Irregular Migration from West Africa: Robust Evaluation of Peer-to-peer Awareness-raising Activities in Four Countries

Original Language
English
ISBN
978-92-9268-596-6
ISBN (PDF)
978-92-9268-595-9
Number of Pages
116
Reference Number
PUB2023/022/EL
Date of upload

14 Jun 2023

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Irregular Migration from West Africa: Robust Evaluation of Peer-to-peer Awareness-raising Activities in Four Countries

There are multiple, often overlapping factors leading to irregular migration to Europe from West Africa. One of them is the limited knowledge of such a journey’s risks. Awareness-raising interventions are implemented in various West African countries to tackle misinformation. However, evidence of their effectiveness is scarce due to the complexity of these information campaigns.

The second phase of Migrants as Messengers (MaM-2), an IOM flagship project using a peer-to-peer approach, conducted an experiment using a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the causal effects of the awareness-raising component of the project in a real-world setting on indicators of attitudes, intentions, knowledge and perceptions in relation to the risks of irregular migration.

Beyond the mixed causal effects detected, the evaluation methodology makes this study an essential contribution of IOM in promoting evidence-based programming to harness the power of migration.

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES 
  • LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • 1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY AND CONTEXT ANALYSIS
    • 1.1. Introduction
    • 1.2. Regional migration context
    • 1.3. Study country profiles
      • 1.3.1. The Gambia
      • 1.3.2. Guinea
      • 1.3.3. Nigeria
      • 1.3.4. Senegal
    • 1.4. Gender, migration and human rights
  • 2. EVIDENCE GAP AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
    • 2.1. Evidence gap
    • 2.2. Objective of the study
  • 3. THE MIGRANTS AS MESSENGERS PROJECT
    • 3.1. Phase 1
    • 3.2. Phase 2
      • 3.2.1. The goal
      • 3.2.2. Content of the Migrants as Messengers Phase 2 project and the target audience
    • 3.3. Theory of change
  • 4. GUIDING QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES OF THE STUDY
  • 5. DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTIONS
    • 5.1. In the Gambia
    • 5.2. In Guinea 
    • 5.3. In Nigeria
    • 5.4. In Senegal
  • 6. METHODOLOGY AND DATA COLLECTION
    • 6.1. Measuring the impact of awareness-raising interventions on migration
    • 6.2. Description of outcomes 
    • 6.3. Data collection and selection of the intervention areas
      • 6.3.1. Data collection
      • 6.3.2. Selection of the intervention areas 
      • 6.3.3. Sample size and sample selection in the areas included in the study
  • 7. DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY POPULATION
    • 7.1. Some demographic and economic characteristics
    • 7.2. Some migration characteristics
    • 7.3. Attrition
    • 7.4. Exposure to the interventions
    • 7.5. Data analysis methods
  • 8. THE RESULTS
    • 8.1. The results in the Gambia
      • 8.1.1. The outcomes before the intervention in the Gambia
      • 8.1.2. The effects of the intervention in the Gambia
      • 8.1.3. Gender and residential area effects in the Gambia
    • 8.2. The results in Guinea
      • 8.2.1. The outcomes before the intervention in Guinea
    • 8.3. The results in Senegal
      • 8.3.1. The outcomes before the intervention in Senegal
      • 8.3.2. The effects of the intervention in Senegal
      • 8.3.3. Gender and residential area effects in Senegal
    • 8.4. Robustness checks
  • 9. PRACTICAL LESSONS LEARNED AND LIMITATIONS
    • 9.1. Lessons learned
    • 9.2. Methodological limitations and challenges
  • 10. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
    • 10.1. Conclusion
    • 10.2. Recommendations
  • 11. ANNEXES 
    • 11.1. Annex 1. Why is the cluster randomized controlled trials approach preferred in this evaluation?
    • 11.2. Annex 2. Details about sample-size calculation procedures
      • 11.2.1. General considerations
      • 11.2.2. Sample-size calculation steps 
      • 11.2.3. Estimation of treatment effects
    • 11.3. Annex 3. Groups balance check
    • 11.4. Annex 4. Details about the creation of indicators
      • 11.4.1. Intention attitude
      • 11.4.2. Knowledge
      • 11.4.3. Perceptions
    • 11.5. Annex 5. External academic review board
      • 11.5.1. List of members
      • 11.5.2. Dates of meetings and other contributions
    • 11.6. Annex 6. Robustness check tables
  • 12. REFERENCES