Impact Evaluation In International Development

Author : Paul J. Gertler,Sebastian Martinez,Patrick Premand,Laura B. Rawlings,Christel M. J. Vermeersch
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464807800

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Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition by Paul J. Gertler,Sebastian Martinez,Patrick Premand,Laura B. Rawlings,Christel M. J. Vermeersch Pdf

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. The book incorporates real-world examples to present practical guidelines for designing and implementing impact evaluations. Readers will gain an understanding of impact evaluations and the best ways to use them to design evidence-based policies and programs. The updated version covers the newest techniques for evaluating programs and includes state-of-the-art implementation advice, as well as an expanded set of examples and case studies that draw on recent development challenges. It also includes new material on research ethics and partnerships to conduct impact evaluation. The handbook is divided into four sections: Part One discusses what to evaluate and why; Part Two presents the main impact evaluation methods; Part Three addresses how to manage impact evaluations; Part Four reviews impact evaluation sampling and data collection. Case studies illustrate different applications of impact evaluations. The book links to complementary instructional material available online, including an applied case as well as questions and answers. The updated second edition will be a valuable resource for the international development community, universities, and policy makers looking to build better evidence around what works in development.

Author : Maren Duvendack,Richard Palmer-Jones,Laura Camfield
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415830923

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Impact Evaluation for International Development by Maren Duvendack,Richard Palmer-Jones,Laura Camfield Pdf

Impact evaluation is an important tool in research and policy making, as policymakers and donor agencies are under increasing pressure to justify public spending on social and economic interventions. This book will guide the reader through both the basic and more advanced methods of impact evaluation, with a particular focus on impact evaluation within evidence-based policy making and in international development. It will address the design, commissioning, and management of impact evaluations, data management, statistical econometric analyses, and theory-based approaches to impact evaluation. It will also cover other components of evidence-based policy making such as systematic reviews, replication, and ethics in impact evaluation research and practice. The book is organized in four parts, each part divided into stand-alone chapters. The chapters provide a theoretical discussion of the various topics related to impact evaluation, complemented with exercises, case studies and worked examples drawn from the international development literature. Iconic impact evaluation studies will be used to exemplify the challenges of development impact evaluations. The authors have all successfully conducted impact evaluations in developing countries for many years, and the book builds on their experience in in teaching, research, and consulting on development issues. It will be of interest to students of development studies, development economics, political science, public health and other areas in the social sciences, as well as to development professionals and policymakers.

Author : Paul Glewwe,Petra Todd
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464814983

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Impact Evaluation in International Development by Paul Glewwe,Petra Todd Pdf

Impact evaluations are studies that attempt to measure the causal impact of a project, program or policy on one or more outcomes of. This book provides a comprehensive exposition of how to conduct impact evaluations. Part I provides an overview of impact evaluations and comprises five chapters which are accessible to readers who have few or none of the technical (statistical and econometric) skills that are needed to conduct impact evaluations. Parts II and III make use of statistical and econometric methods and are at a level similar to a graduate-student course but written to make them accessible to the ambitious reader whose skills are not at that level. Part II presents, in Chapters 6-10, a comprehensive discussion of the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to conduct impact evaluations, including a general discussion of the ethical issues involved in conducting impact evaluations. Part III presents the main non-experimental methods that are used to implement impact evaluations when RCTs are not feasible or not recommended for other reasons. Chapters 11 and 12 present regression methods, including difference-in-differences estimation. Matching methods are described in Chapter 13, after which regression discontinuity methods are covered in Chapter 14. Instrumental variable methods, including the estimation of local average treatment effects (LATE), are discussed in detail in Chapter 15. Chapters 16 and 17 cover more advanced topics: quantile treatment effects and control function methods, respectively. Part IV then considers more practical issues when conducting impact evaluations, including designing questionnaires (Chapter 18), data collection methods and survey management (Chapters 19 and 20), and disseminating results to policymakers (Chapter 21). Finally, Part V addresses two topics in impact evaluation: qualitative methods for conducting impact evaluations (Chapter 22), and cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis (Chapter 23).

Author : Chris J. R. Roche
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 085598418X

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Impact Assessment for Development Agencies by Chris J. R. Roche Pdf

This book considers the process of impact assessment and shows how and why it needs to be integrated into all stages of development programmes. In-depth case studies are included and show a variety of approaches.

Author : Stewart I. Donaldson,Tarek Azzam,Ross F. Conner
Publisher : IAP
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623961855

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Emerging Practices in International Development Evaluation by Stewart I. Donaldson,Tarek Azzam,Ross F. Conner Pdf

The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas presented in this volume are a useful contribution to the ongoing efforts at rethinking, reforming and reshaping international development evaluation. They come from leading thinkers and practitioners in development, evaluation, research and academia who have recognized that development evaluation must evolve if it is to respond to the challenges of the 21st Century and play a meaningful role in social and economic transformation. This volume will be of great interest to evaluation scholars, practitioners, and students, particularly to those interested in international development projects, programs, and policies. This book will be appropriate for a wide range of courses, included Introduction to Evaluation, International Development Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Policy Evaluation, and evaluation courses in International Development, International Relations, Public Policy, Public Health, Human Services, Sociology, and Psychology.

Author : Louise G. White,United States. Agency for International Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Economic development projects
ISBN : UCSD:31822004392585

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An Approach to Evaluating the Impact of AID Projects by Louise G. White,United States. Agency for International Development Pdf

Author : Michael Bamberger,Jos Vaessen,Estelle Raimondo
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 585 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483344256

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Dealing With Complexity in Development Evaluation by Michael Bamberger,Jos Vaessen,Estelle Raimondo Pdf

Recognizing that complexity calls for innovative, conceptual, and methodological solutions, Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation by Michael Bamberger, Jos Vaessen, and Estelle Raimondo offers practical guidance to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive evaluations that can be undertaken in the real world of time, budget, data, and political constraints. Introductory chapters present comprehensive, non-technical overviews of the most common evaluation tools and methodologies, and additional content addresses more cutting-edge material. The book also includes six case study chapters to illustrate examples of various evaluation contexts from around the world.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789290922926

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A Review of Recent Developments in Impact Evaluation by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Impact evaluation aims to answer whether and to what extent a development intervention has delivered its intended effects, thus enabling evidence-based policy making. The desire for more hard evidence of the effectiveness of development interventions has fueled a growing interest in rigorous impact evaluation in the international development community. This report discusses the fundamental challenge of impact evaluation, which is to credibly attribute the impact, if any, to the intervention concerned. It then discusses the merits and limitations of various impact evaluation methods. It also presents a survey of recent applications of impact evaluation, focusing on the typical evaluation problems looked at, methods used, and key findings. The report includes six case studies and outlines practical steps in implementing an impact evaluation.

Author : Paul Gertler,Sebastian Martinez,Patrick Premand,Laura Rawlings,Christel Vermeersch
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464807795

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Impact Evaluation in Practice by Paul Gertler,Sebastian Martinez,Patrick Premand,Laura Rawlings,Christel Vermeersch Pdf

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. The book incorporates real-world examples to present practical guidelines for designing and implementing impact evaluations. Readers will gain an understanding of impact evaluations and the best ways to use them to design evidence-based policies and programs. The updated version covers the newest techniques for evaluating programs and includes state-of-the-art implementation advice, as well as an expanded set of examples and case studies that draw on recent development challenges. It also includes new material on research ethics and partnerships to conduct impact evaluation. The handbook is divided into four sections: Part One discusses what to evaluate and why; Part Two presents the main impact evaluation methods; Part Three addresses how to manage impact evaluations; Part Four reviews impact evaluation sampling and data collection. Case studies illustrate different applications of impact evaluations. The book links to complementary instructional material available online, including an applied case as well as questions and answers. The updated second edition will be a valuable resource for the international development community, universities, and policy makers looking to build better evidence around what works in development.

Author : Howard White,David A. Raitzer
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789292610593

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Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions by Howard White,David A. Raitzer Pdf

Impact evaluation is an empirical approach to estimating the causal effects of interventions, in terms of both magnitude and statistical significance. Expanded use of impact evaluation techniques is critical to rigorously derive knowledge from development operations and for development investments and policies to become more evidence-based and effective. To help backstop more use of impact evaluation approaches, this book introduces core concepts, methods, and considerations for planning, designing, managing, and implementing impact evaluation, supplemented by examples. The topics covered range from impact evaluation purposes to basic principles, specific methodologies, and guidance on field implementation. It has materials for a range of audiences, from those who are interested in understanding evidence on "what works" in development, to those who will contribute to expanding the evidence base as applied researchers.

Author : Shahidur R. Khandker,Gayatri B. Koolwal,Hussain A. Samad
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082138029X

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Handbook on Impact Evaluation by Shahidur R. Khandker,Gayatri B. Koolwal,Hussain A. Samad Pdf

Public programs are designed to reach certain goals and beneficiaries. Methods to understand whether such programs actually work, as well as the level and nature of impacts on intended beneficiaries, are main themes of this book.

Author : Linda G. Morra-Imas,Linda G. Morra,Ray C. Rist
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821379110

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The Road to Results by Linda G. Morra-Imas,Linda G. Morra,Ray C. Rist Pdf

'The Road to Results: Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations' presents concepts and procedures for evaluation in a development context. It provides procedures and examples on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, how to conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, and how to construct a "rigorous" quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question. The text begins with the context of development evaluation and how it arrived where it is today. It then discusses current issues driving development evaluation, such as the Millennium Development Goals and the move from simple project evaluations to the broader understandings of complex evaluations. The topics of implementing 'Results-based Measurement and Evaluation' and constructing a 'Theory of Change' are emphasized throughout the text. Next, the authors take the reader down 'the road to results, ' presenting procedures for evaluating projects, programs, and policies by using a 'Design Matrix' to help map the process. This road includes: determining the overall approach, formulating questions, selecting designs, developing data collection instruments, choosing a sampling strategy, and planning data analysis for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method evaluations. The book also includes discussions on conducting complex evaluations, how to manage evaluations, how to present results, and ethical behavior--including principles, standards, and guidelines. The final chapter discusses the future of development evaluation. This comprehensive text is an essential tool for those involved in development evaluation.

Author : M. J. Menou,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780889367081

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Measuring the Impact of Information on Development by M. J. Menou,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Measuring the Impact of Information on Development

Author : Sarah Earl,Fred Carden,Terry Smutylo,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC (International Development Research Centre)
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112075492345

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Outcome Mapping by Sarah Earl,Fred Carden,Terry Smutylo,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Outcome Mapping: Building learning and reflection into development programs

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9780889367838

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Making a Difference by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Making a Difference: Measuring the impact of information on development