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What We Can Learn When Impacts Fail to Replicate: Lessons From an Empowerment Programme for Young Women in Tanzania

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  • Niklas Buehren
  • Markus Goldstein
  • Selim Gulesci
  • Isabelle Salcher
  • Munshi Sulaiman
  • Venus Yam

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We evaluate the Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents programme that combines life and livelihood skills trainings with a safe space where young women can network and learn. The same multifaceted intervention was highly effective in raising adolescent girls’ economic and social empowerment when implemented in Uganda. In contrast, this randomised evaluation, using panel data on more than 3100 adolescents, finds no programme impact on any economic, health, or social outcomes in Tanzania. We propose implementation quality as one plausible explanation of why the programme’s effectiveness could not be successfully replicated in Tanzania.

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  • Niklas Buehren & Markus Goldstein & Selim Gulesci & Isabelle Salcher & Munshi Sulaiman & Venus Yam, 2024. "What We Can Learn When Impacts Fail to Replicate: Lessons From an Empowerment Programme for Young Women in Tanzania," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(8), pages 1200-1210, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:60:y:2024:i:8:p:1200-1210
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2024.2337370
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