Journal of Development Effectiveness

2009 - 2025

Current editor(s): Howard White

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Volume 8, issue 4, 2016

More is not always better: evidence from a randomised experiment of computer-assisted learning in rural minority schools in Qinghai pp. 449-472

Fang Lai, Linxiu Zhang, Yu Bai, Chengfang Liu, Yaojiang Shi, Fang Chang and Scott Rozelle

Impact and cost-effectiveness of women's training in home gardening and nutrition in Bangladesh pp. 473-488

Pepijn Schreinemachers, Marie Antoinette Patalagsa and Nasir Uddin

Rice postharvest learning alliance in Cambodia: comparison of assumptions and implementation of a network approach pp. 489-507

Rica Joy Flor, Cees Leeuwis, Harro Maat and Martin Gummert

Power calculation for causal inference in social science: sample size and minimum detectable effect determination pp. 508-527

Eric W. Djimeu and Deo-Gracias Houndolo

Ethics in evaluation pp. 528-534

Chris Barnett and Laura Camfield

Ethics in international development evaluation and research: what is the problem, why does it matter and what can we do about it? pp. 535-552

Leslie Groves Williams

Cultures of evaluation: tales from the end of the line pp. 553-560

Caitlin Scott

Assessing contrasting strategies for ensuring ethical practice within evaluation: institutional review boards and professionalisation pp. 561-568

Peter O’Flynn, Chris Barnett and Laura Camfield

Editorial Board pp. ebi-ebi

The Editors

Volume 8, issue 3, 2016

Impacts of rural electrification revisited – the African context pp. 327-345

Jörg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert

The impact of Zambia’s unconditional child grant on schooling and work: results from a large-scale social experiment pp. 346-367

Sudhanshu Handa, Luisa Natali, David Seidenfeld and Gelson Tembo

Community-based rehabilitation for people with physical and mental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 368-387

Valentina Iemmi, Karl Blanchet, Lorna J. Gibson, K. Suresh Kumar, Santosh Rath, Sally Hartley, Gudlavalleti V. S. Murthy, Vikram Patel, Joerg Weber and Hannah Kuper

Impact of human resource development training on crop damages by wild animals in developing countries: experimental evidence from rural Pakistan pp. 388-403

Takashi Kurosaki and Hidayat Ullah Khan

Improving procedural and conceptual mathematics outcomes: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Kenya pp. 404-422

Benjamin Piper, Wendi Ralaingita, Linda Akach and Simon King

Changing the place of birth from home to health facilities in Kafa Zone, Ethiopia pp. 423-435

Ruth Jackson

Evaluation and politics: tips and barriers to use pp. 436-445

Deborah L Rugg

Running randomized evaluations: a practical guide pp. 446-448

Verena Bruer

Volume 8, issue 2, 2016

Justifying development financing of small NGOs: impact evidence, political expedience and the case of the UK Civil Society Challenge Fund pp. 157-170

James Copestake, Anne-Marie O’Riordan and Myriam Telford

Why can we not demonstrate the difference that Norwegian aid makes? An evaluation of the results measurement system and practice pp. 171-195

Espen Villanger, Rob Lloyd, Derek Poate and Merima Ali

Do extra hours of tutoring payoff? Evaluation of a community education programme in Bangladesh pp. 196-215

Ummul Ruthbah, Atonu Rabbani, Salim Hossain and Golam Sarwar

The impact of early childhood education on early achievement gaps in Indonesia pp. 216-233

Haeil Jung and Amer Hasan

Fuelling financial literacy: estimating the impact of youth entrepreneurship training in Tanzania pp. 234-256

Brooke L. Krause, Aine McCarthy and David Chapman

Microfinance on the margin: why recent impact studies may understate average treatment effects pp. 257-265

Bruce Wydick

Impact of infrastructure on rural household income and inequality in Nepal pp. 266-286

Lindy C. Charlery, Matin Qaim and Carsten Smith-Hall

Extending the PRISMA statement to equity-focused systematic reviews (PRISMA-E 2012): explanation and elaboration pp. 287-324

Vivian Welch, Mark Petticrew, Jennifer Petkovic, David Moher, Elizabeth Waters, Howard White, Peter Tugwell and the PRISMA-Equity Bellagio Group

Volume 8, issue 1, 2016

The growth of impact evaluation for international development: how much have we learned? pp. 1-21

Drew Cameron, Anjini Mishra and Annette Brown

Programme evaluation and spillover effects pp. 22-43

Manuela Angelucci and Vincenzo Di Maro

Wheels of fortune: the economic impacts of wheelchair provision in Ethiopia pp. 44-66

Justin Grider and Bruce Wydick

Estimation of rates of return on social protection: ex ante microsimulation of social transfers in Cambodia pp. 67-86

Andrés Mideros, Franziska Gassmann and Pierre Mohnen

Does the underlying definition of household impair programme targeting? pp. 87-104

Theda Gödecke and Hermann Waibel

Estimating the impact on poverty of Ghana’s fuel subsidy reform and a mitigating response pp. 105-128

Edgar Cooke, Sarah Hague, Luca Tiberti, John Cockburn and AbdelRahmen El Lahga

The effect of a land titling programme on households’ access to credit pp. 129-155

Caio Piza and Mauricio José Serpa Barros de Moura

Volume 7, issue 4, 2015

Getting evidence into policy and practice pp. 393-401

Philip Davies

When will we ever learn … to change policy: current state of impact evaluation pp. 402-422

Yaojiang Shi, Linxiu Zhang and Scott Rozelle

Cost-efficiency of rural sanitation promotion: activity-based costing and experimental evidence from Tanzania pp. 423-434

Bertha Briceño and Claire Chase

Is OECD DAC’s aid effectiveness agenda based on evidence? pp. 435-444

Masumi Owa

Beginning with the end in mind: implications for project design pp. 445-452

Soniya Carvalho, Gillian M. Perkins and Gary J. Reid

Closing the evaluation cycle pp. 453-461

Miguel Szekely

Walking the last mile on the long road to evidence-informed development: building capacity to use research evidence pp. 462-470

Laurenz Langer, Ruth Stewart, Yvonne Erasmus and Thea de Wet

Growth versus distribution: revisiting the trade-off pp. 471-483

Kunal Sen

The impact of government policies on income inequality and the translation of growth into income poverty reduction: protocol for two systematic reviews pp. 484-498

Edward Anderson, Maria Ana Jalles d’Orey, Maren Duvendack and Lucio Esposito

The causal chain of market-based reform in Egyptian voice telecommunication pp. 499-518

Amirah El-Haddad

Measuring the impact of an ongoing microcredit project: evidence from a study in Ghana pp. 519-529

Steffen Eriksen and Robert Lensink

The Impact of land titling on agricultural production and agricultural investments in Tanzania: a theory-based approach pp. 530-544

Jorge Garcia Hombrados, Maira Devisscher and María Herreros Martínez

Volume 7, issue 3, 2015

Improving lives through better evidence pp. 267-274

Hugh Waddington, Philip Davies and Jyotsna Puri

Aid at the frontier: building knowledge collectively pp. 275-289

Ruth Levine and William Savedoff

Economic impacts of conditional cash transfer programmes: a systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 290-303

Naila Kabeer and Hugh Waddington

Creating a market for outcomes: shopping for solutions pp. 304-316

Marie Moland Gaarder and Ulrich Bartsch

Innovations in the use of mixed methods in real-world evaluation pp. 317-326

Michael Bamberger

Inclusive rigour for complexity pp. 327-335

Robert Chambers

Who counts? Challenges and biases in defining 'households' in research on poverty pp. 336-345

Carlos Oya

Measuring empowerment in rural India using vignettes pp. 346-356

Edoardo Masset

Measuring social networks in three Zambian villages pp. 357-374

Jennifer Leavy

Fieldwork is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see... and other reflections: 3ie annual Howard White inaugural lecture pp. 375-387

Howard White

Coffee certification in East Africa: impact on farmers, families and cooperatives, edited by Ruerd Ruben and Paul Hoebink Brewing justice - fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival, by Daniel Jaffee, Berkeley and Los Angeles The impact of fair trade, edited by Ruerd Ruben pp. 388-392

Daphne Skalidou

Volume 7, issue 2, 2015

Qualitative perspectives on the impact evaluation of girls' empowerment in Bangladesh pp. 127-145

Sarah C. White

Anthropology and impact evaluation: a critical commentary pp. 146-159

Elizabeth Harrison

Impact evaluation of rural electrification programmes: what parts of the story may be missed? pp. 160-174

Tanja Winther

TB meets IE: contributions of ethnography pp. 175-191

Ann V. Millard and Mary Ann J. Ladia

Proliferation and fragmentation: uphill struggle of aid effectiveness pp. 192-209

Jinhwan Oh and Yunjeong Kim

Examining how long fallow swidden systems impact upon livelihood and ecosystem services outcomes compared with alternative land-uses in the uplands of Southeast Asia pp. 210-229

Wolfram Dressler, David Wilson, Jessica Clendenning, Rob Cramb, Sango Mahanty, Rodel Lasco, Rodney Keenan, Phuc To and Dixon Gevana

An agent-based evaluation of impacts of transport developments on the modal shift in Tehran, Iran pp. 230-251

Ali Shirzadi Babakan, Abbas Alimohammadi and Mohammad Taleai

The performance of higher education research in South Africa: a post-2004 synthesis pp. 252-266

Nicholas Odhiambo and Lydia Ntenga

Volume 7, issue 1, 2015

Costing alternative transfer modalities pp. 1-16

Amy Margolies and John Hoddinott

Watched: how monitoring affects performance during a survey of development practitioners pp. 17-22

Sebastian Martinez and Michelle P�rez

Mitigating seasonal hunger with microfinance in Bangladesh: how does a flexible programme compare with the regular ones? pp. 23-42

Shahidur Khandker, M. A. Baqui Khalily and Hussain A. Samad

Group-based BDS matching grants and farm-level outcomes in Pakistan pp. 43-63

Abid Burki

Impact of Private Sector Participation on access and quality of services: systematic review of evidence from the electricity, telecommunications and water supply sectors pp. 64-89

Prachitha John, Ashwin Mahalingam, Akash Deep and A. Thillairajan

A checklist to avoid pilot failures: lessons from a set of women's economic empowerment initiatives pp. 90-110

Sara Johansson de Silva, Pierella Paci and Josefina Posadas

Basic income - healthy outcome? Effects on health of an Indian basic income pilot project: a cluster randomised trial pp. 111-126

Simon Beck, Anni-Maria Pulkki-Br�nnstr�m and Miguel San Sebasti�n