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Impact Evaluation of Social Funds : An Introduction

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 wheth...

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Main Authors: Rawlings, Laura B., Schady, Norbert R.
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/05/17737159/impact-evaluation-social-funds-introduction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17205
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Summary: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.

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