Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia
The authors evaluate the effect of various community level infrastructure rehabilitation projects undertaken in rural Georgia on household well-being. Their analysis is based on combining household and community level survey data. The authors'...
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okr-10986-180482021-04-23T14:03:41Z Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia Lokshin, Michael Yemtsov, Ruslan ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS BENEFICIARIES CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROL GROUPS COUNTERFACTUAL DISTRICTS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT INDICATORS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LIVELIHOOD LIVING STANDARDS MANAGERS MARKETING MORTALITY OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTPUT INDICATORS PARENTS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT EVALUATION PROJECT OBJECTIVES PUPILS ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SANITATION SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL SERVICES TARGETING TREATMENT GROUPS URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY WORKERS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IMPACT EVALUATION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS RURAL CONDITIONS COMMUNITY BASED DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS WELFARE ECONOMICS SECTORAL ALLOCATION WORKERS The authors evaluate the effect of various community level infrastructure rehabilitation projects undertaken in rural Georgia on household well-being. Their analysis is based on combining household and community level survey data. The authors' empirical approach uses the panel structure of the data to control for time-invariant un-observables at the community level by applying propensity-score-matched double difference comparison. The results indicate that improvements in school and road infrastructure produce nontrivial welfare gains for the poor at the village and country levels. The impact of water rehabilitation projects is ambiguous. School rehabilitation projects produce the largest gains for the poor. The methodological lesson from this analysis is that ad hoc community surveys matched with ongoing nationally representative surveys can provide a feasible and low cost impact evaluation tool. 2014-04-25T16:00:23Z 2014-04-25T16:00:23Z 2003-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2778676/evaluating-impact-infrastructure-rehabilitation-projects-household-welfare-rural-georgia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18048 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3155 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Georgia |
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS BENEFICIARIES CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROL GROUPS COUNTERFACTUAL DISTRICTS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT INDICATORS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LIVELIHOOD LIVING STANDARDS MANAGERS MARKETING MORTALITY OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTPUT INDICATORS PARENTS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT EVALUATION PROJECT OBJECTIVES PUPILS ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SANITATION SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL SERVICES TARGETING TREATMENT GROUPS URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY WORKERS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IMPACT EVALUATION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS RURAL CONDITIONS COMMUNITY BASED DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS WELFARE ECONOMICS SECTORAL ALLOCATION WORKERS |
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ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS BENEFICIARIES CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROL GROUPS COUNTERFACTUAL DISTRICTS ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT INDICATORS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERVENTION LIVELIHOOD LIVING STANDARDS MANAGERS MARKETING MORTALITY OUTCOME INDICATORS OUTPUT INDICATORS PARENTS POLICY RESEARCH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION PROJECT EVALUATION PROJECT OBJECTIVES PUPILS ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION SANITATION SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL SERVICES TARGETING TREATMENT GROUPS URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY WORKERS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IMPACT EVALUATION HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS RURAL CONDITIONS COMMUNITY BASED DISTRIBUTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS WELFARE ECONOMICS SECTORAL ALLOCATION WORKERS Lokshin, Michael Yemtsov, Ruslan Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia |
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Europe and Central Asia Georgia |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3155 |
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The authors evaluate the effect of
various community level infrastructure rehabilitation
projects undertaken in rural Georgia on household
well-being. Their analysis is based on combining household
and community level survey data. The authors' empirical
approach uses the panel structure of the data to control for
time-invariant un-observables at the community level by
applying propensity-score-matched double difference
comparison. The results indicate that improvements in school
and road infrastructure produce nontrivial welfare gains for
the poor at the village and country levels. The impact of
water rehabilitation projects is ambiguous. School
rehabilitation projects produce the largest gains for the
poor. The methodological lesson from this analysis is that
ad hoc community surveys matched with ongoing nationally
representative surveys can provide a feasible and low cost
impact evaluation tool. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Lokshin, Michael Yemtsov, Ruslan |
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Lokshin, Michael Yemtsov, Ruslan |
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Lokshin, Michael |
| title |
Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia |
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Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia |
| title_full |
Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia |
| title_fullStr |
Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Rehabilitation Projects on Household Welfare in Rural Georgia |
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evaluating the impact of infrastructure rehabilitation projects on household welfare in rural georgia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/10/2778676/evaluating-impact-infrastructure-rehabilitation-projects-household-welfare-rural-georgia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18048 |
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