Evaluating the Impact of Development Projects on Poverty A Handbook for Practitioners

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ISBN: 9780821346976 | 0821346970
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Copyright: 6/13/2000

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Despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, very little is known about the actual impact of projects on the poor. This handbook aims to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools for evaluating project impact.

Foreword

Acknowledgments

viii

Defining Concepts and Techniques for Impact Evaluation

(15)

Key Steps in Designing and Implementing Impact Evaluations

(24)

Applying Analytical Methods for Impact Evaluation: A Case Study

(25)

Drawing on ``Good Practice'' Impact Evaluations

Bibliography

Annexes

Annex 1: Case Studies

Evaluating the Gains to the Poor from Workfare: Argentina's TRABAJAR Program

Does Microfinance Really Help the Poor? New Evidence from Flagship Programs in Bangladesh

101

Bangladesh Food for Education: Evaluating a Targeted Social Program When Placement Is Decentralized

105

Evaluating Bolivia's Social Investment Fund

109

Impact of Active Labor Programs: Czech Republic

114

Impact of Credit with Education on Mothers' and their Young Children's Nutrition: Lower Pra Rural Bank Program in Ghana

119

Textbooks and Test Scores: Evidence from a Prospective Evaluation in Kenya

123

Evaluating Kenya's Agricultural Extension Project

128

The Impact of Mexico's Retraining Program on Employment and Wages (PROBECAT)

134

Mexico, National Program of Education, Health, and Nutrition (PROGRESA)

140

Evaluating Nicaragua's School Reform: A Combined Quantitative-Qualitative Approach

145

Improving Elementary Mathematics Educationin Nicaragua: An Experimental Study of the Impact of Textbooks and Radio on Achievement

151

The Impact of Alternative Cost-Recovery Schemes on Access and Equity in Niger

156

Schooling Outcomes in Philippine Elementary Schools: Evaluation of the Impact of Four Experiments

160

Assessing the Poverty Impact of Rural Roads Projects in Vietnam

165

Annex 2: Sample Terms of Reference

169

The Uganda nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project

169

Rural Roads Impact Evaluation: Vietnam 1997 Baseline

188

Annex 3: A Sample Budget from an Impact Evaluation of a School Feeding Program

195

Annex 4: Impact Indicators---Evaluation of Bolivia Social Investment Fund

198

Annex 5: Template of Log Frame for Project Design Summary for the Project Completion Document or Project Appraisal Document

204

Annex 6: Matrix of Analysis

208

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