Eudes9/uga-land-governance-impact-evaluation

Full replication package for the impact evaluation of land governance interventions among smallholder farmers in Uganda (2023) — survey instrument, Stata analysis code, and dataset documentation # Uganda Land Governance Impact Evaluation (2023) Full replication package for the impact evaluation of the **Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda to Increase Productivity of Small-Scale Farmers on Mailo Land** — a GIZ-funded RCT implemented in Uganda (2023). > **Data source**: World Bank Microdata Library — publicly available at > microdata.worldbank.org --- ## Project Overview This repository contains the full replication package for an independent impact evaluation of a land governance intervention targeting smallholder farmers on Mailo land in Uganda. The evaluation uses World Bank endline survey data (2023) covering 1,607 households and 2,227 crop observations across treatment and control villages. ### Research Questions - Did the land governance intervention improve crop revenues and quantities sold? - Does the treatment effect vary by gender of household head? - Was randomization balanced across treatment and control groups? ### Key Findings - No statistically significant ITT treatment effect on crop revenues (p=0.863) or quantities sold (p=0.894), consistent with the tenure security lag hypothesis in land formalization literature - Significant gender productivity gap: female-headed households earned significantly less than male-headed households on both revenues (p=0.001) and quantities sold (p=0.008), independent of treatment status - Exceptional panel integrity: attrition rate of 0.06% (1 household lost out of 1,607) - Randomization balance confirmed on plot size (p=0.326); imbalance on household head age (p=0.002) addressed through regression controls --- ## Repository Structure ``` uga-land-governance-impact-evaluation/ │ ├── README.md # This file │ ├── survey/ │ └── UGA_AGR_Household_Survey_2023.xlsx # SurveyCTO XLSForm (bilingual EN/LG) │ ├── code/ │ └── RCT_analysis_complete.do # Full Stata replication do-file │ └── data/ └── README_data.md # Data documen …