Impact Evaluations and Development: NONIE Guidance on Impact Evaluation
This document discusses questions of what impact evaluation is about, when it is appropriate, and how to do it. The Network of Networks for Impact Evaluation (NONIE) was established in 2006 to foster more and better…
Later Impacts of Early Childhood Interventions: A Systematic Review
While much has been written on early childhood development and the near-term benefits to children selected to participate in interventions, few studies look at the sustained impacts of these programs. This systematic…
Improving Coverage and Utilization of Maternal and Child Health Services in Lao PDR: Impact Evaluation of the Community Nutrition Project
The World Bank supported the Community Nutrition Project (CNP) in Lao PDR from 2009 to 2013 to respond to the global food crisis of 2007-08. The project was administered through a conditional cash transfer (CCT) with a…
Delivering the Millennium Development Goals To Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality
Improved outcomes for women and children—more education, lower fertility rates, higher nutritional status, and lower incidence of illness, among other outcomes—have broad individual, family, and societal benefits.
Kenya - Development of Housing, Water Supply and Sanitation in Nairobi
This study evaluates the impact of improved infrastructure on the urbandevelopment of Nairobi city over 20 years. The focus is on land and housing markets, including cost recovery and credit systems; public sector…
Impact Evaluation: The experience of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank
Impact evaluation is an assessment of the impact of an intervention on final welfare outcomes. The results agenda has forced agencies to demonstrate that the money they spend is improving the lives of poor people,…
Impact Evaluation of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Interventions
The international community is paying increased attention to the 25 percent of the worldâs population
that lives in fragile and conflict affected settings, acknowledging that these settings represent daunting…
What Can We Learn from Nutrition Impact Evaluations? Lessons from a Review of Interventions to Reduce Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries
High levels of child malnutrition in developing countries contribute to mortality and have long-term consequences for children's cognitive development and earnings in adulthood. Recent impact evaluations show that many…
Paraguay - Community Based Rural Water Systems and the Development of Village Committees
This impact evaluation reports on three rural water supply projects in Paraguay. These projects established 275 functioning community-based water systems and have raised the coverage of rural areas from around 1 percent…
Evidence and Lessons Learned from Impact Evaluations on Social Safety Nets
This report finds that the evidence on the impacts of social safety nets accumulated through impact evaluations over the last decade provides lessons for developing effective programs in the future. The World Bank has…