Impact Evaluation Public Policies, Programmes and Projects
In this course, conducting rigorous impact evaluations
with additional information on their cost-benefits
appears essential. It can help us to understand whether
or not these interventions have had an impact, how
large the impact was, who has benefited, in which
circumstances it worked, how cost-effective they
were, and ultimately provides the basis for sound
policy making and effective development assistance.
Evaluating impact is also particularly important in
the current financial context in which public sector
resources are scare; impact assessments generate new
knowledge that then provides a critical input to the
appropriate design of future projects, programmes and
policies.
Course Objectives
• Improve understanding of concepts and methods
for appropriate counter-factual impact evaluation
and cost-effectiveness of Development projects and
programmes;
• Help identify impact evaluation options that
recognise budget, time and data constraints, and that
best suit the needs of specific programmes, countries
and institutional context;
• Strengthen the technical capability to understand,
interpret and identify the pros and cons of
quantitative impact evaluations (experimental and
quasi-experimental design), qualitative impact
evaluations and costs-benefits analysis.