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    • Ghana G-SAM Impact Evaluation, 2014-2017

    Metadata Updated: July 13, 2024

    USAID’s Center of Excellence for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance contracted Social Impact, Inc. to conduct an impact evaluation of USAID’s Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms (G-SAM) program, which aimed to increase accountability of local District Assemblies in Ghana. This impact evaluation, a randomized-controlled trial, tested the effect of two distinct efforts to increase accountability and improve service delivery outcomes at the district level. One hundred fifty of Ghana’s districts were matched and randomized into one of three groups: a top-down treatment group that received performance audits conducted by the central government Ghana Audit Service (GAS); a bottom-up treatment group that received civil-society organization (CSO) led scorecard campaigns; and a control group that did not receive either intervention. Outcomes were measured across three surveys administered at baseline (2014) and endline (2017). The surveys targeted three key populations: citizens, whom GSAM aimed to empower to be better-informed participants in district governance; district politicians, who make decisions on which development projects to build in which communities; and district administrators, who are responsible for overseeing the contracting and construction of development projects. Therefore, this data asset contains six datasets: three baseline datasets (household/citizens, politicians, and administrators) and three endline datasets (household/citizens, politicians, and administrators).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/content/Detail_Presto.aspx?vID=47&ctID=ODVhZjk4NWQtM2YyMi00YjRmLTkxNjktZTcxMjM2NDBmY2Uy&rID=NTY2MjE1
    https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/content/Detail_Presto.aspx?vID=47&ctID=ODVhZjk4NWQtM2YyMi00YjRmLTkxNjktZTcxMjM2NDBmY2Uy&rID=NTY2MjE2
    https://data.usaid.gov/api/views/ky7x-ei38/files/300320ea-8bba-4f6b-a3cc-a765f0d552b2
    https://data.usaid.gov/api/views/ky7x-ei38/files/ec556c93-0ec1-4dea-a695-2fa636cd6f3c
    https://data.usaid.gov/api/views/ky7x-ei38/files/5ad66f43-3888-4001-b322-5ab2cc73245c

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 13, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USAID JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date July 13, 2024
    Publisher data.usaid.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.usaid.gov/api/views/ky7x-ei38
    Data First Published 2021-04-02
    Data Last Modified 2024-07-12
    Category Good Governance
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 184:15
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    Homepage URL https://data.usaid.gov/d/ky7x-ei38
    License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/legalcode
    Program Code 184:008__184:037
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