Tesalia Rizzo Reyes

Field Work Documents

[Under construction!]

This section includes the materials used during a field experiment I conducted in Yucatán, Mexico, during the fall of 2016. The main tool, the handbook of social programs, was recently awarded the prize for Innovation in Transparency given by the National Institute for Access to Public Information (INAI) of the Mexican Government.

Feel free to download anything, but if you intend to use any of the materials below, please let us know by emailing us at:

contacto@pxm.org.mx with a copy to trizzo[at]mit[dot]edu!

The success of implementation was mostly the result of excellent project coordination and superb supervision. I fully recommend every member of my team, feel free to contact them, you can find their CVs linked to their names.

I. Project Manager (2016): Aileen Fernández

II. Field Manager:  Alondra Rodríguez

III. Supervisors (links will be available after consent)

1. Laura Adriana Bautista
2. Iván Chan
3. Supervisor 3
4. Supervisor 4 
5. Supervisor 5 
6. Víctor López Briceño
7. Supervisor 6 
8. Angel Santamaría Ucán (Supervisor and later Project Manager)
9. Joice Zepeda
10. Supervisor 9 (replacement)

Implementation Materials

1. Handbook of social programs (updated version of 2017), written by Alondra Rodríguez, Fernanda Amaros and Tesalia Rizzo (link) Prototype website of the handbook, designed by Abel Valdez: http://ciudadanocontigo.org/ To see how the state of Yucatán changed their website according to our recommendations, check out:  http://www.yucatan.gob.mx/ciudadano/programas.php
2. Flyer used for inviting citizens (link)
3. Training manual, written by Fernanda Amaros, Alondra Rodríguez, Abraham González Austria and Tesalia Rizzo. With invaluable feedback from Lorena Elizondo, Luis F. Fernández and Adán Jiménez (link).
4. Materials for recruitment of GESTORES. 
   1. Directions for recruitment and test for eligibility (link).
   2. Rubric for recruiters, used to evaluate candidates (link).

Protocols

Protocols are documents that provide Supervisors and Gestores with useful instructions on how to do their job, auxiliary documentation (such as letters to authorities, permits or identifications), as well as questionnaires used to collect qualitative data throughout the intervention. 

SUPERVISOR PROTOCOLS

• TO DO Checklist (link)
• Letter to municipal authority (link)
• Bi-weekly survey of citizens by supervisors (link)
• Instructions on how to divide visiting areas for gestor ciudadano in each village
  • Instructions for Small Localities (<1000 inhabitants)
  • Instructions for Medium Localities (between 1000 and 2500 inhabitants)
  • Instructions for Large Localities (>2500 inhabitants)
• Gestor evaluation form for supervisors (link)
• Supervisors' field notes blog template (link)
• Forms to register requests done by citizens
• Final project report instructions (link)

GESTOR PROTOCOLS

• Questionnaires applied to interested citizens (link)
• Internal receipts between gestor ciudadano and citizens who made requests (link)

RESEARCH

1. Questionnaires: upon publication, all questionnaires and data will be made public. In the meantime, these questionnaires are available via email (trizzo[at]mit[dot]edu). I will ask, however, that you consult with me if you intend to use a question that is similar or based on one of these questionnaires and cite them appropriately.
2. Freedom of information requests texts: [Still being collected]

3.  Interview Log [available after publication]

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