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 * Assignment 3:**

For the third assignment, you are asked to put together a full Impact Assessment Plan for your selected case study. This includes incorporating (and updating if necessary) what you did in the first two assignments and then adding the additional material covered this week. Specifically, as noted in this week's session, you need to add the technical details related to data collection in the field as wells as the practical details of how the impact assessment will be completed.

For the assignment, you are then asked to complete the fourth and fifth sections of an Impact Assessment Plan for your chosen case study. This includes the technical aspects of the approach as well as the practical aspects including reporting coordination, budget and timing of the impact assessment. The information required for these sections and what you should include in your assignment is noted below after the parts that have already been completed in the first two weeks.

//(From week 1 assignment) // This section of the Impact Assessment Plan should include the following information:
 * __Template for Impact assessment plan __**
 * 1. Main Evaluation Question**
 * The main objective and components of the programme (the basic background needed for the theory of change)
 * The theory of change for the programme given the components of the programme
 * The key evaluation questions to be asked in the impact assessment given the theory of change
 * A discussion of possible unintended impacts that should also be considered in the assessment
 * The existence of any possible spillover effects that may result from the programme

This section of the Impact Assessment Plan should include the following information:
 * 2. Key indicators**
 * Key short, medium, long-term outcomes as well as impact indicators of programme success
 * The vertical logic of these indicators
 * A very specific definition of all indicators (including the unit of analysis and any formulas) and how each individual indicator will be measured
 * The source of information for each of these indicator

//(From week 2 assignment)//
 * 3. Approach and methods **

This section of the Impact Assessment Plan should include the following information:
 * An explanation of the overall approach to assessing impact and how that approach will obtain a reasonable counterfactual
 * The specific manner in which the treatment and control group will be created and how this will be linked to the programme design and in particular the defined eligibility criteria and the roll-out of the programme
 * A discussion of the potential for spillover effects and, if appropriate, how these will be measured and how contamination of the control group will be avoided
 * The timing of data collection including when a baseline will be conducted and when post-treatment data will be collected and how this relates to programme timing
 * The individual quantitative and qualitative methods that will be used to assess impact and what information each of these provide
 * The manner in which the different methods will be combined to create a reasonable approach to assess impact

//(For week 3) //
 * 4. Technical aspects of the approach: Sampling and data collection tools **

This section of the Impact Assessment Plan should include the following information:
 * The levels at which all surveys used for data collection will be administered (individual, households, community, market, etc. )
 * The sample size needed for each unit being surveyed and the calculation justifying that sample size
 * The manner in which the survey will be administered
 * An outline of the type of information that be collected in survey questionnaires with clear links to necessary indicators and complementary information
 * Other tools that will be used to collect data


 * 5. Practical aspects: Reporting, c****oordination, budget and timing **

This section of the Impact Assessment Plan should include the following information:
 * A description of the reports that will come out of the impact assessment including who will be responsible for them and who will be the target audience
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Identification of who will coordinate the impact assessment
 * The <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">budget that is required to complete the impact assessment
 * A timeline of all activities to take place as part of the impact assessment

__Additional background documents that may provide inspiration:__

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