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  Overview 
The Impact Monitoring Group of Energising Development has developed recommendations for sound impact assessments.
We recommend to:
- use the recommended list of indicators
 - conduct baseline studies before project intervention and impact studies after households, social infrastructure or SMEs received access to modern energy
 - use a theory based approach by applying the result chain for developing the study design
 - use a mixed methods approach: the logic of the comparative advantages of methods: i.e. the mix of quantitative (standardised household interviews) and qualitative methods (open / semi-structured interviews with key persons and households or focus group discussions)
 - include, wherever possible, control groups (households which do not have acces to modern energy) into your baseline and impact study
 - consider research ethics
 
The following tables show in more detail typical steps for baseline and impact studies, which we furthermore recommend and support. 
  Introduction 
  Preparation 
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 Materials/ Support
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 Library
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|  Terms for Consultants/ Enumerators
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- Sample Terms for national / international consultants
 - Sample Terms for enumerators
  
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 ToR Consultants:
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|  Selection Consultant/ Enumerators
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|  Study of available documents and statistics on national development goals and policies, national sector goals and policies, BMZ goals and concept for the partner country
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- Checklist on relevant development goals
  
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|  Developing of Results Chains/ Indicators (consider 
 undesired side effects being positive or negative)
 
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 Cooking:
 
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|  Developing of Questionnaires, interview guidelines, PRA tools (MAPP), observation criteria and other tools (catalogue of methods)
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 Example Questionnaires
 (Impact Studies Material)
 
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|  Sampling/ Selection target Group
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|  Training of Supervisors and Enumerators/ Pretesting
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- Training Material
 - Training Agenda
  
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  Implementation 
|  Task
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 Materials/ Support
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 Library
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|  Logistics
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 Checklist on how to implement HH Interviews
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|  Conducting Interviews
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|  Data entry
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  Data Analysis/ Reporting 
|  Task
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 Materials/ Support
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 Library
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|  Data analysis
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|  Data interpretation – in exchange with the project team (in a workshop)
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- Checklist for data interpretation
  
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|  Report writing (+ summary writing)
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- Example for report summary
 - Example for ICS description (Annex)
  
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 Handover of raw data
 
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  Further Information 
  References