Survey of follow-up information for the Impact Evaluation of the Uruguay Impulsa Program

Description

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in coordination with the National Directorate of Employment and the Office of Planning and Budget (OPP) of Uruguay, is calling on consulting firms and specialized institutions to submit proposals to carry out the follow-up telephone survey for the impact evaluation of the Uruguay Impulsa Program.

1. Objectives and scope of the survey
Impact evaluation: Build the post-program database (executed between September and December 2025) to rigorously estimate the attributable effects on labor insertion, employability, and educational insertion.

Target sample: To reach an effective sample of 4,324 completed surveys (estimating to contact about 7,208 registered applicants) distributed among the treatment and control groups.

Method of application: Primary collection of information through telephone surveys with an approximate duration of 10 minutes per participant.

2. Methodology and key activities
Programming and pilot testing: Program the collection form in specialized software (preferably SurveyCTO), develop enumerator manuals, call protocols, and execute a pilot of at least 25 observations.

Field operation and incentives: Select, train, and supervise the team of enumerators, and implement a methodological strategy with incentives (monetary or lotteries) to minimize the rate of non-response or rejection.

Quality control and coordination: Implement a system for monitoring progress and consistency, ensuring the cleaning and validation of data in technical coordination with the IDB team, the OPP, the National Directorate of Employment and the consultant in charge of the evaluation.

3. Deliverables and execution timeline
Report 1 (Month 1): Report on the methodological proposal for the collection of information and design of the response incentive scheme.

Report 2 (Month 2): Microdata database of the preliminary survey, including dictionary of variables, syntax and replicable programming.

Report 3 (Month 4): Final microdata database cleaned and consolidated, with its respective dictionary of variables, replicable syntax and report on the end of the operation.

Note: Interested companies should review the requirements on the BEO Bidder Portal.