Baseline Survey

REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan Women’s Economic Empowerment Project (TWEEP) Grant No.: TF-D1600 (TWEEP, P511398) Assignment Title: Conducting a Baseline Survey for the TWEEP Project Reference No. (as per Procurement Plan): TWEEP-CS-CQS-01 The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan has received financing in the amount of US$4.73 million from the World Bank toward the cost of the Tajikistan Women’s Economic Empowerment Project (TWEEP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“Services”) include the engagement of a consulting firm to conduct the Baseline Survey for the TWEEP Project. The objective of the assignment is to collect and analyze baseline data to assess the subsequent progress and results of the Project in accordance with its Results Framework indicators. The selected consulting firm will develop and agree on the survey methodology and sampling plan, prepare and program the survey instruments in the CAPI system, conduct pre-testing and field piloting of the questionnaires, organize training of field staff, data collection and quality control, data cleaning and analysis, and prepare a final analytical report on the results of the Baseline Survey. The assignment will include conducting 1,080 interviews in six target districts of the Project, including 1,000 interviews with women and 80 interviews with existing MSMEs led or managed by women. In addition, the consulting firm will organize and conduct 12 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), two in each Project district, with approximately 8–10 participants in each group. The firm will also be responsible for developing a detailed fieldwork plan, translating the survey instruments into the relevant languages, programming the questionnaires in the CAPI system, regularly monitoring fieldwork, conducting back-checks, spot-checks and other data quality assurance activities, preparing cleaned databases in Excel, SPSS and Stata formats, conducting quantitative and quali