Visit | (1) Screening | (2) Verification | RANDOMISATION | (3) Baseline | DIG Programme Implementation | (4) Endline 1 (Participants with disabilities) | (5) Process Evaluation | (6) Endline 2 (All participants) | ||
Timepoint | July 2020 | August 2020 | November 2020 | (December 2020-June 2022) | July 2022 | January–February 2023 | October 2023 | |||
1–6 months | 6–12 months | 12–18 months | ||||||||
Conducted by | BRAC Uganda | BRAC Uganda | BIGD | BRAC Uganda | BRAC Uganda | BRAC Uganda | BIGD | Makerere University | BIGD | |
Activities | □ Household survey to screen for eligibility | □ Verification of ultra-poor households □ Identification of project participants | □ Informed consent of respondents □ Household survey with female head of household and person with disabilities (if not female head of household) | □ Training □ Asset transfer □ One-to-one follow-up and supervision □ Social development and health services support □ Expenditure support: a regular transfer of cash | □ Training □ Further asset transfer □ One-to-one follow-up and supervision □ Group formation □ Village savings and loans groups □ Informal group discussions □ Social development and health services support □ Compliance survey via phone with female head of household in intervention arm (with informed consent) | □ Training □ Individual follow-up □ Group discussion □ Confidence-building training □ Social development and health services support □ Formal weekly meetings □ Loan activities □ Savings activities □ Monthly group-level follow-up | □ Informed consent of respondents □ Household survey with female head of household and person with disabilities (if not female head of household). Limited to just households with a person with disabilities | □ Informed consent of respondents □ Semi-structured interviews with programme beneficiaries and key informants | □ Informed consent of respondents □ Household survey with female head of household and person with disabilities (if not female head of household) |