Horstkotte-Wesseler, GesaMaredia, MywishByerlee, DerekAlex, Gary2013-10-162013-10-162000-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16183This note outlines an approach to economic analysis in agricultural research and extension (R&E) projects financed under World Bank loans and credits. It provides guidelines and recommends steps to take during project preparation and implementation. 1) agricultural research investments should be evaluated at the level of research programs for important commodities or production systems. 2) agricultural extension investments are often best evaluated using rough measures of cost-effectiveness or unit costs. 3) alternatively, break-even analyses can be conducted for extension programs to show the minimum impact needed to justify proposed expenditures. 4) during project preparation, economic analyzes should focus on retrospective technology adoption and impact studies, and prospective technology case studies . 5) during project implementation, the emphasis should be on establishing systems that incorporate economic analysis on an ongoing basis into R&E evaluation, planning, and priority setting. 6) evaluators within the national agricultural research system should conduct the economic analyzes whenever possible to build local capacity and foster local ownership of the results. 7) all economic analyzes should use the economic surplus method or a simplification thereof, such as a cost-benefit analysis.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOKNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTINFORMATION SYSTEMSECONOMIC ANALYSISAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROJECTSBREAK-EVEN ANALYSISUNIT COSTSIMPACT EVALUATIONCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST-EFFECTIVENESSRISK ASSESSMENTSADAPTIVE RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL EDUCATIONAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTUREAGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGEAGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE &AMPINFORMATION SYSTEMSAGRICULTURAL POLICIESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH EVALUATIONAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INVESTMENTSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROGRAMSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROJECTSAGRICULTURAL SYSTEMSAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGYAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIESAGRICULTUREAKISBEANSBEEFBORDER PRICESBREEDINGCAPACITY BUILDINGCASSAVACLIENT COUNTRIESCOMMODITIESCOMPETITIVE GRANTSCOST BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST­ BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST­BENEFIT ANALYSISCROPCROP MANAGEMENTCROPSDATA COLLECTIONDATA REQUIREMENTSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHECONOMICSENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSEX ANTE ANALYSISEX POST EVALUATIONEXCHANGE RATESEXTENSION PROGRAMSEXTERNALITIESFARMERSFARMINGFARMING SYSTEMSFOOD SECURITYIMPACT ASSESSMENTIMPACT ASSESSMENTSIMPACT EVALUATIONIMPACT INDICATORSINCOMEINNOVATIONINNOVATIONSINTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENTINTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHINTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTERSINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTUREINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHINTERVENTIONLEARNINGLIVESTOCKMAIZEMONITORING PLANSNARSNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONSNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMSNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCHNEW TECHNOLOGIESNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPHYSICAL INDICATORSPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIORITY SETTINGPRIVATE SECTORPROGRAM MANAGEMENTPROGRAMMINGPROGRAMSPROJECT EVALUATIONQUANTITATIVE EVALUATIONRAPID RURAL APPRAISALRESEARCH CENTERSRESEARCH PROGRAMSRESEARCH RESULTSRESEARCH RETURNSRICERURAL DEVELOPMENTSCIENTISTSSOCIAL SCIENCESSOIL EROSIONSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNOLOGY ADOPTIONTRAINING COURSESUNIVERSITIESUSAIDWOODWORLD BANK LENDING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTINFORMATION SYSTEMSECONOMIC ANALYSISAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PROJECTSBREAK-EVEN ANALYSISUNIT COSTSIMPACT EVALUATIONCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISCOST-EFFECTIVENESSRISK ASSESSMENTSWorld Bank10.1596/16183