Papers/Reports | June 6, 2012
Agent Productivity in Fee-for-Service Savings Groups
This paper shares findings from a large-scale Randomized Control Trial conducted in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It compares the productivity of Private Service Providers and the productivity of project-paid field agents. This is the second research brief in the SILC Innovations series.
CONTENTS
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Project background--SILC and the PSP model
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Research design and productivity
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Cumulative comparisons on productivity
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Productivity and variance
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Trend analysis on productivity
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Understanding the trend, part 1: Part-time agents and the low-outlier factor
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Understanding the trend, part 2: Private service providers and the efficiency issues
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Understanding the trend, part 3: Having to pay vs. getting things for free
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Conclusion: Kenya is "best performer"