Table 2 Scalability assessment of selected seven transport interventions against CORRECT criteria
Criteria | Simplifying factor | Interventions | Complicating factor | Interventions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public sector | Community based | Facility based | Transport vouchers | Public sector | Community based | Facility based | Transport vouchers | |||||||||
RS | CEAS | JORDAN | AKHS | CHARM | SSS | NPPI | RS | CEAS | JORDAN | AKHS | CHARM | SSS | NPPI | |||
Credibility | Model based on sound evidence | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Little or no solid evidence | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Model evaluated by third party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not evaluated by independent sources | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Observability of results | Results visible to general public | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Not very visible; not easily communicated to public | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clearly associated with objectives | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Not clearly associated with intervention | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Relevance | Addresses demand sharply felt by population | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Addresses a need not sharply felt by population | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Addresses demand sharply felt by government | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Addresses a need not sharply felt by government | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Relative advantage | Current solutions considered sufficient | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Current solutions are considered adequate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Superior cost-effectiveness as compared to current solutions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Little or no objective evidence of superiority to current solutions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Easy to transfer | Small difference from current practices for government | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Large difference from current practices for government | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Simple model having low technical sophistication | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Complex model having high technical sophistication | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Able to use current infrastructure and facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Requires new infrastructure and facilities | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Revenue generation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | No revenue generation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Compatible | In line with beneficiaries’ established norms and values | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Not in line with beneficiaries’ established norms and values | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Testability | Able to be tested by government on a limited scale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Unable to be tested without complete adoption | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SCORE | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | Â | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | |
RESULTS (simplifying-factor score – complicating-factor score) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | −3 | −1 |  | ||||||||