In the last decade, attention has increasingly been placed on measuring and establishing the causality of the impact that development projects or interventions – either privately or publicly funded - have on an outcome of interest. In many areas such as health, education and social protection there is an emerging consensus on how to estimate the causal impact of … [Read more...] about Impact evaluation, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis: back to the future?
Evaluation methods and techniques
Impact evaluation, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis: back to the future?
In the last decade, attention has increasingly been placed on measuring and establishing the causality of the impact that development projects or interventions – either privately or publicly funded - have on an outcome of interest. In many areas such as health, education and social protection there is an emerging consensus on how to estimate the causal impact of interventions. … [Read more...] about Impact evaluation, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis: back to the future?
Careful: The object of the analysis determines the methodology…not the other way round!
On Tuesday January 24th I had the pleasure of being one of the panelists for the session “experiences in selecting impact evaluation methods for projects” during the International Workshop on Surveys and Impact Evaluation. My co-panelists were Yyannu Cruz Aguayo, Rodolfo Stucchi from IDB, Francisco Gallego from the Catholic University of Chile and Alessandro Maffioli, also … [Read more...] about Careful: The object of the analysis determines the methodology…not the other way round!
Four Impact Evaluations from Latin America: comparing apples with apples
We finished the first week of the International Workshop on Surveys and Impact Evaluation on Friday 20th January with the presentation of four examples of impact evaluations of programs in the region. 1) Productive Sector Rodolfo Stucchi from the IDB presented the results of an impact evaluation of the Chilean Supplier Development Program, aimed at improving and … [Read more...] about Four Impact Evaluations from Latin America: comparing apples with apples
Institutionalizing evaluation: 5 ideas from Chile
In addition to the evaluation workshop that Fazia was referring to in her blog, a second event was taking place last week Chile. The Chilean Public Policy Society annual forum included a panel to answer the question on whether public policy evaluation is worth the effort put into it. The panel included Ignacio Irarrázabal, who is the director of the Public Policy Center … [Read more...] about Institutionalizing evaluation: 5 ideas from Chile