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Andre Nickow
Andre is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Northwestern University, where he is focussing on evaluation methodology and policy analysis. His dissertation, funded by the International Growth Centre (IGC), is a mixed-methods randomised evaluation of a land rights intervention in Bihar, India. Other current projects include a preliminary evaluation of a gang violence reduction programme in Chicago (with Urban Labs), a study on tax reform in Pakistan, and ongoing literature reviews relating to governance interventions (with USAID (United States Agency for International Development)). Andre has been affiliated with USAID’s Democracy, Rights, and Governance Center, Mathematica Policy Research, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Landesa, and CGIAR.
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Impact of community mobilisation on land rights governance
Homestead land rights, that is, the security a household enjoys over the plot of land on which its dwelling is built, shape livelihoods and living standards for poor and marginalised populations in rural areas. This column reports initial findings from an impact evaluation of a programme that seeks to improve homestead rights in Bihar through the formation of village-level community-based organisations.
The Impact of Community-Driven Accountability on Land Rights Governance: Evidence from a Homestead Land Titling Initiative
How and under what circumstances can civic mobilization improve local governance and service delivery? This project seeks to contribute to debates on this question through a multi-method analysis of a homestead land entitlement support program in rural Gaya District, Bihar. This project evaluates Deshkal Society’s intervention with a research design composed of four components: Village-level randomized field experiment, Semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions with untitled SC households, Semi-structured interviews and focus group interviews with CBO members and Interviews with government officials and key informants.
The Impact of Community Mobilization on Land Rights Governance: Evidence from a Homestead Land Entitlement Initiative in Gaya District of Bihar, India
This project evaluates the impact of a community level program in Gaya district that seeks to establish, train, and mobilize village-level community-based organizations to assist Scheduled Caste households in obtaining homestead title. In doing so, the project builds on a growing policy research literature that explores whether and under what conditions social accountability strategies can improve the delivery of government entitlements.