A few weeks ago, Martin Ravallion wrote a great blog on “shoe-string” evaluations, in which he suggested that there are ways of bypassing two of the most costly items in rigorous Impact Evaluations: contemporaneous credible baseline data; and second, “objectively assessed outcome indicators”, which are based on surveys. Ravallion then proposed a “shoestring” solution that … [Read more...] about Randomized Control Trials on a Budget
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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!