00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217611037163 Buklod 20131213112428.0 aa r ||| u ta 020129s2013 dcu o u i eng d 9780821397183 (iLib)UPD-00208004436 DECON eng HD 75.9 W67 2013eb World Bank group impact evaluations [electronic resource] relevance and effectiveness. Washington, D.C. The World Bank 2013 1 online resource (165 p.) Independent Evaluation Group Studies IP based access, on campus and remote access. Access via UP School of Economics Library (World Bank Online Resource Center) website. Impact evaluation has grown more popular as a method for identifying the causal links between interventions and outcomes. These kind of evaluations assess changes that can be attributed to a particular intervention. Both innovations in statistical methods and the demand for evaluations that can measure such development results are increasing. The World Bank Group is the largest producer of impact evaluations among all development institutions. Thus, IEG has evaluated the relevance, quality, and influence of World Bank and IFC impact evaluations. IEG finds that the World Bank Group portfolio of impact evaluations is largely aligned with sector strategies and project objectives. Selection and coordination of impact evaluations has been improving. Most World Bank impact evaluations meet either medium or high quality standards, and about half of IFC impact evaluations did. Issues related to funding, staff capacity, and incentives, however, constrain the scope and coverage of impact evaluations in the Bank Group. IEG makes five recommendations to strengthen the Bank Group?s impact evaluation efforts, revolving around consistency, coordination, quality standards, and ensuring operational relevance. Both development and evaluation professionals will find valuable lessons in this evaluation. There are real benefits from impact evaluations, including their influence on development practices through contributions to project assessment and design of future projects. Thus, development practitioners engaged in designing projects, evaluators interestedin using similar methodology, and the general evaluation community will be able to use the lessons IEG sets out in this report. Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. World Bank. Available via World Wide Web. Economic development projects Evaluation. Electronic books. World Bank. Print Version 9780821397176. Independent Evaluation Group Studies World Bank e-Library. Available for University of the Philippines - Diliman via World Bank OKR. Click here to access https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/13100 (viewed 28 April 2014) FO Monograph UPD DECON Electronic Resource