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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)

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Key awd:OAA-A-12-00095

142 facts shown; 1 unconfirmed link; 1 support mechanism (not programs) 1 data error; 101 documents cite this program.

The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.

<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Household Water Treatment and Storage (HWTS) products provides households that are</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">drinking unimproved water supplies with a first line of defense against contaminants in their drinking water and those drinking improved water supplies with an additional barrier against potential risks. With the global water crisis becoming more and more severe, evaluation of HWTS technologies and products has become crucial to ensure they are used to remove impurities effectively. The goal of this thesis was to evaluate household water filters in the Indian marketplace as part of a larger research and technology evaluation to investigate the utilization and performances of different water filter models in both lab and field settings. This was achieved by comparative testing and research work done at Consumer Reports (CR) Headquarters in Yonkers, NY. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">This evaluation included the testing of three categories of filters: Conventional Particle Removal (cloth and mesh), Gravity Non-Electric (

Source: DEC abstract, PA-00T-57Q (2013). This is the source's own text, not a cited summary of the documents.

Operated in: India, Africa South of Sahara, Tanzania, Ukraine, Zambia, Mali, East Africa, Latin America, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Horn of Africa, Ghana, Peru, Djibouti, Rwanda, South Africa, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Australia, Nepal, Colombia, Guatemala, Guinea, Brazil, China, Southeast Asia, Southern Hemisphere, Somalia, Burkina Faso.

Years: 2012 to 2022 award start, end from document years
Implementer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE); Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lincoln Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. International Development Innovation Network (IDIN); and 11 more 24 sources
Funder or award: U.S. Global Development Lab (GDL); OAA-A-12-00095; AID-OAA-A-12-00095.19
Purpose: Not available yet: the program's stated purpose has not been read from its documents.

Also regional, not drawn: Africa South of Sahara (2013 to 2021); East Africa (2014 to 2017); Latin America (2018 to 2021); Horn of Africa (2015 to 2017); Asia (2018); Middle East (2018); Africa (2018); Australia (2018); Southeast Asia (2022); Southern Hemisphere (2013).

2013 to 2019
Africa South of Sahara 2013 to 2021
2014 to 2021
2013 to 2022
2013 to 2017
2017 to 2018
East Africa 2014 to 2017
Latin America 2018 to 2021
2015 to 2017
2013 to 2021
Horn of Africa 2015 to 2017
2014 to 2021
2021
2017
2015 to 2017
2017
Asia 2018
Middle East 2018
Africa 2018
Australia 2018
2015
years not recorded
2017
years not recorded
years not recorded
years not recorded
Southeast Asia 2022
Southern Hemisphere 2013
2017
2020

Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents

Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.

Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.

Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: region or province; squares are facilities.

Region or province · 4 mentions · 2017

Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule

When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years

Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.

Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year

Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records

Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. Basis: read from a record field

Organizations named on this program's documents.
Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE)	implementer	2013 to 2020	Stated in a document	24 sources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lincoln Laboratory	implementer	2013 to 2018	Stated in a document

Contracts and vehicles that served this program (evaluation, M&E, research). Never counted as programs. Source: document metadata

support mechanism: evaluated Award OAA-TO-15-00043 Stated in a document documents PA-00M-6MK

A support mechanism is never counted as a program.

Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records

Basis: read from a record field

Awards this program is funded through (identifiers, not amounts).
Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
OAA-A-12-00095 (cooperative agreement, FY2012)	2013 to 2022	Stated in a document	98 sources
AID-OAA-A-12-00095.19 (award, fiscal year not recorded)	2018 to 2021	Stated in a document	2 sources

Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags

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Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents

Evaluation studies and evaluation-stage documents, by title and year. Findings not extracted yet.
Title	Year	Document	Why listed
Adapting consumer report's product evaluation methods for particle removal, gravity non-electric and reverse osmosis water filters in the Indian marketplace	2013	PA-00T-57Q	evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier)
Development of methodologies for the testing and evaluation of solar lanterns	2014	PA-00T-5H4	evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier)
Experimentation in product evaluation : the case of solar lanterns in Uganda, Africa	2015	PB-AAB-872	evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier)

Not recorded yet: money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.

Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with

Name	Role	Years	Basis	Evidence
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Technology and Policy Program.	implementer	2021	Stated in a document	1 source
MIT D-Lab, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning	implementer	2021	Stated in a document	1 source
MIT D-Lab, USA	implementer	2021	Stated in a document	1 source
Tufts University, USA	implementer	2021	Stated in a document	1 source
University of St Andrews, UK	implementer	2021	Stated in a document	1 source
Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)	implementer	2018	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
U.S. Global Development Lab (GDL)	2017	Stated in a document	47 sources
USAID	2021 to 2022	Stated in a document	9 sources
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)	2018 to 2022	Stated in a document	6 sources
Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE)	2022	Stated in a document	1 source
USAID. Bur. for Policy, Planning and Learning. Ofc. of Learning, Evaluation and Research	2016	Stated in a document	1 source
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)	2018	Stated in a document	1 source

Name	Years	Basis	Evidence
India	2013 to 2017	Stated in a document	7 sources
Mali	2018	Stated in a document	3 sources
Inid	2016	Stated in a document	1 source
Tanzania	2017	Stated in a document	1 source
Uganda	2017	Stated in a document	1 source

What this program was

Where it worked1

Places30

Timelineyears: award years, end from document years

Political context

Implementers14

Support mechanisms1

Awards and funding sources83

Topic tags15

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Evaluations and lessons18

Documents by lifecycle stage101years in documents

Evaluatorsassessed the program, never counted as implementers

Host-government counterpartsthe government body the program worked with