than a dozen subsaharan villages, using an integrated approach to help these. Millennium development goals to address poverty, health, gender equality, and disease. In public private partnership with the earth institute, millennium promise and undp, ericsson is bringing mobile communication and internet to more than a half million people in 10 african countries where the mvp is working. They illustrate the benefits of rigorous impact evaluation in this setting by showing that estimates of the projects effects depend heavily on the.
Oct 26, 2010 when is the rigorous impact evaluation of development projects a luxury, and when is it a necessity. The aim of the millennium villages monitoring and evaluation study is to better understand the current and potential uses of mobile information communication technologies ict in achieving the millennium. The comparison of the millennium villages and national trends was erroneous, and we have have corrected the paper at. This report has been prepared by the team for the impact evaluation of the millennium villages project. The millennium villages project mvp is a tenyear integrated rural development project implemented in ten subsaharan african sites. Authors estimate the millennium villages project mvps impact, target attainment, and onsite spending. Advocates for the millennium villages project mvp have described it as a solution to extreme poverty that can spark selfsustaining economic growth pdf in small, impoverished areas of rural.
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