Abstract Small family farms account for 72% of the in world. Most these farms, developing countries, face labor productivity gaps. One strategies to increase agricultural focuses on implementing technical assistance programs. Using agriculture microdata, we estimate marginal treatment effect receiving services. We find that generates heterogeneous effects. On average, units increased their prod...

The Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) is widely used for outcome management, for providing real time client and program level data, and the monitoring of evidence-based practices. Methods of reliability training and the assessment of rater drift are critical for service decision-making within organizations and systems of care. We assessed two approaches for CAFAS training...

INTRODUCTION In 2006, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) passed regulations for child care centers that established standards for beverages provided to children and set a minimum amount of time for daily physical activity. DOHMH offered several types of training and technical assistance to support compliance with the regulations. This article analyzes the associat...

BACKGROUND Historically, effectiveness of community collaborative prevention efforts has been mixed. Consequently, research has been undertaken to better understand the factors that support their effectiveness; theory and some related empirical research suggests that the provision of technical assistance is one important supporting factor. The current study examines one aspect of technical assi...

accreditation survey of al-kindy teaching hospital during the months of february–may 2011 was performed as part of its technical assistance services to the management of the hospital. the hospital had formed an accreditation committee in october 2010 and began the process of self-assessment and implementation of the 2010 iraqi national accreditation standards for hospitals. as the hospital near...

ABBREVIATIONS ADB — Asian Development Bank CAP — country assistance program CAPE — country assistance program evaluation CSP — country strategy and program DEC — Development Effectiveness Committee DG — director general DMC — developing member country DP — development partner EA — Executing Agency MDB — multilateral development bank MDG — Millennium Development Goal NGO — nongovernment organiza...