BASELINE ASSESSMENT REPORT The Integrated Early Childhood Development Programme 2017-2021 of UNICEF Viet Nam Mekong Development Research Institute 1. BASELINE ASSESSMENT REPORT Baseline Assessment of the Integrated Early Childhood Development Programme of UNICEF Viet Nam 2017-2021 Hanoi, December 2018 i CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ........................................................................................vi ABBREVIATION ....................................................................................................................1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................2 PICTURE AT BASELINE .......................................................................................................3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................1 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................1 1.1. Objectives of the IECD programme ..........................................................................1 1.2. Locations of the Programme ....................................................................................2 1.3. Objectives of the Baseline Assessment ....................................................................4 1.4. Timetable and Assessment Team ............................................................................5 1.4.1. Timetable ..............................................................................................................5 1.4.2. Assessment Team ................................................................................................7 1.5. Structure of the report ..............................................................................................7 2. OVERVIEW OF IECD ENABLING ENVIRONMENT IN VIET NAM .................................2 2.1 Legal and policy context ...........................................................................................2 2.1.1 Legal environment ................................................................................................2 2.1.2 Policy framework ..................................................................................................3 2.1.3 Policy review .........................................................................................................6 2.2 Demographic context ...............................................................................................7 2.2.1. Child population structure .....................................................................................7 2.2.2. Child population by age groups and ecological areas ...........................................7 2.3 Socio-economic context ...........................................................................................8 3. METHODOLOGY ..........................................................................................................10 3.1 Methodology ...........................................................................................................10 3.2 Tools ......................................................................................................................11 3.2.1. Quantitative Method ............................................................................................12 3.2.2. Qualitative Method ..............................................................................................13 3.3 Data analysis ..........................................................................................................15 3.4 Methodology Constraints ........................................................................................16 3.4.1 Cluster sampling versus Simple random sampling ..............................................16 3.4.2 Absence of a comparison group .........................................................................16 4. FINDINGS .....................................................................................................................19 iii WRITE HEADER TEXT FOR EVEN PAGES 4.1 Socio-economic characteristics of households and primary caregivers ..................19 4.2 Effective and responsive care of the young child by the primary caregiver, family and community ........................................................................................................................21 4.2.1 Core family care practices ..................................................................................21 4.2.2 Physical environment and well-being of children .................................................48 4.3 Improved access to and use of quality IECD services for young children ...............73 4.3.1 Access to IECD services .....................................................................................73 4.3.2 Health insurance .................................................................................................80 4.4 Effective implementation of the IECD programme ..................................................81 5. IECD M&E FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................85 5.1 Introduction to M&E Framework .............................................................................85 5.1.1 Basic information about M&E Framework ...........................................................85 5.1.2 Monitoring Framework ........................................................................................90 5.1.3 Evaluation Framework ........................................................................................95 5.2 M&E Framework.....................................................................................................99 6. HUMAN RIGHTS, CHILD RIGHTS AND GENDER ISSUES ....................................... 124 6.1 Equity ................................................................................................................... 124 6.2 Human Rights Based Approaches ........................................................................ 125 6.3 Gender Issues ...................................................................................................... 127 7. ETHICAL CONSIDERATION ...................................................................................... 134 7.1 Informed consent.................................................................................................. 134 7.2 Anonymity ............................................................................................................ 134 7.3 Privacy ................................................................................................................. 134 7.4 Harms and/or benefits realized ............................................................................. 135 7.5 Compensation ...................................................................................................... 135 8. LIMITATIONS ............................................................................................................. 137 8.1 Quantitative Fieldwork .......................................................................................... 137 8.1.1 Sampling and response rate ............................................................................. 137 8.1.2 Tool design and tabform preparation ................................................................ 138 8.1.3 Piloting the questionnaire .................................................................................. 139 8.1.4 Fieldwork .......................................................................................................... 139 8.2 Qualitative Fieldwork ............................................................................................ 140 8.3 Data Analysis ....................................................................................................... 140 9. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................... 142 10.REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 145 iv 11.APPENDIX .................................................................................................................... 147 Appendix 1: Baseline design ........................................................................................... 147 Appendix 2: Sample and sampling plan ............................................................................. iii Appendix 3. Indicators organized by themes .................................................................... viii Appendix 4. Indicator definitions and computation formulas ..............................................11 v WRITE HEADER TEXT FOR EVEN PAGES LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES Figures Figure 1. Three project provinces ...........................................................................................3 Figure 2. Population pyramids of Viet Nam, 1/4/2014 and 1/4/2015 .......................................7 Figure 3. Analysis of multi-dimensional poverty in children (children under 16 years old) .......8 Figure 4. Mixed-Method Approach........................................................................................10 Figure 5. Components of Quantitative Survey and Qualitative Research ..............................11 Figure 6. Percentage of children receiving early stimulation and responsive care from their parents or caregivers