October 23, 2012
The Millennium Challenge Corporation is releasing its first set of independent impact evaluations, which use rigorous statistical methods to measure changes in project participants’ farm and household incomes. These first five impact evaluations—for farmer training activities in Armenia, El Salvador, Ghana, Honduras, and Nicaragua—reflect a small portion of both MCC’s investment and evaluation portfolios but offer valuable lessons and a first look at how MCC uses evaluations for accountability, learning and for improving its work.