{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2026-09-11","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Rachel Cassicy","affiliation":"International Finance Corporation (IFC)","email":"rcassidy@ifc.org"},{"name":"David McKenzie","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"dmckenzie@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Kalyan Neelamraju","affiliation":"International Finance Corporation (IFC)","email":"kneelamraju@ifc.org"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Breaking Into Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence On Procurement Training For Women-Owned SMEs","idno":"RR_COL_2026_743"},"software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"19.5 MP"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for Breaking Into Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence On Procurement Training For Women-Owned SMEs","date":"2026-09","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"RR_COL_2026_743","zip_package":"RR_COL_2026_743.zip","dependencies":"Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2026-09-11","abstract":"Women-owned-or-led small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) are underrepresented in public and corporate supply chains worldwide. There is growing interest in promoting supplier diversification and SMEs' integration into value chains, but limited causal evidence whether interventions to support WSMEs' participation in procurement are effective. This paper conducts a phased randomized controlled trial to estimate the impacts of corporate procurement training for WSMEs in Colombia. The program increases procurement knowledge and readiness, resulting in a 10 percentage point (p.p.) increase in registrations to corporate portals and an 8 p.p. increase in the likelihood of submitting a bid. Impacts on winning bids are concentrated on WSMEs with prior procurement knowledge or experience, whose probability of winning a contract increases by 8 to 9 p.p. These impacts are approximately 20% of the control means. More broadly, the paper illustrates how complier-weighted treatment effects can be used to evaluate programs delivered through a funnel-shaped participation processes, common in private sector development interventions. 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The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"MIT License","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/mit"},{"name":"World Bank IGO Rider","uri":"https:\/\/github.com\/worldbank\/metadata-editor\/blob\/main\/WB-IGO-RIDER.md"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Rachel Cassicy","affiliation":"International Finance Corporation ","email":"rcassidy@ifc.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"datasets":[{"name":"Sourcing to Equal Evaluation Survey","note":"Data forthcoming in the World Bank Microdata Library. Randomized evaluation of the Sourcing2Equal capacity-building program on the procurement readiness, knowledge, and attitudes of women-led\/owned micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Colombia, and on their engagement in corporate procurement. Design: RCT rolled out in waves (Wave 1, 2, 3); randomization was stratified by City, SME, Some procurement knowledge, and Procured a corporate client. Program activities (treatment): Masterclass, Bootcamp, Mentorship. Survey rounds: Baseline (approximately 0 months), Midline (approximately 6 months), and Endline (approximately 12 months). Primary outcomes: Knowledge, Attitude, and Readiness indices, and Procurement Activities (registering to portals, submitting corporate bids, winning corporate bids). Secondary outcomes: number of corporate bids submitted, number of corporate bids won, revenue from corporate bids won, number of employees hired, submitted bids to other MSMEs, won bids from other MSMEs, submitted bids to public sector, and won bids from public sector. Analytical estimators used: ANCOVA (ITT), LATE, and CWTE; additionally includes 6-vs-12-month, midline-vs-endline, and pooled-sample comparisons, as well as heterogeneity checks and Lee-bounds robustness. File location: MasterData\/01_baseline\/02_midline\/03_endline.","access_type":"Data is forthcoming in the World Bank Microdata Library.","license":"Custom License","citation":"World Bank. 2026. \"Sourcing to Equal Evaluation Survey\" [dataset]. Forthcoming at https:\/\/microdata.worldbank.org."}],"technology_environment":"Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:\n\u2022 OS: Windows 11 Enterprise\n\u2022 Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5218 CPU @ 2.30GHz (2.30 GHz) (2 processors)\n\u2022 Memory available: 16 GB","reproduction_instructions":"To reproduce the findings in this paper, a replicator must:\n1. Secure Access to Data: Access the datasets not included in the package. See the Datasets section for more details.\n2. Open the master script \"Project_MasterDofile\", update the directory on line 107 and run the script.\n\n","data_statement":"All data is not yet publicly available but is expected to be made available through the World Bank Microdata Library in the future.\n\n"},"datacite":{"creators":[{"givenName":"Rachel","familyName":"Cassicy","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"International Finance Corporation (IFC)","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/049rm1a24","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"David","familyName":"McKenzie","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/00ae7jd04","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]},{"givenName":"Kalyan","familyName":"Neelamraju","nameType":"Personal","affiliation":[{"name":"International Finance Corporation (IFC)","affiliationIdentifier":"https:\/\/ror.org\/049rm1a24","affiliationIdentifierScheme":"ROR","schemeUri":"https:\/\/ror.org"}]}],"titles":[{"lang":"en","title":"Reproducibility package for Breaking Into Supply Chains: Experimental Evidence On Procurement Training For Women-Owned Smes"},{"title":"RR_COL_2026_743","titleType":"Other"}],"publisher":"World Bank","publicationYear":"2026","types":{"resourceType":"Reproducibility package","resourceTypeGeneral":"Other"},"url":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org\/index.php\/catalog\/study\/RR_COL_2026_743","language":"en"},"tags":[{"tag":"DOI"},{"tag":"Forthcoming Data"},{"tag":"Open Code"}],"schematype":"script"}