Impact Evaluation of Nepal’s Business Literacy Program

2020, IFPRI

Business Literacy Program (BLP) is a component of USAID Knowledge-Based Integrated Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrition (KISAN) Project. The main aim of BLP was to enhance key skills with a year-long training program to strengthen literacy and numeracy, advantage agricultural market, entrepreneur knowledge and capabilities among disadvantaged ethnicities, women, or youth people aged 15 years and up of KISAN households. This study was to examine the impacts of the training on improvements in knowledge of life skills. The study assessed progress changes in knowledge, attitude and behavior on health and sanitation, diet habit, involvement in financial activities, market decision, and empowerment household decision making.