Title:
Uganda Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) Programme

Start Date:
March 2011

Completion Date:
February 2013

Client(s):
DFID

Funder(s):
DFID

Location:
Uganda, Eastern Africa,

Key Contact:
Fred Merttens

Summary:

OPM is engaged to design and implement an Impact Evaluation of the SAGE cash transfer programme, under the Uganda government’s Expanding Social Protection programme. The Impact Evaluation adopts a mixed method approach, employing a quantitative household panel survey and qualitative research to assess impact and evaluate operational effectiveness of the programme across eight out of 14 pilot programme districts. The quantitative household panel survey uses a quasi-experimental approach to estimate impact and will comprise three rounds of survey over four years including baseline. The Impact Evaluation focuses on the core impact areas of reduced material deprivation, increased economic security, reduced social exclusion and increased access to services. It includes impact on consumption expenditure and nutritional status of under-fives. The qualitative research focuses on impact on empowerment and social cohesion. The operational effectiveness assessment will draw on both indicators generated through the quantitative and qualitative research and indicators provided by the SAGE programme’s internal operational monitoring systems in order to feed into the programme’s Learning Framework.