By Kate Ambler , Diego Aycinena, and Dean Yang Evaluations of supply side educational interventions such as conditional cash transfers and private school vouchers have shown that such programs can be effective in increasing the demand for education in the developing world. In a new paper, we study a program that seeks to mitigate the costs of such transfer programs by … [Read more...] about Channeling Remittances to Education
Don’t make war, make elections
by Leopoldo Fergusson* and Juan F. Vargas** Democracy and conflict: a hard question Civil conflict is one of the major threats to long-run economic development, and causes enormous human suffering. However, we still do not have a clear understanding of the factors that exacerbate or help mitigate the risk of conflict and, in particular, about the role of democracy in … [Read more...] about Don’t make war, make elections
4 views on evaluation challenges
By Paloma Acevedo* Conducting an impact evaluation (IE) is a complex exercise full of challenges - if you don’t agree, you probably have not worked on one yet! Some publications, such as ”Learning About Experiments That Never Happened” or blogs about common mistakes in evaluations, talk about some of these challenges. In the workshop “Surveys and Impact Evaluation of … [Read more...] about 4 views on evaluation challenges
“Running raffles”: random assignment in the field
By Gastón Gertner and Lucas Figal Garone* In one of the case study panels in our Surveys and Impact Evaluation Workshop in Santiago this week (#Taller_EEiPP), we discussed a topic that is clearly not trivial for Impact Evaluations. How can we implement a random assignment of beneficiaries when the possibility of doing so at a desk or an office with computer-programmed … [Read more...] about “Running raffles”: random assignment in the field
We are in our Impact Evaluation and Surveys workshop: 2013 edition!
by Michelle Perez and Gaston Gertner* This past Monday, April 9th we started in Santiago, Chile the second Impact Evaluation and Surveys workshop on Surveys and impact Evaluation (follow us on #EEiPP). The workshop is financed by the World Bank’s Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund, and organized by the IDB’s Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness and … [Read more...] about We are in our Impact Evaluation and Surveys workshop: 2013 edition!