Presentations

Atuesta Becerra, Laura H. Course on introduction to impact evaluation for SMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish). Seminar on impact evaluation of public policies for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. Panama City, Panama. September 10 to 12, 2018.

Atuesta Becerra, Laura H. Conclusions:  Course on introduction to impact evaluation for SMEs in Latin America and THe Caribbean (Spanish) Seminario sobre evaluación de impacto de las políticas públicas para las Micro, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (MIPYMES) en América Latina y el Caribe. Ciudad de Panama, Panamá. 10 al 12 de septiembre de 2018.

Maris, Lesbia. Impact Evalution and Policy Learning (Spanish). Seminar on impact evaluation of public policies for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. Panama City, Panama. September 10 to 12, 2018.

Goicochea, Ana. Productivity, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation. Seminario sobre evaluación de impacto de las políticas públicas para las Micro, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (MIPYMES) en América Latina y el Caribe. Ciudad de Panama, Panamá. 10 al 12 de septiembre de 2018.

Support documents 

Daniel Ortega (2016) Webinar EIAPP: Impact evaluation as a tool for public management
Date: Thursday, 14 April 2016
Additional documents:

- Executive summary (pdf)
- Presentation by the speaker (pdf)
- Activity handout (pdf)
https://www.clad.org/escuela-iberoamericana/videos-eiapp/2016

Laura Atuesta (2016) Webinar EIAPP: Introduction and basic concepts of impact evaluation
Date: Thursday, 24 November 2016
Additional documents:

- Executive summary (pdf)
- Presentation by the speaker (pdf)
- Basic bibliography presented by the speaker (pdf)
- Activity handout (pdf)
https://www.clad.org/escuela-iberoamericana/videos-eiapp/2016

Bibliographic material 

Introduction 

P. Rossi, H. Freeman and M. Lipsey, “Identifying Issues and Formulating Questions”, “Expressing and Assessing Program Theory”, op. cit. (chapters 3 and 5), in Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, Thousand Oaks, Sage, 2004. 

Kathryn E. Newcomer et al., “Planning and Designing Useful Evaluations” (chapter 1), in Joseph Wholey, Harry Hatry and Kathryn Newcomer (eds.), Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, San Francisco, Jossey-Bass, 3rd. ed., 1994. 

Impact evaluation methodologies

Experimental method 

Martin Ravallion, “The Mystery of Vanishing Benefits: An Introduction to Impact Evaluation”, The World Bank Economic Review, 15:1 (2001), pages 115-140. 

Leonard Wantchekon, “Clientelism and Voting Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Benin”, World Politics, 55:3 (2003), pages 399-422.

Quasi-experimental methods 

Shahidur R. Khandker, Gayatri B. Koolwal and Hussain A. Samad, “Propensity-score matching”, “Double difference”, “Instrumental Variable Estimation”, “Regression Discontinuity and Pipeline Methods”, in Handbook on Impact Evaluation: Quantitative Methods and Practices, Washington, D. C., World Bank, 2010 (chapters 4- 7).

 Qualitative impact evaluation 

Fernando Cortés, Agustín Escobar and Mercedes González de la Rocha, Método científico y política social. A propósito de las evaluaciones cualitativas de los programas sociales, Mexico, El Colegio de México, 2008 (chapters 1, 2 and 3). 

Michael Bamberger, Vijayendra Rao and Michael Woolcock, Using Mixed Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation, Washington, D. C., World Bank, 2010 (Policy Research Working Paper, 5245).

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BID (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo) (2012). Evaluabilidad 2011: Revisión de la Evaluabilidad de los Proyectos del Banco en 2011. Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión. Washington

BID (Interamerican Development Bank) (2012). 2011 Evaluability Review of Bank Projects: Review of Bank Projects. Office Evaluation and Oversight. Washington

Merino, M. (2007). La evaluabilidad: de instrumento de gestión a herramienta estratégica en la evaluación de políticas públicas. Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas. Agencia estatal de evaluación de las políticas públicas y la calidad de los servicios. Madrid.