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Mercy Corps Consultant - Assessment of Socioeconomic Impact of the Kacheri-Lobalangit Road - Employment Opportunities in Uganda

Consultant Objective

The objective of this impact assessment is to quantify and describe the socio-economic impact of the construction of the road connecting Kacheri Sub-county of Kotido District and Lobalangit Sub-County of , Kaabong District, in Northern Karamoja. No baseline study was conducted before construction of the road. However, a mixed methods case study should be conducted to measure and report on:

Security (theft, raiding, mobility of women to move alone)
Migration/settlements along the road and developments in Kacheri and Lobalangit

Health (improved access to health services, exposure to HIV)
Economic Opportunity (Household incomes, employment, livelihood diversification, market access)

Road usage (people, vehicles, commodities including negative impacts from charcoal, waragi, etc.)

Access to education and/or exposure to new activities
Prices of food/household items

Access to information/agricultural inputs

Access to food and water (including dietary diversity)
Consultant Activities

The assessment team will perform a post-implementation project evaluation focusing on qualitative and quantitative data collection.

Data should be gathered through the following means:

Key Informant Interviews: local government, community leaders, local businesses, transport service providers etc. Interviews should be semi-structured around topics based on the position and particular relevance of the person being interviewed
Focus Group Discussions: community members, local market vendors etc. Discussions should be organized taking into consideration sex and age of the participants

Household survey: using recall methods attempt to quantify improvements

in household food security (income, assets, healthcare, diet diversity, access to food and water etc.)

Local business survey: using recall methods attempt to quantify improvements for local market actors (income, access to markets, access to information etc.)

Traffic count: over a set period of time record who is traveling along the road, for what purpose, where are they traveling to etc.

All selected participants should be from within an agreed upon geographical radius of the road.

Site visits and observations

Qualitative data collection- Semi-structured stakeholder

interviews and focus groups with beneficiaries, stakeholders and key informants

Quantitative data collection- series of quantitative surveys targeting select target populations as well as broader

community level data collection.
Facilitated meeting – a meeting to be held with MC and partner staff and stakeholders to reflect on program implementation, challenges and successes

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Mercy Corps Consultant - Assessment of Socioeconomic Impact of the Kacheri-Lobalangit Road - Employment Opportunities in Uganda

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