The impact evaluation microdata catalog provides access to data and metadata underlying impact evaluations conducted by the world bank or other agencies. Asian development bank impact evaluation of development interventions a practical guide howard white david a. The approach to impact evaluation in this book is largely intuitive. Average regional prevalence ranges from 21 percent in africa to 17 percent in latin america and the caribbean, to 8 percent in eastern and. A next generation impact evaluation ie workshop entitled building evidence on. The consultants will work with the dime team and external researchers on all phases of the impact evaluations. Jun 30, 2007 impact evaluations of world bank supported interventions accounted for onequarter of the evaluations covered by the analysis. This is the first ieg evaluation of the world bank. A department of the world bank s development economics vicepresidency, dimes purpose is to increase the use of impact evaluation ie in the design and implementation of public policy and to develop institutional capacity and motivation for evidencebased policy.
The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. News, methods, and insights about impact evaluation. This book from the world bank provides a detailed introduction to impact evaluations in. New additions for the 2019 course included hands on sessions, where participants had a chance to apply the lectures content to reallife impact evaluation scenarios, and a career panel, where former dime field coordinators shared their experiences on moving on to different career paths after working in. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. United nations system standing committee on nutrition. We may do site visits to villages incountry to observe or to. Impact evaluation in practice second edition world bank. This paper used the recently developed fisheries performance indicators fpis to evaluate the impact of a world bank development project in a liberian.
The world bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. These are generally landlords who rent out rooms in compounds in informal settlements in nairobi. Impact evaluation workshop for health sector reform cape town, south africa, december 711, 2009 impact evaluation of malaria prevention and treatment jed friedman world bank evaluating health programs is different. World bank and ifc support for youth employment programs youth employment issues are a major concern for many countries because they have negative effects on the welfare of young people, and may also adversely affect economic performance and social stability. The consultants will work with the dime team and external researchers on all phases of the impact evaluations ies, from study design to analysis. Policy research working paper 5477 when is the rigorous impact evaluation of development. A reassessment of the costs and benefitsan ieg impact evaluation world bank assistance to agriculture in subsaharan africa. Impact evaluation is an assessment of the impact of an intervention on final welfare. They do not necessarily represent the views of the international bank for reconstruction and development world bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the executive directors of the world bank or the governments they represent. The ieconnect program is a collaboration between the world bank s development impact evaluation dime group in the development research group and the transport global practice tr gp. Impact evaluation can attract some of the world s leading economic talent to engage with specific development projects. Spanishworld bank trust fund for impact evaluation. World bank group impact evaluations independent evaluation.
Trust fund hritf, the spanish impact evaluation fund sief, world bank institute wbi and. Monitoring lcf 2 toolkit provides handson guidance our impact evaluation toolkithelps practitioners design and implement impact evaluations, with a focus on resultsbased. Evaluation practice handbook world health organization. Impact evaluation helps deliver development projects world bank. People, events, processes, sources of data for organizing the project evaluation system. As part of world bank infrastructure project to extend services to poor households in kenyas fast growing urban slums, the nairobi city water and sewerage company has provided water and sewer services to more than 8300 customers. The world bank has also published a useful book that assumes a basic knowledge of regression analysis, the handbook on impact evaluation, by sahidur hkandker, gayatri koolwal. Core elements of a welldesigned impact evaluation 320. United nations system standing committee on nutrition unscn. It develops customized data and evidence ecosystems to produce actionable information and. Chapter three focuses on the experimental design of an impact evaluation, discussing its strengths and shortcomings. Nepals outofpocket health costs are rising and inequalities in access to health care are increasing. International development scholars whose work integrates impact evaluations with.
Overview of the world bank s malaria impact evaluation program miep program launched to conduct malaria policy relevant operational impact evaluation under the booster program for malaria control goals. Ethiopia hawassa industrial park community impact evaluation. The world bank group working for a world free of poverty t he world bank group consists of. Finding adequate sources of data 291 kinds of data that are needed 291 using existing quantitative data 294 collecting new survey data 299 chapter 17.
Impact evaluation is an assessment of the impact of an intervention on final welfare outcomes. Lessons from world bank group gender impact evaluations 2 population means that india has the highest number, accounting for onethird of the world s child brides world bank group, 2014. Document of the world bank independent evaluation group. Site visits are generally associated with case studies, but not all site visits are case studies. World bank impact evaluations and projects approved during 200511. Impact evaluations in education evaluating effectiveness in promoting learning for all deon filmer, lead economist afthd the world bank hd learning week 20. The world bank logframe handbook, a logical framework. The authors of the toolkit are christel vermeersch world bank ttl, elisa. Education staff development program education is well suited to impact evaluation intervention can. Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in lowincome and middleincome countries. We thank patrick premand and martin ruegenberg for contributions. The world bank and the interamerican development bank do not guarantee the accuracy. While many parts of the toolkit can apply to impact evaluation in.
The content of this presentation reflects the views of the authors and not necessarily those of the world bank. An evaluation of world bank support, 200208 gender and. The second edition of the impact evaluation in practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policymakers and development practitioners. This world bank handbook provides, for policy and research audiences, a. An impact evaluation of world bank support to basic education in ghana bridging troubled waters. Development impact evaluation dime a department of the world bank s development economics vicepresidency, dimes purpose is to increase the use of impact evaluation ie in the design and implementation of public policy and to develop institutional capacity and motivation for evidencebased policy. Cgss can play an important role in unlocking lending to smes.
Impact evaluation is the main means for empirically testing what actually happens when interventions are implemented. Assessing the world bank water resources strategy climate change and the world bank groupphase i. The operations evaluation department assesses the pr ograms and activities of the world bank for two purposes. Measures that describe the accomplishment of the pdo the value, benefit and return on investment. The world bank s development impact evaluation dime group generates highquality and operationally relevant data and research to transform development policy, help reduce extreme poverty, and secure shared prosperity. World health assemblys endorsement of the new who evaluation policy in may 2012, and the drive to develop a culture of evaluation at all levels of the organization as we implement reform and move into the new general programme of work. Evaluation in the world bank groupfirst principles 1. Excerpt a case study is a method for learning about a complex instance, based on a comprehensive understanding of that instance obtained through extensive description and analysis of that instance taken as a whole and in its context. Santadarshan sadhu, institute of financial management and research india timeline. Linking information on projects disbursements with information on impact evaluation allows us to explore the relationship between ie and project implementation using impact evaluations and 1,5 projects 100 implemented in 114 countries in 11 sectors during 28 quarters.
Schultz 2004 impact evaluation evidence from a cct program. For example, an evaluation of a program in asia highlighted the benefits of 1 black, robert e. Integrating value for money and impact evaluations world bank. Case study evaluations world bank better evaluation. Impact evaluation of a fisheries development project sciencedirect.
The development impact evaluation dime department seeks to recruit 15 research assistants and 10 field coordinators to support our global portfolio of impact evaluations. The world bank has published the following guidelines. Impact evaluation is not for every project evaluate impact selectively, when project is. Impact evaluations are useful for determining the effect of usaid activities on specific outcomes of interest. Its also available in french, portuguese, and spanish. Apr 29, 2019 impact evaluation to development impact i2i fund, knowledge for change, and ukdfid protracted forced displacement trust funds, the world bank afghanistan country management unit and finance, competitiveness and innovation global practice. This impact evaluation is funded by the health results innovation trust funds hritf at the world bank. The current world bank use of the term impact evaluation has, in my experience, indeed lead to repeated misunderstandings in conversations on results monitoring etc. Overview of the world bank s malaria impact evaluation program miep. An impact evaluation for udaipur and rajasthan, india, showed that the monitoring of teachers might be more effective in improving learning outcomes if it is. Measuring impact impact evaluation methods for policy makers slides by sebastian martinez, christel vermeersch and paul gertler. Whereas around 70 percent of the world bank s investment projects contained an err in the 1970s, about 30 percent did so in the early 2000s ieg, 2010. Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include.
The world bank has a free nontechnical book on impact evaluation by paul gertler et al. World bank independent evaluation group evaluation capacity development the world bank 1818 h street, n. Table 1 searchable impact evaluations databases and systematic. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgement on the part of the world bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Outline impact evaluation questions the main concepts of impact evaluation choosing the best ie design for your project cases including on ie and delivery systems. The lancet, volume 382, issue 9890, p 427 451 2 figure taken from the world bank project document, p. Intergenerational poverty and pkh impact evaluation the smeru. The world bank s own evaluation tools will be an important resource for this study. The change in beneficiary behavior, systems or institutional performance because of the combined output and key assumptions. An evaluation of world bank winwin energy policy reforms. This site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. Want to learn how to use the impact evaluation toolkit. Innovative replicable, scalable, or implemented at scale strategically relevant e.
Independent evaluation group strategy, learning, and communication email. Impact evaluation to development impact world bank. The evaluation practice handbook offers comprehensive information and practical guidance on how to prepare. In parallel to these trends, behavioral economics has increasingly attracted. In june 2019, dime hosted the fifth annual manage successful impact evaluations course. Impact evaluation in practice second edition world bank group. In 2005, the world bank s chief economist office established the development impact evaluation initiative dime to conduct impact evaluations of selected policy interventions in multiple. Impact evaluation toolkit by world bank group publications issuu. Pdf icon ekki syamsulhakim world bank cumulative impacts of cct programs. The study finds that low levels of training in cost data collection and analysis methods, together with a lack of standardization of the valueformoney assumptions e. Err at the world bank and other multilateral development agencies has faltered and fallen out of favor. Recent examples, demonstrating a range of synthesis, policy and country evaluations include. Impact evaluation in practice is an essential resource for evaluators, social programs, ministries, and others committed to making decisions using good evidence. We are grateful to emanuela di gropello, guenter fink, gyuri fritsche, elisabeth huybens, gil shapira, jean claude taptue fotso, robert soeters and omer zhang for useful.
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