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“INSTITUTIONALIZING IMPACT EVALUATION: DEMAND, PRODUCTION AND USE – A SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVE”. PANEL DISCUSSION. FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS IN INSTITUTIONALIZING IMPACT EVALUATION IN SOUTH ASIA. What is the status of impact evaluation today in the concerned countries?
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“INSTITUTIONALIZING IMPACT EVALUATION: DEMAND, PRODUCTION AND USE – A SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVE” PANEL DISCUSSION
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS IN INSTITUTIONALIZING IMPACT EVALUATION IN SOUTH ASIA • What is the status of impact evaluation today in the concerned countries? • Who are participating in impact evaluation exercises? • Who are demanding impact evaluation studies?
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS IN INSTITUTIONALIZING IMPACT EVALUATION IN SOUTH ASIA • What are the existing institutional strengths, both domestic and in terms of support from international organizations? • What are the institutional bottlenecks to be removed to make impact evaluation a more effective tool for assisting future investment decisions? What are the challenges faced in institutonalisation of IE in the government? • What are the capacity development initiatives in the South Asian countries vis-à-vis impact evaluation and what are the future plans?
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS IN INSTITUTIONALIZING IMPACT EVALUATION IN SOUTH ASIA • How would the Impact Evaluation be used or planned to be used in the planning, budgeting and policy making process (i.e the feedback arrangements)? • How can IE be a tool to improve development effectiveness? • What are the methodological concerns of IE (e.g Randomised Control Trials, Multiple methods) and factors that influence such concerns (eg Cost effectiveness)?
STRUCTURE OF TODAY’S DISCUSSION • a general background on evaluation systems prevailing in public, private and civil society sectors • the status of impact evaluation as specifically identified within the domain of development evaluation • existing strengths and weaknesses in impact evaluation capacity • some typical examples of impact evaluation studies carried out • capacity audit in impact evaluation
ORDER OF PRESENTATION • PAKISTAN : MR GHULAM MUSTAFA • INDIA: MR. SERVASH KUMAR • NEPAL: MR. BIRENDRA BASNYAT • SRI LANKA: MS. MALLIKA SAMARNAYAKE • BHUTAN: MR. KARMA GALLEG • INDIA: DR. S.P. PAL • DISCUSSIONS