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Evaluating anti-poverty programs, [electronic resource] Ravallion, Martin

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Ravallion, Martin

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TextSeries: Policy Research Working Paper, no. 3625Publication details: Washington, D.C. World Bank 2005Description: 74 pSubject(s):

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301.441

Summary: "0The author critically reviews the methods available for the ex-post counter factual analysis of programs that are assigned exclusively to individuals, households, or locations. The discussion covers both experimental and non-experimental methods (including propensity-score matching, discontinuity designs, double and triple differences, and instrumental variables). Two main lessons emerge. First, despite the claims of advocates, no single method dominates; rigorous, policy-relevant evaluations should be open-minded about methodology. Second, future efforts to draw more useful lessons from evaluations will call for more policy-relevant measures and deeper explanations of measured impacts than are possible from the classic (""black box"") assessment of mean impact. ""--World Bank web site."

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"0The author critically reviews the methods available for the ex-post counter factual analysis of programs that are assigned exclusively to individuals, households, or locations. The discussion covers both experimental and non-experimental methods (including propensity-score matching, discontinuity designs, double and triple differences, and instrumental variables). Two main lessons emerge. First, despite the claims of advocates, no single method dominates; rigorous, policy-relevant evaluations should be open-minded about methodology. Second, future efforts to draw more useful lessons from evaluations will call for more policy-relevant measures and deeper explanations of measured impacts than are possible from the classic (""black box"") assessment of mean impact. ""--World Bank web site."

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