Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition

Gertler, Paul; Martínez, Sebastián; Premand, Patrick; Rawlings, Laura B.; Vermeersch, Christel M. J.

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0779-4

Cited by 373 publications

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“…The confidence intervals in the graphs are only approximate (see Annex for more information). For an accessible introduction to matching, see chapter 7 of Gertler et al (2016).…”

Section: Evaluation Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Findings from a WE-Care project final evaluation: January 2020

León-Himmelstine¹,

Salomon²

2020

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“…The confidence intervals in the graphs are only approximate (see Annex for more information). For an accessible introduction to matching, see chapter 7 of Gertler et al (2016).…”

Section: Evaluation Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Findings from a WE-Care project final evaluation: January 2020

León-Himmelstine¹,

Salomon²

2020

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“…As previously mentioned, counterfactual analysis in the field of policy impact evaluation aims at comparing a situation with a policy and its counter-part "what would have happened in the absence of the policy" [23]. Several international institutions provide guidelines on counterfactual analysis, with the aim of enhancing policy impact evaluation procedures [9,13,[24][25][26]. In these guidelines, a set of methodological approaches are commonly considered (see Table 3).…”

Section: Rural Development Programme (Rdp) Impacts and Counterfactualmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Methods Khandker et al [24] Gertler et al [26] Lois and Rodrigues [13] EC [25] European Evaluation Network for Rural Development (EENRD) [ From a methodological perspective, experimental approaches are considered the evaluation golden standard, as they allow for robust counterfactual comparisons through random assignment of programme participation among individuals [27]. However, some ethical and representativeness issues provide barriers to application of these methods, and are yet to have been applied for evaluation of agricultural programmes in the EU [28].…”

Section: World Bank European Commission (Ec)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Reviewing Counterfactual Analyses to Assess Impacts of EU Rural Development Programmes: What Lessons Can Be Learned from the 2007–2013 Ex-Post Evaluations?

2019

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Counterfactual analysis has been recommended as a means of assessing the impacts of European Rural Development Programmes (RDP) over recent years, although its application has been scarce to date. This paper examines the use of counterfactual analysis to assess socioeconomic impacts in a set of 2007–2013 ex-post evaluations. The analysis undertaken shows that a wide variety of counterfactual approaches have been applied, although certain barriers still remain to address the estimation of RDP impacts following the EU evaluation standards. Furthermore, we noted that impacts provided by individual RDP evaluations may hardly be aggregated, making it difficult to draw clear conclusions about the effectiveness of rural development policy at the EU level.

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“…The analysis comprises a quantitative summary of the evolution of performance among the sub-units from 2000 to 2016. In completing the quantitative summary, a mixed methods approach is used as described by Gertler et al (2016) as follows:…”

Section: Analytical Approachmentioning

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Examining performance change and its drivers in Irish ports 2000-2016

O’Connor

Hynes

Vega

et al. 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine performance change in the Irish state-owned port sector over the 2000-2016 period using a case study approach. Design/methodology/approach For analysis, qualitative sources are used to construct an explanatory account for the quantitative measures of productivity, profitability and traffic shift-share change across the major ports within the system. Findings The results show that overall change in performance largely follows that of the macro-economic performance of the region, characterised by pre-recession growth, decline during the recession and post-recession recovery. Across the ports, however, there was a notable divergence in performance post-recession. Identified factors affecting performance change across the period include demand-side structural change, labour rationalisation and degree of private sector participation. Originality/value This study addresses a gap in the formal evaluation of port performance in Ireland. The study further demonstrates the potential of in-depth case study analysis for uncovering insights into the drivers of performance across a number of dimensions, thus allowing for the contextualisation of results. The study of a small number of cases enables the use of rich qualitative sources to create strong narratives, which combined with quantitative measures of performance, can lead to new insights.

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Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition

Cited by 373 publications

References 23 publications

Findings from a WE-Care project final evaluation: January 2020

Findings from a WE-Care project final evaluation: January 2020

Reviewing Counterfactual Analyses to Assess Impacts of EU Rural Development Programmes: What Lessons Can Be Learned from the 2007–2013 Ex-Post Evaluations?

Examining performance change and its drivers in Irish ports 2000-2016

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