Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects
Does research add value to aid? Specifically, does impact evaluation research help or hinder the delivery of development projects? This paper analyzes the question by constructing a new data set of 100 impact evaluations and 1,135 projects approved...
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okr-10986-211542021-04-23T14:04:01Z Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects Legovini, Arianna Di Maro, Vincenzo Piza, Caio ACCOUNTING ACTIONS AID AID FINANCING AID FLOWS CAPACITY BUILDING COUNTERFACTUAL DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANKS DEVELOPMENT FINANCING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXTERNALITIES GAPS GENDER IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MIDCOURSE CORRECTIONS OPERATIONS PEER REVIEW POLICY CHANGES PROGRAMS PROJECT CYCLE PROJECT EVALUATION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY AT ENTRY RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE SECTOR WORK STRUCTURED LEARNING SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL QUALITY TRAININGS TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Does research add value to aid? Specifically, does impact evaluation research help or hinder the delivery of development projects? This paper analyzes the question by constructing a new data set of 100 impact evaluations and 1,135 projects approved by the World Bank between 2005 and 2011. The analysis finds that the delivery of projects with impact evaluation is significantly timelier: common delays are avoided and the gap between planned and actual disbursements is reduced by half. Evidence-based mid-course corrections, a clearer implementation road map, strengthened capacity on the ground, and observer effects are possible channels to explain the results. Hopefully, this analysis will stimulate discussion over the optimal balance between project financing and the impact evaluation research needed to deliver development outcomes. 2015-01-07T22:29:14Z 2015-01-07T22:29:14Z 2015-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23173058/impact-evaluation-helps-deliver-development-projects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21154 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7157 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCOUNTING ACTIONS AID AID FINANCING AID FLOWS CAPACITY BUILDING COUNTERFACTUAL DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT AID DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANKS DEVELOPMENT FINANCING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT ISSUES DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXTERNALITIES GAPS GENDER IMPACT EVALUATION IMPACT OF INTERVENTIONS IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INTERVENTIONS LEARNING MIDCOURSE CORRECTIONS OPERATIONS PEER REVIEW POLICY CHANGES PROGRAMS PROJECT CYCLE PROJECT EVALUATION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY AT ENTRY RURAL DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE SIZE SECTOR WORK STRUCTURED LEARNING SUPERVISION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL QUALITY TRAININGS TRANSPORT URBAN DEVELOPMENT Legovini, Arianna Di Maro, Vincenzo Piza, Caio Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7157 |
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Does research add value to aid?
Specifically, does impact evaluation research help or hinder
the delivery of development projects? This paper analyzes
the question by constructing a new data set of 100 impact
evaluations and 1,135 projects approved by the World Bank
between 2005 and 2011. The analysis finds that the delivery
of projects with impact evaluation is significantly
timelier: common delays are avoided and the gap between
planned and actual disbursements is reduced by half.
Evidence-based mid-course corrections, a clearer
implementation road map, strengthened capacity on the
ground, and observer effects are possible channels to
explain the results. Hopefully, this analysis will stimulate
discussion over the optimal balance between project
financing and the impact evaluation research needed to
deliver development outcomes. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Legovini, Arianna Di Maro, Vincenzo Piza, Caio |
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Legovini, Arianna Di Maro, Vincenzo Piza, Caio |
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Legovini, Arianna |
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Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects |
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Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects |
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Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects |
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Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects |
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Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects |
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impact evaluation helps deliver development projects |
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World Bank Group, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/23173058/impact-evaluation-helps-deliver-development-projects http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21154 |
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