?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Baseline+report+on+the+evaluation+of+Familias+en+Acci%C3%B3n&rft.creator=Attanasio%2C+O.&rft.creator=Meghir%2C+C.&rft.creator=Vera-Hernandez%2C+M.&rft.description=This+report+describes+the+survey+that+was+carried+out+in+122+communities+in+rural+Colombia+by+the+consortium+formed+by+the+Institute+for+Fiscal+Studies%2C+Econometria+and+SEI+as+the+baseline+for+the+impact+evaluation+of+Familias+en+Acci%C3%B3n%2C+a+programme+to+foster+the+accumulation+of+human+capital+in+rural+Colombia%2C+run+by+the+Colombian+government.%0D%0AIn+this+report%2C+we+will+not+describe+in+detail+the+programme+or+the+methodology+of+the+proposed+evaluation%2C+as+this+was+done+in+IFS-Econometria-SEI+(2003a).+The+main+aim+of+the+document+is+to+discuss+the+first%2C+baseline+survey+that+was+collected+for+this+evaluation.+While+the+baseline+survey+cannot%2C+by+definition%2C+be+used+to+perform+impact+evaluation%2C+towards+the+end+of+the+report+we+exploit+the+slightly+peculiar+way+in+which+the+programme+was+started+and%0D%0Ahave+a+first+very+preliminary+glance+at+some+of+the+impacts+that+the+programme+might+have.%0D%0AThe+methodological+caveats+on+interpreting+these+results+should+be+taken+very+seriously.%0D%0AThis+report+does+not+contain+an+extensive+%E2%80%98fieldwork%E2%80%99+report.+This+is+included+in+SEI+(2003).%0D%0AAnalogously%2C+we+do+not+discuss+extensively+the+operation+of+the+programme+and+the+evidence+that+emerged+on+related+issues+and+on+targeting.+These+issues+are+covered+in+IFS-Econometria-+SEI+(2003b%2C+2003c).+We+will+be+referring+to+some+of+the+issues+raised+in+those+reports%2C+however.%0D%0AThis+report+is+divided+into+five+chapters.+In+Chapter+1%2C+we+briefly+summarise+the+main+features+of+the+programme+and+its+proposed+evaluation.+A+more+detailed+description+of+both+of+these+aspects+is+contained+in+IFS-Econometria-SEI+(2003a).+Here%2C+however%2C+we+give+some+details+on+the+expansion+of+the+programme+and+on+the+features+of+this+expansion+that+allow+a+first+and+preliminary+analysis+of+the+impact+of+the+programme.+In+Chapter+2%2C+we+describe+the+statistical+methodology+that+will+be+used+in+the+report.+This+includes+the+methodology+for+the+data+description+that+constitutes+the+largest+part+of+the+report+and+for+the+preliminary+impact+evaluation.+Chapter+3+describes+the+baseline+survey.+This+chapter+is+divided+into+several%0D%0Asections%2C+each+referring+to+a+particular+module.+In+each+section%2C+we+first+describe+the+%E2%80%98treatment%E2%80%99+population+%E2%80%93+that+is%2C+the+households+eligible+for+the+programme+that+were+living+in+villages+targeted+by+the+programme.+We+then+move+on+to+the+population+living+in+%E2%80%98control%E2%80%99+villages+%E2%80%93%0D%0Athat+is%2C+in+villages+that+were+not+targeted+by+the+programme+and+yet+are%2C+nonetheless%2C+reasonably+similar+to+the+treatment+villages.+Chapter+4+presents+the+preliminary+impact+evaluation.&rft.publisher=Institute+for+Fiscal+Studies&rft.date=2004-04&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(IFS+Reports+++).+Institute+for+Fiscal+Studies%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14763%2F1%2F14763.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F14763%2F&rft.rights=open