Implementing Impact evaluations in the field is fraught with challenges. Here an IADB expert, a government official, a top survey expert and a researcher manager at JPAL share their experiences
Development that Works: “Running raffles”: random assignment in the field
April 18, 2013 By
Random assignment to treatment and control by lotteries or raffle draws seems trivial and simple. In field conditions, it is not. Our recent experience in Bolivia and the Dominican Republic provides us with some lessons on their implementation and the need to plan, the need to be consistently fair, and perceived being fair, communicate and manage crisis and pressures
Development that Works: We are in our Impact Evaluation and Surveys workshop: 2013 edition!
April 15, 2013 By
We started in Santiago, Chile, the second workshop of Surveys and Impact Assessment. This two-week course addresses two major components of impact assessment. The methodologies for the design of assessments and surveys, the mechanism for collecting the information needed to measure the impacts.
Development that Works: Climate change and agriculture, a hot topic
April 5, 2013 By
The debate on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity is warming up. For some climate change will adversely affect agricultural productivity, for others this effect is not clear, and is not significant. Both sides accuse each other of using questionable data and doubt questionable methods. This is an important debate because in some poor countries agricultural value added can be over 40% of GDP.
Development that Works: Tourism for poverty alleviation: are we there yet?
March 19, 2013 By
The key question is not whether the tourism-poverty link exists—it almost certainly does in some form—but under what conditions it is strongest.
Development that Works: 5 things you need to know about impact investing metrics
March 11, 2013 By
Investing in Base of the Pyramid business models requires a good tracking system. Here are 5 things you need to know on impact investing metrics
Development that Works: Sunlight disinfects, but beware of the shade!
February 26, 2013 By
Free media may not favor political accountability when other democratic institutions are weak, and may even bring undesirable unintended consequences.
Development that Works: Do Leaders Matter?
December 19, 2012 By
What drives the performance of development projects? Their managers?