Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia

As more resources are being allocated to impact evaluation of development programmes, the need to map out the utilisation and influence of evaluations has been increasingly highlighted. This paper aims at filling this gap by describing and discussing experiences from four large impact evaluations in...

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Main Authors:	Briceño, Bertha, Cuesta, Laura, Attanasio, Orazio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	M&E monitoring and evaluation impact evaluation best practices case study
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13340

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spelling	okr-10986-133402021-04-23T14:03:07Z Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia Briceño, Bertha Cuesta, Laura Attanasio, Orazio M&E monitoring and evaluation impact evaluation best practices case study As more resources are being allocated to impact evaluation of development programmes, the need to map out the utilisation and influence of evaluations has been increasingly highlighted. This paper aims at filling this gap by describing and discussing experiences from four large impact evaluations in Colombia on case- study basis. On the basis of learning from our prior experience in both managing and conducting impact evaluations, desk review of available documentation from the monitoring and evaluation system, and structured interviews with government actors, evaluators and programme managers, we benchmark each evaluation against 11 standards of quality. From this benchmarking exercise, we derive five key lessons for conducting high-quality and influential impact evaluations: investing in preparation of good terms of reference and identification of evaluation questions; choosing the best methodological approach to address the evaluation questions; adopting mechanisms to ensure evaluation quality; laying out the incentives for involved parties in order to foster evaluation buy-in; and carrying out a plan for quality dissemination. 2013-05-09T15:02:13Z 2013-05-09T15:02:13Z 2011-12-20 Journal Article Journal of Development Effectiveness 1943-9342 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13340 en_US Journal of Development Effectiveness;3(4) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article Colombia
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description	As more resources are being allocated to impact evaluation of development programmes, the need to map out the utilisation and influence of evaluations has been increasingly highlighted. This paper aims at filling this gap by describing and discussing experiences from four large impact evaluations in Colombia on case- study basis. On the basis of learning from our prior experience in both managing and conducting impact evaluations, desk review of available documentation from the monitoring and evaluation system, and structured interviews with government actors, evaluators and programme managers, we benchmark each evaluation against 11 standards of quality. From this benchmarking exercise, we derive five key lessons for conducting high-quality and influential impact evaluations: investing in preparation of good terms of reference and identification of evaluation questions; choosing the best methodological approach to address the evaluation questions; adopting mechanisms to ensure evaluation quality; laying out the incentives for involved parties in order to foster evaluation buy-in; and carrying out a plan for quality dissemination.
format	Journal Article
author	Briceño, Bertha Cuesta, Laura Attanasio, Orazio
author_facet	Briceño, Bertha Cuesta, Laura Attanasio, Orazio
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title	Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia
title_short	Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia
title_full	Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia
title_fullStr	Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia
title_full_unstemmed	Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia
title_sort	behind the scenes : experience managing and conducting large impact evaluations in colombia
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Behind the Scenes : Experience Managing and Conducting Large Impact Evaluations in Colombia

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