Identifying and Evaluating Large Scale Policy Interventions : What Questions Can We Answer?

Using a data-driven empirical case study method, the paper evaluates the impact of one identified reform program on development outcomes. The paper uses the World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment Ratings to identify large scale stru...

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Main Author:	Dhungana, Sandesh
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURE ANTICORRUPTION AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE RATINGS BANKING SECTOR BRIBERY BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAUSAL EFFECTS CITIZEN CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR COMPARISON GROUP CORRUPTION CORRUPTION CONTROL CORRUPTION LEVELS COUNTERFACTUAL COUNTERFACTUALS COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS COUNTRY DEBT DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC CREDIT DYNAMIC PANEL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC SURVEYS EMPIRICAL GROWTH LITERATURE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL WORK ERROR TERMS EVALUATION DESIGN EXCHANGE RATE EXPORTS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FIXED EFFECTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTORS FUNCTIONAL FORM FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI COEFFICIENT GNP GNP PER CAPITA GOVERNANCE DIMENSIONS GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNANCE QUALITY GOVERNANCE REFORMS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH MODELS GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE GROWTH REGRESSIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS INCOME INCOME DATA INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INEQUALITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT RATE LABOR FORCE LEARNING LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL MUNICIPALITY LONG RUN LONG-RUN GROWTH M2 MACRO-ECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMICS MEAN INCOME MERGERS MONETARY POLICY MONEY SUPPLY NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL RESOURCES OUTPUT PER CAPITA PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGES POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROGRAMS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC GOVERNANCE PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT QUALITATIVE RESEARCH REAL INCOME REFORM PROGRAM REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE SECONDARY SCHOOLING SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL POLICIES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL POLICIES STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAXATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE SHOCKS TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY WAGES
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111216164421 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3688

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Summary:	Using a data-driven empirical case study method, the paper evaluates the impact of one identified reform program on development outcomes. The paper uses the World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment Ratings to identify large scale structural and macro-level policy interventions in the last decade that were seen as being sustained and successful for IDA countries. Robustness checks are performed to show the efficacy of the method in particular cases. It was found that the method attains robustness in the case of Nigeria.

Identifying and Evaluating Large Scale Policy Interventions : What Questions Can We Answer?

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