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Handbook on Impact Evaluation : Quantitative Methods and Practices

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dc.contributor.authorKhandker, Shahidur R.
dc.contributor.authorKoolwal, Gayatri B.
dc.contributor.authorSamad, Hussain A.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T10:04:58Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T10:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis book reviews quantitative methods and models of impact evaluation. The formal literature on impact evaluation methods and practices is large, with a few useful overviews. Yet there is a need to put the theory into practice in a hands-on fashion for practitioners. This book also details challenges and goals in other realms of evaluation, including monitoring and evaluation (M&E), operational evaluation, and mixed-methods approaches combining quantitative and qualitative analyses. This book is organized as follows. Chapter two reviews the basic issues pertaining to an evaluation of an intervention to reach certain targets and goals. It distinguishes impact evaluation from related concepts such as M&E, operational evaluation, qualitative versus quantitative evaluation, and ex-ante versus ex post impact evaluation. Chapter three focuses on the experimental design of an impact evaluation, discussing its strengths and shortcomings. Various non-experimental methods exist as well, each of which are discussed in turn through chapters four to seven. Chapter four examines matching methods, including the propensity score matching technique. Chapter five deal with double-difference methods in the context of panel data, which relax some of the assumptions on the potential sources of selection bias. Chapter six reviews the instrumental variable method, which further relaxes assumptions on self-selection. Chapter seven examines regression discontinuity and pipeline methods, which exploit the design of the program itself as potential sources of identification of program impacts. Specifically, chapter eight presents a discussion of how distributional impacts of programs can be measured, including new techniques related to quantile regression. Chapter nine discusses structural approaches to program evaluation, including economic models that can lay the groundwork for estimating direct and indirect effects of a program. Finally, chapter ten discusses the strengths and weaknesses of experimental and non-experimental methods and also highlights the usefulness of impact evaluation tools in policy making.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-0-8213-8028-4
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-8213-8028-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/2693
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subjectAUDITS
dc.subjectBENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectCAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectCOMPARISON GROUPS
dc.subjectCONTROL GROUPS
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUALS
dc.subjectDATA ANALYSIS
dc.subjectDATA COLLECTION
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIC FACTORS
dc.subjectEVALUATION DESIGN
dc.subjectEVALUATION METHODS
dc.subjectEVALUATION STUDIES
dc.subjectEVALUATORS
dc.subjectEX ANTE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEX POST EVALUATION
dc.subjectEX POST IMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectEXERCISES
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTAL DATA
dc.subjectEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFINAL INDICATORS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFLEXIBILITY
dc.subjectGENERAL PRACTICE
dc.subjectGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectIMPACT ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION TOOLS
dc.subjectIMPACT INDICATORS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE INDICATORS
dc.subjectINTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectINTERVIEWS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectM&E SYSTEMS
dc.subjectMATCHING METHODS
dc.subjectMETHODOLOGIES
dc.subjectMODELING
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectNONPARTICIPANT GROUPS
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE INDICATORS
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGES
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS
dc.subjectPROGRAM BENEFICIARIES
dc.subjectPROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectPROGRAM EFFECTS
dc.subjectPROGRAM EVALUATION
dc.subjectPROGRAM IMPACTS
dc.subjectPROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
dc.subjectPROGRAM INTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectPROGRAM OUTCOMES
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPROJECT MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectPROJECT MONITORING
dc.subjectPROJECT OBJECTIVES
dc.subjectPROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
dc.subjectQUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectQUALITATIVE DATA
dc.subjectQUALITATIVE METHODS
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE DATA
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE EVALUATION
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE METHODS
dc.subjectQUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
dc.subjectQUESTIONNAIRES
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectREFLEXIVE COMPARISONS
dc.subjectRELIABILITY
dc.subjectRESEARCH PROJECTS
dc.subjectRESEARCHERS
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOLS
dc.subjectSELECTION BIAS
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSIMULATION
dc.subjectSIMULATIONS
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectSURVEY DATA
dc.subjectSURVEY INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectTECHNIQUES
dc.subjectTRAINING PROGRAMS
dc.subjectTRANSPARENCY
dc.subjectTREATMENT EFFECTS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWELL-BEING
dc.subjectMicrodata Set
dc.titleHandbook on Impact Evaluation : Quantitative Methods and Practicesen
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okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicEducation
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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