HBSP (USA)
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Providing Pensions for the Poor: Targeting Cash Transfers for the Elderly in Mexico
Levy, Dan; Coarasa, JorgeCase HBS-HKS787-EWhen the Mexican Congress approved the country's 2007 budget, it included an appropriation of 8.5 billion pesos allocated to provide non-contributive pensions to senior citizens. President Felipe Calderon wanted to introduce eligibility criteria that would ensure the new federally-funded pensions would go to poor seniors that would otherwise lack the means to sustain themselves. This case puts the reader in the shoes of Calderon's advisor, asking...Starting at €8.20
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Devil in the Details: Designing a Social Impact Bond Agreement in Medellin
Varley, Pamela; Levy, DanCase HBS-KS1139-EEconomicsIn July 2012, three freshly-minted Harvard Kennedy School graduates bought one-way tickets to Medellin, Colombia, to launch a nonprofit startup they called Instiglio. Their idea: to bring Social Impact Bonds, still experimental even in affluent nations, to Colombia and other low to middle income countries. This statistics case-one of two nearly identical HKS cases about Instiglio-provides background about the SIB model (a financing mechanism for ...Starting at €8.20
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Evaluating the Impact of Solar Lamps in Uganda
Datla, Anjani; Levy, DanCase HBS-KS1294-EEconomicsIDinsight, an evaluation company founded by graduates of the Harvard Kennedy School, designs and conducts evaluations that best suit the needs of clients across the developing world, offering timely and rigorous evidence to help decision making. In 2014, USAID approached IDinsight to conduct an evaluation of an affordable solar lantern developed by another social organization, d.light. IDinisght would have to assess whether d.light's innovation ...Starting at €8.20
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Designing Impact Evaluations: Assessing Jamaica's PATH Program
Bjorkegren, Daniel; Levy, Dan; McCreless, MichaelCase HBS-HKS448-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case asks participants to put themselves in the position of a government official in charge of selecting an evaluation design to assess the impact of a social program. The goal is to illustrate the tradeoffs that are made in the real world when trying to balance the desire for a rigorous and credible evaluation design with the logistic, political, financial and ethical constraints that so frequently arise in evaluating social programs. Par...Starting at €8.20