The impact of impact evaluation: Are impact evaluation and impact evaluation synthesis contributing to evidence generation and use in low- and middle-income countries?

Richard Manning, Ian Goldman and Gonzalo Hernández Licona

No wp-2020-20, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In 2006 the Center for Global Development's report 'When Will We Ever Learn? Improving lives through impact evaluation' bemoaned the lack of rigorous impact evaluations. The authors of the present paper researched international organizations and countries including Mexico, Colombia, South Africa, Uganda, and Philippines to understand how impact evaluations and systematic reviews are being implemented and used, drawing out the emerging lessons.

Keywords: Evaluation; Evidence use; Impact evaluation; Research synthesis; Systematic review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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