04868oam 22006135 450 991079889960332120230126214656.01-4648-0780-910.1596/978-1-4648-0779-4(CKB)3710000000875530(EBL)4694440(OCoLC)952227083(MiAaPQ)EBC4694440(DLC) 2016029464(Au-PeEL)EBL4694440(CaPaEBR)ebr11269950(CaONFJC)MIL957795(The World Bank)19149147(US-djbf)19149147(EXLCZ)99371000000087553020160623d2016 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierImpact evaluation in practice /Paul J. Gertler, Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand, Laura B. Rawlings, Christel M.J. VermeerschSecond edition.Washington, D.C. :World Bank,2016.1 online resource (pages cm)Revised edition of Impact evaluation in practice, 2011.1-4648-0779-5 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; PART ONE. INTRODUCTION TO IMPACT EVALUATION; Chapter 1. Why Evaluate?; Evidence-Based Policy Making; What Is Impact Evaluation?; Prospective versus Retrospective Impact Evaluation; Efficacy Studies and Effectiveness Studies; Complementary Approaches; Ethical Considerations Regarding Impact Evaluation; Impact Evaluation for Policy Decisions; Deciding Whether to Carry Out an Impact Evaluation; Chapter 2. Preparing for an Evaluation; Initial Steps; Constructing a Theory of ChangeDeveloping a Results ChainSpecifying Evaluation Questions; Selecting Outcome and Performance Indicators; Checklist: Getting Data for Your Indicators; PART TWO. HOW TO EVALUATE; Chapter 3. Causal Inference and Counterfactuals; Causal Inference; The Counterfactual; Two Counterfeit Estimates of the Counterfactual; Chapter 4. Randomized Assignment; Evaluating Programs Based on the Rules of Assignment; Randomized Assignment of Treatment; Checklist: Randomized Assignment; Chapter 5. Instrumental Variables; Evaluating Programs When Not Everyone Complies with Their AssignmentTypes of Impact EstimatesImperfect Compliance; Randomized Promotion as an Instrumental Variable; Checklist: Randomized Promotion as an Instrumental Variable; Chapter 6. Regression Discontinuity Design; Evaluating Programs That Use an Eligibility Index; Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design; Checking the Validity of the Regression Discontinuity Design; Limitations and Interpretation of the Regression Discontinuity Design Method; Checklist: Regression Discontinuity Design; Chapter 7. Difference-in-Differences; Evaluating a Program When the Rule of Assignment Is Less ClearThe Difference-in-Differences MethodHow Is the Difference-in-Differences Method Helpful?; The "Equal Trends" Assumption in Difference-in-Differences; Limitations of the Difference-in-Differences Method; Checklist: Difference-in-Differences; Chapter 8. Matching; Constructing an Artificial Comparison Group; Propensity Score Matching; Combining Matching with Other Methods; Limitations of the Matching Method; Checklist: Matching; Chapter 9. Addressing Methodological Challenges; Heterogeneous Treatment Effects; Unintended Behavioral Effects; Imperfect Compliance; Spillovers; AttritionTiming and Persistence of EffectsChapter 10. Evaluating Multifaceted Programs; Evaluating Programs That Combine Several Treatment Options; Evaluating Programs with Varying Treatment Levels; Evaluating Multiple Interventions; PART THREE. HOW TO IMPLEMENT AN IMPACT EVALUATION; Chapter 11. Choosing an Impact Evaluation Method; Determining Which Method to Use for a Given Program; How a Program's Rules of Operation Can Help Choose an Impact Evaluation Method; A Comparison of Impact Evaluation Methods; Finding the Smallest Feasible Unit of Intervention; Chapter 12. Managing an Impact EvaluationManaging an Evaluation's Team, Time, and BudgetWorld Bank e-Library.Economic development projectsEvaluationEvaluation research (Social action programs)Economic development projectsEvaluation.Evaluation research (Social action programs)338.91Gertler Paul1955-1511005Gertler Paul1955-World Bank,DLCDLCBOOK9910798899603321Impact evaluation in practice3744032UNINA