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Impact Evaluation Helps Deliver Development Projects
Legovini, Arianna - 2017
Does research add value to aid? Specifically, does impact evaluation research help or hinder the delivery of … approved by the World Bank between 2005 and 2011. The analysis finds that the delivery of projects with impact evaluation is … project financing and the impact evaluation research needed to deliver development outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972305
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Predicting World Bank Project Outcome Ratings
Geli, Patricia - 2017
ultimate outcomes as evaluated by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group. This paper explores the in-sample and out … implementation of the project. These findings are applied to the problem of predicting eventual Independent Evaluation Group ratings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972899
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What Explains Aid Project Success in Post-Conflict Situations?
Chauvet, Lisa - 2017
-conflict situations as a window of opportunity for project success. The Independent Evaluation Group dataset provides extensive … evaluation quality. The paper estimates the probability of success of aid projects depending on the characteristics of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976376
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Fungibility and the Flypaper Effect of Project Aid : Micro-Evidence for Vietnam
Mu, Ren - 2016
While most economists assume that aid is fungible, most aid donors behave as if it is not. The authors study recipient government responses to development project aid in the context of a specific World Bank-financed project. They estimate the impact of a rural road rehabilitation project in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747844
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When Instability Increases the Effectiveness of Aid Projects
Guillaumont, Patrick - 2016
outcome of the projects, which is a notation of their overall success determined by the Bank's Independent Evaluation Group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747949
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Using Mixed Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation : Experiences from International Development
Bamberger, Michael - 2017
some of the limitations of randomized trials and other quantitative impact evaluation methods; it also explores the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976624
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Identifying Aid Effectiveness Challenges in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Ishihara, Yoichiro - 2017
Fragile and conflict-affected states face daunting challenges for development. Aid has a greater importance on development in these states than in others, and therefore aid effectiveness ?management and delivery of aid ? bears serious consideration. Despite its significance, aid effectiveness is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975294
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Does Female Empowerment Promote Economic Development?
Doepke, Matthias - 2017
Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? The authors develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975911
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What are the Links between Aid Volatility and Growth?
Markandya, Anil - 2017
This paper adds to aid volatility literature in three ways: First it tests the validity of the aid volatility and growth relationship from various aspects: across different time horizons, by sources of aid, and by aid volatility interactions with country characteristics. Second, it investigates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976695
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Stimulating Managerial Capital in Emerging Markets : The Impact of Business and Financial Literacy for Young Entrepreneurs
Bruhn, Miriam - 2017
Identifying the determinants of entrepreneurship is an important research and policy goal, especially in emerging market economies where lack of capital and supporting infrastructure often imposes stringent constraints on business growth. This paper studies the impact of a comprehensive business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976035