Using Case Studies to Explore the External Validity of 'Complex' Development Interventions

Michael Woolcock

No wp-2013-096, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Rising standards for accurately inferring the impact of development projects has not been matched by equivalently rigorous procedures for guiding decisions about whether and how similar results might be expected elsewhere. These 'external validity' concerns are especially pressing for 'complex' development interventions, in which the explicit purpose is often to adapt projects to local contextual realities and where high quality implementation is paramount to success.

Keywords: Economic development; Methodology (Economics) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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