There is value in conducting an infrastructure assessment as a precursor to measuring program outcomes. The evaluation’s infrastructure assessment found that Mocuba emergency works were destroyed in a flood and confirmed that the Nacala works remained incomplete. As such, MCC decided not to fund data collection evaluating those investments, since it would be impossible for those investments to demonstrate benefits. Conducting the infrastructure assessment early in the evaluation prevented MCC from funding costly data collection for infrastructure which would not reap benefits.
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