Evaluation

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WHITE HOUSE AND THE WORLD POLICY BRIEFS
Establishing USAID as a Leader in Evidence-Based Foreign Aid
December 03, 2020
As the world’s largest bilateral donor responsible for managing around $20 billion in annual funding, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has a particular responsibility to take an evidence-informed approach to its work. It also has a congressional mandate to do so.
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The World Bank is Evaluating Doing Business. Here Are Some Questions It Should be Asking
September 21, 2020
The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group has begun an evaluation of one of the Bank’s flagship products—Doing Business. Here, I present four issues that I believe must underpin all aspects of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) evaluation.
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How Big Are the Impacts of International Education Interventions?
August 27, 2020
How big is a big effect size? In a new paper, David Evans and Fei Yuan examine 138 randomized controlled trials in low- and middle-income countries and standardize the effect sizes to provide a better understanding of the real impact of learning outcomes.
WORKING PAPERS
How Big Are Effect Sizes in International Education Studies?
August 27, 2020
A growing literature measures the impact of education interventions in low- and middle-income countries on both access and learning outcomes. But how should one contextualize the size of impacts? This article provides the distribution of standardized effect sizes on learning and access from 234 stud...
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Measuring Domestic Resource Mobilization–Thoughts on a New Study by NORAD
July 24, 2020
While there is debate in the management literature about the primacy of measurement in effecting change, there is no doubt that it is a necessary component of bringing about lasting change.
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Strengthen Your IQ! Rethinking Development Impact with DFC’s New Ex-Ante Measurement Tool
July 23, 2020
At the end of June, DFC launched the first iteration of its Impact Quotient (IQ) development measurement tool, a new process that will rate a project’s likely results. DFC plans to use IQ at every stage of the investment process—from concept and selection, to implementation and monitoring—to assess ...
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As Global Health Players Pivot To COVID-19 Responses, We Need Coordinated, Real-Time, Formative Evaluations
June 03, 2020
An estimated $15.9 trillion has been mobilised to respond to the health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of this has gone to multilateral and bilateral funders to support low- and middle-income countries’ (LMIC) governments. But how is this money being spent, and how is it impactin...