Do the Millenium Villages work? - Chris Blattman
Short answer: we have no idea. But I’m hoping that northern Uganda might be the first real test case. Millennium Villages are springing up in dozens of poor countries. While the package of health, education, agriculture and other interventions are undoubtedly helping, we have little sense of whether they represent the most effective use of […]
Do the Millenium Villages work? – Chris Blattman Skip to content Do the Millenium Villages work? December 28, 2007 Short answer: we have no idea. But I’m hoping that northern Uganda might be the first real test case. Millennium Villages are springing up in dozens of poor countries. While the package of health, education, agriculture and other interventions are undoubtedly helping, we have little sense of whether they represent the most effective use of donor and national government resources, whether they can be scaled up to a national level, or what the distribution of benefits ar
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