Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions : A Practical Guide

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Impact Evaluation for Evidence-Based Development -- 1.1 Why Does Impact Evaluation Matter? -- 1.2 The Purposes of Impact Evaluation -- 1.3 What Questions Can Impact Evaluation Answer? -- 1.4 Impact Evaluation in the Project Cycle -- 1.5 Impact Evaluation, Evaluation, and Economic Analysis -- 1.6 About This Book -- 2. Using Theories of Change to Identify Impact Evaluation Questions -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 What Is a Theory of Change? -- 2.3 Issues Raised by the Theory of Change -- 2.4 Constructing the Theory of Change -- 2.5 Applying the Theory of Change -- 3. The Core Concepts of Impact Evaluation -- 3.1 What Is Impact Evaluation? -- 3.2 Identifying Control and Comparison Groups -- 3.3 Biases and Challenges for Causal Inference -- 3.4 Time Dimension of Impacts -- 3.5 Unit of Assignment, Treatment, and Analysis -- 3.6 Different Impact Measures - Impacts for Whom? -- 3.7 Internal and External Validity -- 4. Randomized Controlled Trials -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Why Randomize? -- 4.3 Types of Randomized Controlled Trial Designs -- 4.4 Steps in Implementing a Randomized Controlled Trial -- 4.5 Reporting Randomized Controlled Trials -- 4.6 Working with Randomized Controlled Trials in Practice -- 4.7 Summary -- 5. Nonexperimental Designs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Difference-in-Differences Estimates -- 5.3 Synthetic Controls -- 5.4 Propensity Score Matching -- 5.5 Propensity Score Weighting and Double Robust Techniques -- 5.6 Regression Discontinuity Design and Interrupted Time Series -- 5.7 Instrumental Variables -- 5.8 Endogenous Treatment and Control Function Approaches -- 5.9 Endogenous Switching Regressions -- 5.10 Summary -- 6. What and How to Measure: Data Collection for Impact Evaluation.