Evaluation in the Practice of Development

Knowledge about development effectiveness is constrained by two factors. First, the project staff in governments and international agencies who decide how much to invest in research on specific interventions are often not well informed about the re...

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Main Author:	Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVOCACY ROLE ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES CHILD LABOR CITIZENS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL DATA ANALYSIS DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESULTS EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL METHODS EXPERIMENTS FERTILITY FIELD WORK FINAL OUTCOMES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERMEDIATE INDICATORS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVIEWS KNOWLEDGE GENERATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEARNING LITERATURE LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY MIGRATION MODELING MONITORING DATA NGO NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTCOME INDICATORS PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY CHANGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR NATIONS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAMS PROGRESS PROJECT MONITORING PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLISHERS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH COMMUNITY RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH NEEDS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHERS SAFETY NET SCHOOLS SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA SCIENTIST SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELECTION BIAS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SIMULATION SIMULATION METHODS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL RETURNS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL WELFARE SPILLOVER SURVEY DATA TARGETING TREATMENT EFFECTS TUITION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE VALIDITY VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS WORKERS
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spelling	okr-10986-65612021-04-23T14:02:31Z Evaluation in the Practice of Development Ravallion, Martin ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVOCACY ROLE ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES CHILD LABOR CITIZENS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL DATA ANALYSIS DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESULTS EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL METHODS EXPERIMENTS FERTILITY FIELD WORK FINAL OUTCOMES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERMEDIATE INDICATORS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVIEWS KNOWLEDGE GENERATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEARNING LITERATURE LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY MIGRATION MODELING MONITORING DATA NGO NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTCOME INDICATORS PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY CHANGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR NATIONS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAMS PROGRESS PROJECT MONITORING PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLISHERS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH COMMUNITY RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH NEEDS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHERS SAFETY NET SCHOOLS SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA SCIENTIST SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELECTION BIAS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SIMULATION SIMULATION METHODS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL RETURNS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL WELFARE SPILLOVER SURVEY DATA TARGETING TREATMENT EFFECTS TUITION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE VALIDITY VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS WORKERS Knowledge about development effectiveness is constrained by two factors. First, the project staff in governments and international agencies who decide how much to invest in research on specific interventions are often not well informed about the returns to rigorous evaluation and (even when they are) cannot be expected to take full account of the external benefits to others from new knowledge. This leads to under-investment in evaluative research. Second, while standard methods of impact evaluation are useful, they often leave many questions about development effectiveness unanswered. The paper proposes ten steps for making evaluations more relevant to the needs of practitioners. It is argued that more attention needs to be given to identifying policy-relevant questions (including the case for intervention); that a broader approach should be taken to the problems of internal validity; and that the problems of external validity (including scaling up) merit more attention. 2012-05-29T17:19:25Z 2012-05-29T17:19:25Z 2008-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9056351/evaluation-practice-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6561 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4547 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVOCACY ROLE ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES CHILD LABOR CITIZENS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL DATA ANALYSIS DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESULTS EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL METHODS EXPERIMENTS FERTILITY FIELD WORK FINAL OUTCOMES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERMEDIATE INDICATORS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVIEWS KNOWLEDGE GENERATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEARNING LITERATURE LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY MIGRATION MODELING MONITORING DATA NGO NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTCOME INDICATORS PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY CHANGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR NATIONS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAMS PROGRESS PROJECT MONITORING PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLISHERS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH COMMUNITY RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH NEEDS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHERS SAFETY NET SCHOOLS SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA SCIENTIST SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELECTION BIAS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SIMULATION SIMULATION METHODS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL RETURNS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL WELFARE SPILLOVER SURVEY DATA TARGETING TREATMENT EFFECTS TUITION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE VALIDITY VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS WORKERS
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADVOCACY ROLE ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS BENEFICIARIES CHILD LABOR CITIZENS CONTROL GROUPS CORRUPTION COUNTERFACTUAL DATA ANALYSIS DATA COLLECTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ECONOMIC POLICIES EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION METHODS EVALUATION RESULTS EVALUATION STUDIES EVALUATION TECHNIQUES EXPERIMENTAL METHODS EXPERIMENTS FERTILITY FIELD WORK FINAL OUTCOMES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RESOURCES IMPACT ASSESSMENT IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES INTERMEDIATE INDICATORS INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERVENTION INTERVIEWS KNOWLEDGE GENERATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEARNING LITERATURE LIVELIHOODS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY MIGRATION MODELING MONITORING DATA NGO NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OUTCOME INDICATORS PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY CHANGE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR NATIONS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY IMPACTS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS PRACTITIONERS PROGRAM EVALUATION PROGRAM IMPACTS PROGRAMS PROGRESS PROJECT MONITORING PUBLIC SUPPORT PUBLISHERS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH RESEARCH AGENDA RESEARCH COMMUNITY RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH NEEDS RESEARCH PROJECTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHERS SAFETY NET SCHOOLS SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA SCIENTIST SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELECTION BIAS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SIMULATION SIMULATION METHODS SIMULATIONS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL RETURNS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL WELFARE SPILLOVER SURVEY DATA TARGETING TREATMENT EFFECTS TUITION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE VALIDITY VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS WORKERS Ravallion, Martin Evaluation in the Practice of Development
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4547
description	Knowledge about development effectiveness is constrained by two factors. First, the project staff in governments and international agencies who decide how much to invest in research on specific interventions are often not well informed about the returns to rigorous evaluation and (even when they are) cannot be expected to take full account of the external benefits to others from new knowledge. This leads to under-investment in evaluative research. Second, while standard methods of impact evaluation are useful, they often leave many questions about development effectiveness unanswered. The paper proposes ten steps for making evaluations more relevant to the needs of practitioners. It is argued that more attention needs to be given to identifying policy-relevant questions (including the case for intervention); that a broader approach should be taken to the problems of internal validity; and that the problems of external validity (including scaling up) merit more attention.
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author	Ravallion, Martin
author_facet	Ravallion, Martin
author_sort	Ravallion, Martin
title	Evaluation in the Practice of Development
title_short	Evaluation in the Practice of Development
title_full	Evaluation in the Practice of Development
title_fullStr	Evaluation in the Practice of Development
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation in the Practice of Development
title_sort	evaluation in the practice of development
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9056351/evaluation-practice-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6561
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