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The World Bank's country policy and institutional assessment : an IEG evaluation
2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393540
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Harmonisation, Alignment, Results : progress Report On Aid Effectiveness
2007
The international community is committed to helping partner countries meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015. Providing more effective aid and increasing its impact on development is one important contribution to this end. This report takes stock of progress made...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521898
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Evaluating anti-poverty programs
Ravallion, Martin - 2005
"The author critically reviews the methods available for the ex-post counterfactual analysis of programs that are assigned exclusively to individuals, households, or locations. The discussion covers both experimental and non-experimental methods (including propensity-score matching,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522575
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A macroeconomic framework for quantifying growth and poverty reduction strategies in Niger
Bayraktar, Nihal - 2005
"The authors apply the dynamic macroeconomic framework developed by Agnor, Bayraktar, and El Aynaoui (2004) to Niger. As in the original model, linkages between foreign aid, public investment (disaggregated into education, infrastructure, and health), and growth are explicitly captured. Although...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522693
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An evaluation of the performance of regression discontinuity design on progresa
Buddelmeyer, Hielke - 2004
"While providing the most reliable method of evaluating social programs, randomized experiments in industrial and developing countries alike are accompanied by political risks and ethical issues that jeopardize the chances of adopting them. Buddelmeyer and Skoufias use a unique data set from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522948
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Evaluating the impact of conditional cash transfer programs : lessons from Latin America
Rawlings, Laura - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523317
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Hidden impact? : ex-post evaluation of an anti-poverty program
Chen, Shaohua - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523386
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Uruguay : Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of the Tax Reform
World Bank - 2012
The Poverty and Social Impact Assessment (PSIA) analyzes the impact of the tax reform, which came into effect in July … 2007, on tax incidence and poverty in Uruguay. The essence of the reform is the introduction of a dual personal income tax … distributional implications of tax reform. In addition, it gives impetus for further more sophisticated analysis of current and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552933
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Romania - Poverty Monitoring Analytical and Advisory Assistance Program : Are the Most Vulnerable Protected?
World Bank - 2012
The rapid economic growth since 2000 has been the main driver of poverty reduction in Romania. However, even under the current positive growth scenario, there are still people who live in poverty, and some who are unlikely to benefit from future growth and thus may continue to be left behind....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552958