Malawi Brief WIP MCM 02/11

The researchers employed a mixed-method approach to evaluating the impact of the intervention. [...] More specifically, the researchers collected three rounds of a quantitative survey, with questions fielded simultaneously to the male and female spouses, at the programme start, 5 months after the Figure 1: The modules covered in Umodzi programme ended, and 17 months after the programme ended. [...] This This increase in income was experienced by TIWOLOKE suggests that the gender of the recipient of the both spouses individually. [...] Similarly, male spouses IN THE HOME spouses, the programme increased productive in the male-targeted group were 20% more INCLUDING empowerment, social worth, mental health, likely to save compared to male spouses in the FINANCES. [...] Targeting either the female or male in the household resulted in similar gains in consumption, income, and food security for the households.