Kenya OVC-CT Programme Operational and Impact Evaluation

Table of contentsAcknowledgements .........................................................................................................................iiiExecutive summary........................................................................................................................ ivList of tables and figures ................................................................................................................. xAbbreviations .................................................................................................................................xii1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 11.1 The OVC cash transfer programme ......................................................................... 11.2 The evaluation ......................................................................................................... 31.3 The baseline survey ................................................................................................. 61.4 Contents of the report .............................................................................................. 71.5 Terminology and definitions ..................................................................................... 82 Characteristics of programme recipients ........................................................................... 102.1 Characteristics of OVC households ....................................................................... 102.2 Characteristics of OVCs ......................................................................................... 142.3 Characteristics of caregivers .................................................................................. 153 Targeting effectiveness – are cash transfers reaching the most vulnerable children? ........ 173.1 Income poverty: targeting poor OVC households ................................................... 173.2 Comparison between the study and the national populations................................. 183.3 Recipient selection process ................................................................................... 213.4 Coverage and leakage – are the poorest OVC households being selected? .......... 223.5 Decomposing the targeting problem – separating administration and design effects.............................................................................................................................. 284 Welfare indicators – baseline levels .................................................................................. 344.1 Child welfare .......................................................................................................... 344.2 Household-level welfare measures ........................................................................ 384.3 Differences in community characteristics ............................................................... 385 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................... 425.1 Targeting ............................................................................................................... 42References/Bibliography ............................................................................................................... 45Annex A Child welfare indicators – additional tables ............................................................ 46Annex B Anthropometric analysis ......................................................................................... 49B.1 The data ................................................................................................................ 49B.2 Method .................................................................................................................. 51B.3 Calculating anthropometric indicators .................................................................... 51B.4 Results .................................................................................................................. 52Annex C Assessing socioeconomic status ........................................................................... 56C.1 Calculating monthly household consumption expenditure ...................................... 56C.2 Comparative socio-economic status of OVC households ....................................... 57C.3 Quintile and tercile cut-offs .................................................................................... 65viii