Social Cohesion Through Community-Based Development Project in the Kyrgyz Republic

Abstract

This report features the baseline survey findings for the project Social Cohesion through Community-based Development. The baseline survey, administered at the individual, household, and community levels, and with a sample of 2,000 households and over 6,000 individuals, offers comprehensive information on a wide range of topics facilitating a rigorous impact evaluation analysis. The findings based on the data indicate success in randomization, but the levels of outcome indicators are found to be high which raises implications for both research and intervention components of the project.

Keywords: Social cohesion, community-driven development, local development, governance, impact evaluation, theory of change, household survey, postconflict

JEL Classification: D74, R20, R29