Goal:
The Compact strives to (1) reduce the cost of doing business in Malawi, (2) expand electricity access and availability for Malawian people and businesses and (3) increase value-added production.
Activities:
SI provides the following evaluation services during the Compact Program:
- Lead performance and process evaluation of the Power Sector Reform Program (PSRP) to measure the financial, operational, and governance changes within the power sector over time
- Conduct enterprise survey and household focus group discussions across Malawi’s three regions to understand businesses and household’s attitudes and experiences with the utility, ESCOM.
- Analyze metering to measure forced outages, load shedding, and planned outages.
- Disseminate report results to stakeholders in Malawi and Washington DC to inform ongoing programmatic learning
Results:
- Conducted baseline and midline data collection for the PSRP, and identified indicators to measure success at the midline and endline of the PSRP evaluation
- Presented PSRP baseline conclusions to stakeholders in Malawi and Washington DC which promoted learning on MCC’s reform-related investments
Resources:
Contact: projects@socialimpact.com