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This book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact
evaluation and its practise in development. While the book is
geared principally towards development practitioners and
policymakers designing prospective impact evaluations, we trust
that it will be a valuable resource for students and others
interested in using impact evaluation. Prospective impact
evaluations should be used selectively to assess whether or not a
programme has achieved its intended results, or to test
alternatives for achieving those results. We consider that more and
better impact evaluation will help strengthen the evidence base for
development policies and programmes around the world. If
governments and development practitioners can make policy decisions
based on evidence - including evidence generated through impact
evaluation - our hope is that development resources will be spent
more effectively, and ultimately have a greater impact on reducing
poverty and improving people's lives. The three chapters in this
handbook provide a non-technical introduction to impact
evaluations, including "Why Evaluate" in Chapter 1, "How to
Evaluate" in Chapter 2 and "How to Implement Impact Evaluations" in
Chapter 3. These elements are the basic `tools' needed in order to
successfully carry out an impact evaluation. From a methodological
standpoint our approach to impact evaluation is largely pragmatic:
we think that the most appropriate methods should be identified to
fit the operational context and not the other way around. This is
best achieved at the outset of the programme, through the design of
prospective impact evaluation that can be built into the project's
implementation. We argue that gaining consensus between key
stakeholders and identifying an evaluation design that fits the
political and operational context is as important as the method
itself. We also believe strongly that impact evaluations should be
upfront about their limitations and caveats. Finally, we strongly
encourage policymakers and programme managers to consider impact
evaluations in a logical framework that clearly sets out the causal
pathways by which the programme works to produce outputs and
influence final outcomes, and to combine impact evaluations with
monitoring and selected complementary evaluation approach to gain a
full picture of performance. This book builds on a core set of
teaching materials developed for the "Turning Promises to Evidence"
workshops organised by the office of the Chief Economist for Human
Development (HDNCE) in partnership with regional units and the
Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) at the World Bank.
This book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact
evaluation and its practice in development. While the book is
geared principally towards development practitioners and
policymakers designing prospective impact evaluations, we trust
that it will be a valuable resource for students and others
interested in using impact evaluation. Prospective impact
evaluations should be used selectively to assess whether or not a
program has achieved its intended results, or to test alternatives
for achieving those results. We consider that more and better
impact evaluation will help strengthen the evidence base for
development policies and programs around the world. If governments
and development practitioners can make policy decisions based on
evidence - including evidence generated through impact evaluation -
our hope is that development resources will be spent more
effectively, and ultimately have a greater impact on reducing
poverty and improving people s lives. The three chapters in this
handbook provide a non-technical introduction to impact
evaluations, including Why Evaluate in Chapter 1, How to Evaluate
in Chapter 2 and How to Implement Impact Evaluations in Chapter 3.
These elements are the basic tools needed in order to successfully
carry out an impact evaluation. From a methodological standpoint
our approach to impact evaluation is largely pragmatic: we think
that the most appropriate methods should be identified to fit the
operational context, and not the other way around. This is best
achieved at the outset of the program, through the design of
prospective impact evaluation that can be built into the project s
implementation. We argue that gaining consensus between key
stakeholders and identifying an evaluation design that fits the
political and operational context is as important as the method
itself. We also believe strongly that impact evaluations should be
upfront about their limitations and caveats. Finally, we strongly
encourage policymakers and program managers to consider impact
evaluations in a logical framework that clearly sets out the causal
pathways by which the program works to produce outputs and
influence final outcomes, and to combine impact evaluations with
monitoring and selected complementary evaluation approach to gain a
full picture of performance. This book builds on a core set of
teaching materials developed for the Turning Promises to Evidence
workshops organized by the office of the Chief Economist for Human
Development (HDNCE) in partnership with regional units and the
Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) at the World Bank."
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