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1 Operational Aspects of Impact Evaluation
Arianna Legovini Impact Evaluation Cluster, AFTRL

2 Operational guidance: Key steps
1. Identify policy questions 2. Design evaluation 3. Prepare data collection instruments 4. Collect baseline 5. Implement program in treatment areas 6. Collect follow up 8. Improve program and implement new 7. Analyze and feedback

3 Operational guidance: Keep it useful!
“Interesting” is what the government wants Questioning program helps strengthen design Provide answers to questions early Change program as a result Get better results for client and Bank!

4 Keep it relevant! 1. Right questions 2. Right team
3. Develop client capacity

5 Manage trade-offs Method &Data
Experimental Least costly Best estimates Not always politically feasible Non-experimental More expensive Good second best estimates Always feasible Administrative data (expanded to control) Most cost effective Piggy back on ongoing data collection Cost effective Coordination intensive Collect special surveys Tailored and timely Expensive

6 Budget Financing Data collection Consultants Staff time
Include baseline costs in PPF Include follow up costs in project costs Use Trust Funds to finance consultants Initiate product IE-code and obtain BB supervision funds Financing

7 M&E Operational messages
Plan M&E while planning project Build an explicit team Develop budget and financing plan Influence roll-out to obtain control groups Use quantitative & public allocation criteria Randomization is ethical Strengthen monitoring systems


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