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Evaluation in the Practice of Development
dc.contributor.author | Ravallion, Martin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-29T17:19:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-05-29T17:19:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9056351/evaluation-practice-development | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6561 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4547 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.holder | World Bank | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | ACADEMIC RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | ADVOCACY ROLE | |
dc.subject | ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM | |
dc.subject | ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | BENEFICIARIES | |
dc.subject | CHILD LABOR | |
dc.subject | CITIZENS | |
dc.subject | CONTROL GROUPS | |
dc.subject | CORRUPTION | |
dc.subject | COUNTERFACTUAL | |
dc.subject | DATA ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | DATA COLLECTION | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT GOALS | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT POLICIES | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT POLICY | |
dc.subject | DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | DISSEMINATION | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC POLICIES | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | EVALUATION METHODS | |
dc.subject | EVALUATION RESULTS | |
dc.subject | EVALUATION STUDIES | |
dc.subject | EVALUATION TECHNIQUES | |
dc.subject | EXPERIMENTAL METHODS | |
dc.subject | EXPERIMENTS | |
dc.subject | FERTILITY | |
dc.subject | FIELD WORK | |
dc.subject | FINAL OUTCOMES | |
dc.subject | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | |
dc.subject | GLOBAL POVERTY | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS | |
dc.subject | HUMAN RESOURCES | |
dc.subject | IMPACT ASSESSMENT | |
dc.subject | IMPACT EVALUATION | |
dc.subject | INCOME | |
dc.subject | INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES | |
dc.subject | INFORMATION SYSTEM | |
dc.subject | INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS | |
dc.subject | INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES | |
dc.subject | INTERMEDIATE INDICATORS | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE | |
dc.subject | INTERNATIONAL TRADE | |
dc.subject | INTERVENTION | |
dc.subject | INTERVIEWS | |
dc.subject | KNOWLEDGE GENERATION | |
dc.subject | LABOR FORCE | |
dc.subject | LABOR MARKET | |
dc.subject | LEARNING | |
dc.subject | LITERATURE | |
dc.subject | LIVELIHOODS | |
dc.subject | LIVING STANDARDS | |
dc.subject | LOCAL COMMUNITIES | |
dc.subject | METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | METHODOLOGY | |
dc.subject | MIGRATION | |
dc.subject | MODELING | |
dc.subject | MONITORING DATA | |
dc.subject | NGO | |
dc.subject | NUMBER OF PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | NUTRITION | |
dc.subject | NUTRITIONAL STATUS | |
dc.subject | OUTCOME INDICATORS | |
dc.subject | PERSISTENT POVERTY | |
dc.subject | POLICY CHANGE | |
dc.subject | POLICY IMPLICATIONS | |
dc.subject | POLICY MAKERS | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER | |
dc.subject | POLITICAL SUPPORT | |
dc.subject | POOR NATIONS | |
dc.subject | POOR PEOPLE | |
dc.subject | POVERTY IMPACTS | |
dc.subject | POVERTY MEASURES | |
dc.subject | POVERTY MONITORING | |
dc.subject | POVERTY OUTCOMES | |
dc.subject | POVERTY REDUCTION | |
dc.subject | POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | PRACTITIONERS | |
dc.subject | PROGRAM EVALUATION | |
dc.subject | PROGRAM IMPACTS | |
dc.subject | PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | PROGRESS | |
dc.subject | PROJECT MONITORING | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC SUPPORT | |
dc.subject | PUBLISHERS | |
dc.subject | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | RESEARCH AGENDA | |
dc.subject | RESEARCH COMMUNITY | |
dc.subject | RESEARCH FINDINGS | |
dc.subject | RESEARCH NEEDS | |
dc.subject | RESEARCH PROJECTS | |
dc.subject | RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS | |
dc.subject | RESEARCHERS | |
dc.subject | SAFETY NET | |
dc.subject | SCHOOLS | |
dc.subject | SCIENCES | |
dc.subject | SCIENTIFIC CRITERIA | |
dc.subject | SCIENTIST | |
dc.subject | SECONDARY SCHOOL | |
dc.subject | SECONDARY SCHOOLING | |
dc.subject | SELECTION BIAS | |
dc.subject | SERVICE PROVIDERS | |
dc.subject | SERVICE PROVISION | |
dc.subject | SIMULATION | |
dc.subject | SIMULATION METHODS | |
dc.subject | SIMULATIONS | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL IMPACT | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL RETURNS | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL SCIENCE | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL SCIENCES | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL WELFARE | |
dc.subject | SPILLOVER | |
dc.subject | SURVEY DATA | |
dc.subject | TARGETING | |
dc.subject | TREATMENT EFFECTS | |
dc.subject | TUITION | |
dc.subject | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE | |
dc.subject | VALIDITY | |
dc.subject | VILLAGE CHARACTERISTICS | |
dc.subject | WORKERS | |
dc.title | Evaluation in the Practice of Development | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9056351/evaluation-practice-development | |
okr.globalpractice | Education | |
okr.globalpractice | Transport and ICT | |
okr.globalpractice | Poverty | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-4547 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000158349_20080305144823 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 9056351 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS4547 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/03/05/000158349_20080305144823/Rendered/PDF/wps4547.pdf | en |
okr.topic | Tertiary Education | |
okr.topic | Poverty Monitoring and Analysis | |
okr.topic | Scientific Research and Science Parks | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies | |
okr.topic | Science Education | |
okr.topic | Education | |
okr.topic | Poverty Reduction | |
okr.topic | Science and Technology Development | |
okr.unit | Development Research Group (DECRG) | |
okr.volume | 1 of 1 | |
relation.isAuthorOfPublication | d53ceb26-d2be-50fc-a6b3-5bd777691c9c | |
relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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