Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction: Identifying the Challenges -- Synthesis and Overview -- Part II: Evaluation: A Macro Perspective -- 1 Valuation and Evaluation -- Floor Discussion -- 2 Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures -- Floor Discussion -- 3 Panel Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction -- Floor Discussion -- Part III: Methodological Issues in Evaluation -- 4 Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- 5 Panel Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation -- Floor Discussion -- 6 Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs -- Part IV: Participatory Evaluation: Costs and Benefits -- 7 The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- 8 Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- Part V: Poverty-Reducing Growth -- 9 Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses -- Comments -- Floor discussion -- 10 Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFIDâ s Aid Program -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- Part VI: Sectoral and Microlevel Interventions -- 11 Evaluating Microfinanceâ s Impact: Going Down Market -- Comments -- 12 Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction -- Floor Discussion -- Part VII: Social Funds and Safety Nets -- 13 What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us? -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- 14 Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- Part VIII: Development Effectiveness in Health, Nutrition, and Population Services
