Evaluating The Impact Of Egyptian Social Fund For Development Programs

Abou-Ali, Hala; El-Azony, Hesham; El-Laithy, Heba; Haughton, Jonathan; Khandker, Shahidur R.

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4993

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“…Since then, it has led to many ALMPs, including small and micro‐lending, vocational and technical training, and extensive infrastructure and community development schemes for local development and employment generation (Abou‐Ali, El‐Azony, El‐Laithy, Haughton, & Khandker, 2009). The Fund disbursed about $2.5 billion from its inception up to 2009, nearly two‐fifths of this amount was devoted to activities for entrepreneurship promotion, community development, and infrastructure (Abou‐Ali et al, ).…”

Section: State‐provided Almps and The Legacy Of The State's ‘Protectimentioning

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Youth‐focused active labour market programmes in a constraining welfare regime: A qualitative reading of programmes in Egypt

Barsoum

2016

Int J Soc Welfare

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Active labour market programmes (ALMPs) are at the core of welfare regimes in many countries across the world. This study addressed youth‐focused ALMPs in Egypt, a country with high youth unemployment and a plethora of programmes ostensibly addressing this issue. Building on interviews with implementers, programme documentation and a publically accessible inventory of programmes in Egypt, the analysis locates ALMPs within the country's overall welfare system and the politics of programme targeting, design, governance and implementation modalities. The legacy of state ‘protective’ policies and the fragmented multiplicity of players within the field constrain the effectiveness and outreach of these programmes. Analysis of implementation modalities also shows that there is a pervasive lack of programme coordination, activity documentation, management for results, and pathways to achieving sustainability and programme institutionalisation. Key Practitioner Message: • Egypt's fragmented ALMPs field must be integrated and coordinated within the country's broader welfare system • Programme documentation, management of results, rigorous evaluation and sustainability plans must be seriously addressed

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Section: State‐provided Almps and The Legacy Of The State's ‘Protectimentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth‐focused active labour market programmes in a constraining welfare regime: A qualitative reading of programmes in Egypt

Barsoum

2016

Int J Soc Welfare

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“…Typical nonrandomised study designs include cross‐section studies with statistical matching (e.g., Abou‐Ali et al, 2009), group level panel data studies analysed at aggregated administrative levels (e.g., Galiani et al, 2005), individual‐level panel data studies (e.g., Galiani et al, 2009), pseudo‐panels with repeated cross‐section from the same clusters (Galdo & Briceno, 2005), case‐control studies (e.g., Meddings et al, 2004), and nonrandomised pipeline studies (e.g., Cairncross & Cliff, 1987). In NRS using matching, the matching was usually done using statistical methods, although a few used “naïve” matching (e.g., World Bank, 1998).…”

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Interventions promoting uptake of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technologies in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies

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et al. 2021

Campbell Systematic Reviews

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Background Lack of access to and use of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) cause 1.6 million deaths every year, of which 1.2 million are due to gastrointestinal illnesses like diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections like pneumonia. Poor WASH access and use also diminish nutrition and educational attainment, and cause danger and stress for vulnerable populations, especially for women and girls. The hardest hit regions are sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 calls for the end of open defecation, and universal access to safely managed water and sanitation facilities, and basic hand hygiene, by 2030. WASH access and use also underpin progress in other areas such as SDG1 poverty targets, SDG3 health and SDG4 education targets. Meeting the SDG equity agenda to “leave none behind” will require WASH providers prioritise the hardest to reach including those living remotely and people who are disadvantaged. Objectives Decision makers need access to high‐quality evidence on what works in WASH promotion in different contexts, and for different groups of people, to reach the most disadvantaged populations and thereby achieve universal targets. The WASH evidence map is envisioned as a tool for commissioners and researchers to identify existing studies to fill synthesis gaps, as well as helping to prioritise new studies where there are gaps in knowledge. It also supports policymakers and practitioners to navigate the evidence base, including presenting critically appraised findings from existing systematic reviews. Methods This evidence map presents impact evaluations and systematic reviews from the WASH sector, organised according to the types of intervention mechanisms, WASH technologies promoted, and outcomes measured. It is based on a framework of intervention mechanisms (e.g., behaviour change triggering or microloans) and outcomes along the causal pathway, specifically behavioural outcomes (e.g., handwashing and food hygiene practices), ill‐health outcomes (e.g., diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality), nutrition and socioeconomic outcomes (e.g., school absenteeism and household income). The map also provides filters to examine the evidence for a particular WASH technology (e.g., latrines), place of use (e.g., home, school or health facility), location (e.g., global region, country, rural and urban) and group (e.g., people living with disability). Systematic searches for published and unpublished literature and trial registries were conducted of studies in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Searches were conducted in March 2018, and searches for completed trials were done in May 2020. Coding of information for the map was done by two authors working independently. Impact evaluations were critically appraised according to methods of conduct and reporting. Systematic reviews were critically appraised using a new approach to assess theory‐based, mixed‐methods evidence synthesis. Results There has been an enormous growth in impact evaluations and systematic reviews of WASH ...

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“…Social funds in the region, established to mitigate the social impacts of structural adjustment policies, have been at the forefront of the provision of these programmes in many countries, including Egypt and Yemen. In Egypt, the social fund disbursed about USD 2.5 billion from its inception up to 2009, with nearly two‐fifths of this amount devoted to activities for entrepreneurship promotion, community development and improved infrastructure (Abou‐Ali et al, ). Most of the programmes in the region primarily focus on the provision of financial services, and a few manage to incorporate mentoring, coaching or business incubation.…”

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Can youth activation policies be central to social policies in MENA countries?

Barsoum

2018

Int Social Security Review

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Youth unemployment is a major socio‐political issue in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). However, active labour market programmes (ALMPs) in support of youth employment remain less prevalent and are generally outside the purview of social policies in the region's countries. This article addresses this inconsistency. The article provides an overview of such programmes and identifies the challenges to their inclusion as a central part of the region's social policy mix. Internationally, the article notes that successful models for the integration of ALMPs into social policies have been part of long‐term reforms targeting inclusive social security systems. This has not been the case in Arab countries where access to contributory social security systems is limited and where labour markets are characterized by large informal economies and a majority of workers are without social protection. Further contributing factors pertain to limited state budgets and a limited knowledge base about the effectiveness of ALMPs in the region.

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Evaluating The Impact Of Egyptian Social Fund For Development Programs

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

Youth‐focused active labour market programmes in a constraining welfare regime: A qualitative reading of programmes in Egypt

Youth‐focused active labour market programmes in a constraining welfare regime: A qualitative reading of programmes in Egypt

Interventions promoting uptake of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technologies in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies

Can youth activation policies be central to social policies in MENA countries?

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