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Impact Of Care For Life- Mozambique's Cyclone Recovery Program, Anna Osguthorpe
Impact Of Care For Life- Mozambique's Cyclone Recovery Program, Anna Osguthorpe
Undergraduate Honors Theses
My research is primarily an impact evaluation of the cyclone recovery efforts of the non- profit organization Care For Life, based in Beira, Mozambique. I determine the causal effects of this program on business creation and several inputs to health (serious sickness, improved latrines, meals per day, and access to a vegetable garden). The treatment intervention consists of Care For Life workers providing mosquito nets, water purification, and soap, improving available latrines, and providing gardening materials (seeds, fertilizer, hoes, and watering cans). I analyze the effect of this treatment on five different outcome variables chosen because they are deeply affected …