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Initiatives to support impact evaluation

Initiatives to support impact evaluation. Howard White, IEG, World Bank Nick York, DFID. World Bank. IEG Current program of 1-2 studies a year, initially supported by DFID ( Three completed so far, 3 underway Aim is to provide policy-relevant rigorous studies

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Initiatives to support impact evaluation

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  1. Initiatives to support impact evaluation Howard White, IEG, World Bank Nick York, DFID

  2. World Bank • IEG • Current program of 1-2 studies a year, initially supported by DFID ( • Three completed so far, 3 underway • Aim is to provide policy-relevant rigorous studies • DIME (Development Impact Evaluation) • Research department (DEC) initiative to provide support to IE by operations • Provides technical support and some seed money, main costs of study to be part of the loan. Workshops are held on evaluation design for projects entering the program. (There is a separate weekly IE seminar series). • Plan to have meta-analyses: current areas of focus are conditional cash transfers, urban upgrading, early child development and education service delivery • Currently 122 studies are being supported by this initiative and a further 55 in the planning stage. Just over half of them (69) are experimental, the rest quasi-experimental

  3. World Bank resources • IEG IE site • Studies • Booklets (Bamberger and White) • DEC IE site • Database (111 studies) • Working papers • Methods documents • Consultant database (for Bank staff only)

  4. CGD and the Leading Edge group • Evaluation Gap report ‘When will we ever learn?’: argued very few studies assessing if aid programs actually make a difference • Bellagio conference obtained funding commitments from Foundations and bilateral agencies • Leading Edge group: • Support for rigorous impact evaluation for social sector interventions • Encouraging developing country participation and ownership • Want complementarity with ‘network of networks’ (us) • Will start commissioning mid-next year, aiming to support up to 30 studies a year

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