Journal of Development Effectiveness

2009 - 2025

Current editor(s): Howard White

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Volume 6, issue 4, 2014

Measuring results in development: the role of impact evaluation in agency-wide performance measurement systems pp. 337-349

Richard Manning and Howard White

To 'feel good', or to 'do good'? Why we need institutional changes to ensure a results focus in Norwegian development assistance pp. 350-360

Ida Lindkvist and Vibecke Dixon

Who cares about development outcomes? Market failures and the role of the evaluation function pp. 361-377

Marie Moland Gaarder and Ulrich Bartsch

Results measurement and evaluability: a comparative analysis pp. 378-391

Rob Lloyd, Derek Poate and Espen Villanger

A focus on M&E of results: an example from the Presidency, South Africa pp. 392-406

Sean Phillips, Ian Goldman, Nolwazi Gasa, Ismail Akhalwaya and Bernadette Leon

Measuring the effects of interventions in BRAC, and how this has driven 'development' pp. 407-424

Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury, Andrew Jenkins and Marziana Mahfuz Nandita

Balancing accountability and learning: a review of Oxfam GB's global performance framework pp. 425-435

Claire Hutchings

Learning from evaluation at the Millennium Challenge Corporation pp. 436-450

Jennifer Sturdy, Sixto Aquino and John (Jack) Molyneaux

Evaluation of Danish development assistance - experiences and new approaches pp. 451-460

Susan Ulbæk and Henning N�hr

Assessing aid impacts revisited: results measurement in Norwegian aid pp. 461-479

Rob Lloyd and Espen Villanger

Finding out what works: tracking results in the Inter-American Development Bank pp. 480-489

Cheryl Gray

Estimating poverty dynamics using synthetic panels for IFAD-supported projects: a case study from Vietnam pp. 490-510

Alessandra Garbero

Volume 6, issue 3, 2014

Quality evidence for policymaking: I'll believe it when I see the replication pp. 215-235

Annette Brown, Drew Cameron and Benjamin Wood

What have we learned from the application of systematic review methodology in international development? - a thematic overview pp. 236-248

Laurenz Langer and Ruth Stewart

Do in-kind transfers damage local markets? The case of TOMS shoe donations in El Salvador pp. 249-267

Bruce Wydick, Elizabeth Katz and Brendan Janet

FairTrade's theory of change: an evaluation based on the cooperative life cycle framework and mixed methods pp. 268-283

Gian Nicola Francesconi and Ruerd Ruben

Practical challenges and strategies for randomised control trials in agricultural extension and other development programmes pp. 284-299

Michael J. Culbertson, Daniel McCole and Paul McNamara

Integrating computer-assisted learning into a regular curriculum: evidence from a randomised experiment in rural schools in Shaanxi pp. 300-323

Di Mo, Linxiu Zhang, Renfu Luo, Qinghe Qu, Weiming Huang, Jiafu Wang, Yajie Qiao, Matthew Boswell and Scott Rozelle

Who counts what? Some observations on participatory statistics based on a review of 'Who counts? The power of participatory statistics', edited by J. Holland pp. 324-335

Edoardo Masset

Volume 6, issue 2, 2014

Meta-analysis of the impact of microcredit on women's control over household decisions: methodological issues and substantive findings pp. 73-96

Maren Duvendack, Richard Palmer-Jones and Jos Vaessen

An alternative estimate of school-based management impacts on students' achievements: evidence from the Philippines pp. 97-110

Futoshi Yamauchi

Attaching and detaching: the successful reintegration of child soldiers pp. 111-127

Lilli Banholzer and Roos Haer

Reducing child labour in Panama: an impact evaluation pp. 128-146

Nasir Andisha, Oscar Chiquito-Saban, Eduardo Emmerich, Aurelia Figueroa, Yuewen Jiang, Jun Hui Lee, Darren Manning, Alejandra Ortega-Sanchez and Kishore Gawande

HIV/AIDS sensitisation and peer mentoring: evidence from a randomised experiment in Senegal pp. 147-166

Natascha Wagner, Jean-Louis Arcand, Cheikho Sakho and Pape A. Diallo

Preferred form of food assistance in remote resource-poor areas: the case of arid lands in Kenya pp. 167-195

Alessandro De Matteis

'Substitute is gonna put you down': an analysis of effectiveness of emerging actors as substitutes of local councillors in Malawi's decentralised system pp. 196-210

Richard I.C. Tambulasi and Michael M. Chasukwa

The tyranny of experts: economists, dictators, and the forgotten rights of the poor, by William Easterly pp. 211-214

David McKenzie

Volume 6, issue 1, 2014

Conditional, unconditional and everything in between: a systematic review of the effects of cash transfer programmes on schooling outcomes pp. 1-43

Sarah Baird, Francisco Ferreira, Berk Özler and Michael Woolcock

Testing for heterogeneous treatment effects in experimental data: false discovery risks and correction procedures pp. 44-57

Günther Fink, Margaret McConnell and Sebastian Vollmer

The size and nature of the evidence-base for smallholder farming in Africa: a systematic map pp. 58-68

Ruth Stewart, Yvonne Erasmus, Hazel Zaranyika, Natalie Rebelo Da Silva, Marcel Korth, Laurenz Langer, Nicola Randall, Nolizwe Madinga and Thea de Wet

Power: why some people have it - and others don't, by Jeffrey Pfeffer / Hard facts, dangerous half-truths and total nonsense, by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton / The signal and the noise: the art and science of prediction, by Nate Silver pp. 69-71

Howard White

Volume 5, issue 4, 2013

The poverty impacts of cash and in-kind transfers: experimental evidence from rural Mexico pp. 401-429

Emmanuel Skoufias, Mishel Unar and Teresa Gonzalez de Cossio

Validating one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programmes. A case study on how an impact evaluation of Brazil's Bolsa Fam�lia Programme helped silence its critics and improve policy pp. 430-446

Gala D�az Langou

Positive returns: cost-benefit analysis of a stunting intervention in Indonesia pp. 447-465

Lubina F. Qureshy, Harold Alderman, Claudia Rokx, Rebekah Pinto, Matthew Wai-Poi and Ajay Tandon

Getting teachers back to the classroom. A systematic review on what works to improve teacher attendance in developing countries pp. 466-488

Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon Jara Almonte, Mayli Zapata and Santiago Cueto

Is financial development pro-poor or pro-rich? Empirical evidence from Tanzania pp. 489-500

Nicholas Odhiambo

Who counts? The power of participatory statistics pp. 501-503

Howard White

Japanese aid and the construction of global development: inescapable solutions (Routledge contemporary Japan series), edited by David Leheny and Kay Warren pp. 503-506

Monir Hossain Moni

Volume 5, issue 3, 2013

Sound expectations: from impact evaluations to policy change pp. 269-304

Gala D�az Langou and Vanesa Weyrauch

From impact evaluations to paradigm shift: a case study of the Buenos Aires Ciudadan�a Porte�a conditional cash transfer programme pp. 305-318

Gabriel Agosto, Eduardo Nu�ez, Horacio Citarroni, Irma Briasco and Nicol�s Garcette

Using administrative data to evaluate municipal reforms: an evaluation of the impact of Minas F�cil Expresso pp. 319-338

Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie

The impact of teacher training on teacher and student outcomes: evidence from a randomised experiment in Beijing migrant schools pp. 339-358

Linxiu Zhang, Fang Lai, Xiaopeng Pang, Hongmei Yi and Scott Rozelle

Do for-profit microfinance institutions achieve better financial efficiency and social impact? A generalised estimating equations panel data approach pp. 359-380

Philippe Louis and Bart Baesens

Understanding cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis using data on school feeding and education assistance programmes in Nigeria pp. 381-399

Eberechukwu Uneze and Ibrahim Tajudeen

Volume 5, issue 2, 2013

An impact evaluation design for the Millennium Villages Project in Northern Ghana pp. 137-157

Edoardo Masset, Arnab Acharya, Chris Barnett and Tony Dogbe

Effects of the Frontiers Prevention Project in Ecuador on sexual behaviours and sexually transmitted infections amongst men who have sex with men and female sex workers: challenges on evaluating complex interventions pp. 158-177

Juan Pablo Guti�rrez, Erika E. Atienzo, Stefano M. Bertozzi and Sam McPherson

The effect of solar ovens on fuel use, emissions and health: results from a randomised controlled trial pp. 178-207

Theresa Beltramo and David Levine

Computer assisted learning as extracurricular tutor? Evidence from a randomised experiment in rural boarding schools in Shaanxi pp. 208-231

Fang Lai, Linxiu Zhang, Xiao Hu, Qinghe Qu, Yaojiang Shi, Yajie Qiao, Matthew Boswell and Scott Rozelle

Stimulating managerial capital in emerging markets: the impact of business training for young entrepreneurs pp. 232-266

Miriam Bruhn and Bilal Zia

Reforming justice: a journey to fairness in Asia, by Livingstone Armytage pp. 267-268

Jan Kees van Donge

Volume 5, issue 1, 2013

Knowledgeable bankers? The demand for research in World Bank operations pp. 1-29

Martin Ravallion

An introduction to the use of randomised control trials to evaluate development interventions pp. 30-49

Howard White

What is the impact of a policy brief? Results of an experiment in research dissemination pp. 50-63

Edoardo Masset, Marie Gaarder, Penelope Beynon and Christelle Chapoy

Improving technology adoption in agriculture through extension services: evidence from Uruguay pp. 64-81

Alessandro Maffioli, Diego Ubfal, Gonzalo Vazquez-Bare and Pedro Cerdan-Infantes

Review of milk and dairy programmes affecting nutrition pp. 82-115

Lora Iannotti, Ellen Muehlhoff and Deirdre Mcmahon

Listening while evaluating: examining the benefit of an NGO programme using season extenders (greenhouses) in Bosnia-Herzegovina pp. 116-136

James C. Hanson, Kenneth Leonard and Timothy Essam