Influential Evaluations : Evaluations that Improved Performance and Impacts of Development Programs
This report presents 8 examples of evaluations that had a significant impact. In many cases it was possible to compare the costs of conducting the evaluation with the economic benefits produced and to show that the evaluation was a highly cost-effe...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/6051317/influential-evaluations-evaluations-improved-performance-impacts-development-programs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23974 |
| Summary: | This report presents 8 examples of
evaluations that had a significant impact. In many cases it
was possible to compare the costs of conducting the
evaluation with the economic benefits produced and to show
that the evaluation was a highly cost-effective management
tool. The cases describe the following evaluations:
Improving the efficiency of the Indian employment assurance
scheme; Using citizen report cards to hold the state to
account in Bangalore, India; Assessing the effectiveness of
water and sanitation interventions in Flores, Indonesia;
Broadening the policy framework for assessing the viability
of large dams; The abolition of wheat-flour ration shops in
Pakistan; Improving the delivery of primary education
services in Uganda; Enhancing the performance of a major
environmental project in Bulgaria; Helping re-assess
China's national forest policy. |
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