Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction

Despite the importance of knowing whether development programs achieve their objectives, impact evaluations remain rare in developing economies. This is unfortunate. With the growing use of results-based management by governments, determining wheth...

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Main Authors:	Rawlings, Laura B., Schady, Norbert R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	BANK ACCOUNTS BENEFICIARIES COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMPARISON GROUPS CONTROL GROUPS COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPING ECONOMIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESEARCH EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FUND INVESTMENTS FUND PERFORMANCE GLOBAL PORTFOLIO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT EVALUATION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS OUTCOME INDICATORS POOR HEALTH PROGRAMS PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING RAPID EXPANSION REPUTATION RESEARCHERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNIQUES TREATMENT EFFECTS VALIDITY WELLBEING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737159/impact-evaluation-social-funds-introduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17205

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spelling	okr-10986-172052021-04-23T14:03:29Z Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction Rawlings, Laura B. Schady, Norbert R. BANK ACCOUNTS BENEFICIARIES COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMPARISON GROUPS CONTROL GROUPS COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPING ECONOMIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESEARCH EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FUND INVESTMENTS FUND PERFORMANCE GLOBAL PORTFOLIO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT EVALUATION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS OUTCOME INDICATORS POOR HEALTH PROGRAMS PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING RAPID EXPANSION REPUTATION RESEARCHERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNIQUES TREATMENT EFFECTS VALIDITY WELLBEING Despite the importance of knowing whether development programs achieve their objectives, impact evaluations remain rare in developing economies. This is unfortunate. With the growing use of results-based management by governments, determining whether goals have been attained and convincingly linking changes to specific programs has become increasingly critical. Tracking such outcomes as gains in school enrollment or reductions in infant mortality is indispensable. But simply gathering good data on outcomes sheds little light on why objectives have or have not been met. For this reason, impact evaluations should be a key instrument in policymakers' monitoring and evaluation toolbox. 2014-03-04T17:31:24Z 2014-03-04T17:31:24Z 2002-05 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737159/impact-evaluation-social-funds-introduction World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17205 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	BANK ACCOUNTS BENEFICIARIES COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMPARISON GROUPS CONTROL GROUPS COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPING ECONOMIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESEARCH EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FUND INVESTMENTS FUND PERFORMANCE GLOBAL PORTFOLIO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT EVALUATION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS OUTCOME INDICATORS POOR HEALTH PROGRAMS PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING RAPID EXPANSION REPUTATION RESEARCHERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNIQUES TREATMENT EFFECTS VALIDITY WELLBEING
spellingShingle	BANK ACCOUNTS BENEFICIARIES COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS COMPARISON GROUPS CONTROL GROUPS COUNTERFACTUAL DEVELOPING ECONOMIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESEARCH EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FUND INVESTMENTS FUND PERFORMANCE GLOBAL PORTFOLIO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT EVALUATION INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS OUTCOME INDICATORS POOR HEALTH PROGRAMS PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING RAPID EXPANSION REPUTATION RESEARCHERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL PROTECTION TECHNIQUES TREATMENT EFFECTS VALIDITY WELLBEING Rawlings, Laura B. Schady, Norbert R. Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction
description	Despite the importance of knowing whether development programs achieve their objectives, impact evaluations remain rare in developing economies. This is unfortunate. With the growing use of results-based management by governments, determining whether goals have been attained and convincingly linking changes to specific programs has become increasingly critical. Tracking such outcomes as gains in school enrollment or reductions in infant mortality is indispensable. But simply gathering good data on outcomes sheds little light on why objectives have or have not been met. For this reason, impact evaluations should be a key instrument in policymakers' monitoring and evaluation toolbox.
format	Journal Article
author	Rawlings, Laura B. Schady, Norbert R.
author_facet	Rawlings, Laura B. Schady, Norbert R.
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title	Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction
title_short	Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction
title_full	Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction
title_fullStr	Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction
title_full_unstemmed	Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction
title_sort	impact evaluation of social funds : an introduction
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737159/impact-evaluation-social-funds-introduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17205
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Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction

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