...terview. In cases where female patients could not travel to interview locations alone due to cultural and religious requirements, ACSOR worked to identify suitable male chaperones. The study had a 70% retention rate over the course of 13.5 months. These results show that cell phones and long-term personal contact can serve as effective tracking mechanisms in an Afghan context. Highly-trained ACSOR supervisors were essential to the success of the p...
...ural, 18% urban – unweighted) aged 18 and over. [1] Total of two mentions. [2] “Statistics: Afghanistan,” UNICEF, December 18, 2013, http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_statistics.html. [3] Total of two mentions....
...se a mobile device say it enhances the quality of their life. [1] The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan: Six Years Later (2006-2012). USAID Report. Online: http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1871/The%20State%20of%20Telecoms%20and%20Internet%20%20in%20Afghanistan%20(2006-2012)%20Low-Res.pdf....
...stems produce no carbon emissions and never need to be resupplied with fuel. The use of solar power also decreases Afghanistan’s dependence on diesel refineries in neighboring countries. To date, ACSOR has solar panels are up and running in Badakhshan, Faryab, Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khost, Nangarhar, Paktia, Paktika, Kunar, Laghman, Nimroz, Parwan, Wardak, and Zabul. ACSOR looks forward to implementing additional cost-saving, eco-frien...
...crossing points, as do numerous people migrating between the two countries. Because of the importance of these two border crossings, research focused on the districts of Muhamand Dara and Spin Boldak. The X-Border Research Project included both quantitative and qualitative elements. For the quantitative survey, ACSOR conducted 1,525 face-to-face interviews with respondents in the districts of Spin Boldak, (n=820) and Muhmand Dara (n=705). The sam...
...BS News Hour, the BBC, and ABC News. [1] “Population, Ages 0-15, (% of Total),” World Bank Databank. Online: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS....
...anistan. MISTI is the largest and most complex impact evaluation that the U.S. Government has ever undertaken. Fieldwork was implemented by ACSOR Surveys, a subsidiary of D3 Systems. Since 2012, USAID’s MISTI project conducted biannual surveys to measure and map stabilization trends and assess the impact of stabilization efforts in key districts across Afghanistan. USAID’s stabilization activities aimed to invest in infrastructure, encourage commu...
