Despite the importance of knowing
whether development programs achieve their objectives,
impact evaluations remain rare in developing economies. This
is unfortunate. With the growing use of results-based
management by governments, determining whether goals have
been attained and convincingly linking changes to specific
programs has become increasingly critical. Tracking such
outcomes as gains in school enrollment or reductions in
infant mortality is indispensable. But simply gathering good
data on outcomes sheds little light on why objectives have
or have not been met. For this reason, impact evaluations
should be a key instrument in policymakers' monitoring
and evaluation toolbox.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Schady, Norbert R.,
Rawlings, Laura B. |
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| Format: | Journal Article
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC: World Bank
2002-05
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| Subjects: | BANK ACCOUNTS,
BENEFICIARIES,
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS,
COMPARISON GROUPS,
CONTROL GROUPS,
COUNTERFACTUAL,
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES,
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
EVALUATION METHODS,
EVALUATION RESEARCH,
EVALUATION STUDIES,
EVALUATION TECHNIQUES,
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN,
FUND INVESTMENTS,
FUND PERFORMANCE,
GLOBAL PORTFOLIO,
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS,
IMPACT EVALUATION,
INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES,
INTERVENTION,
INTERVENTIONS,
OUTCOME INDICATORS,
POOR HEALTH,
PROGRAMS,
PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING,
RAPID EXPANSION,
REPUTATION,
RESEARCHERS,
SOCIAL CAPITAL,
SOCIAL FUND,
SOCIAL FUNDS,
SOCIAL PROTECTION,
TECHNIQUES,
TREATMENT EFFECTS,
VALIDITY,
WELLBEING, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737159/impact-evaluation-social-funds-introduction
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17205
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