Governments and donor organizations increasingly recognize that rigorous evaluations of public interventions should be part of the social policy decision-making process. Yet there is frequently a gap between the desire for information on the effectiveness of programs and an understanding of the potential and the limitations of evaluation tools. This note reviews the basic elements of good impact evaluations, identifies some of the political economy aspects that influence whether they are conducted, and explores ways to encourage use of evaluation.
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2003/01/01
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33364
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1
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2010/07/01
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Impact evaluation of social programs: a policy perspective
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safety net program;Social Safety Nets;program effect;selection bias;Political Economy;program evaluation;social program;Funding agencies;process study;local capability;program operations;program monitoring;data availability;evaluation component;qualitative method;program selection;policy question;subsidy programs;baseline data;conditional cash;social policy;ensuring transparency;evaluation culture;demonstration effect;individual behavior;quantitative method;external condition;evaluation process;household data;experimental design;political careers;evaluation design;damage information;social agenda;scarce resource;quantitative estimate;social policies;government pay;detectable effect;program participation;regression model;program impact;national policy;local capacity;evaluation question;
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Blomquist,John D.
Impact evaluation of social programs: a policy perspective (English). Social Safety Nets Primer Notes ; no. 14 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/386851468140967391/Impact-evaluation-of-social-programs-a-policy-perspective