Impact Evaluation of Social Programs : A Policy Perspective

Impact Evaluation of Social Programs : A Policy Perspective

Governments and donor organizations increasingly recognize that rigorous evaluations of public interventions should be part of the social policy decision-making process. Yet there is frequently a gap between the desire for information on the effect...

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Main Author: Blomquist, John
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BENEFICIARIES
COST EFFECTIVENESS
EVALUATION COMPONENTS
EVALUATION DESIGN
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
IMPACT EVALUATION
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LSMS
METHODOLOGIES
METHODOLOGY
NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS
PROGRAM EFFECTS
PROGRAM EVALUATION
PROGRAM IMPACTS
PROGRAM SELECTION
PROGRAMS
QUALITATIVE METHODS
QUANTITATIVE METHODS
SAMPLE SIZE
SELECTION BIAS
SEMISTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
TARGET GROUPS
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/6246735/impact-evaluation-social-programs-policy-perspective
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11827
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Summary:Governments and donor organizations increasingly recognize that rigorous evaluations of public interventions should be part of the social policy decision-making process. Yet there is frequently a gap between the desire for information on the effectiveness of programs and an understanding of the potential and the limitations of evaluation tools. This note reviews the basic elements of good impact evaluations, identifies some of the political economy aspects that influence whether they are conducted, and explores ways to encourage use of evaluation.

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