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Evaluation and poverty reduction
- Title
- Evaluation and poverty reduction / edited by Osvaldo N. Feinstein and Robert Picciotto ; foreword by James D. Wolfensohn.
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction, ©2001.
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- Description
- xviii, 382 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Foreword by James D. Wolfensohn. Welcome addresses by Jan Piercy, and Elizabeth McAllister. Synthesis and overview by Osvaldo Feinstein, and Detlev Puetz. Valuation and evaluation by Partha Dasgupta. Eevaluation in a World of complexity and information failures by Joseph Stiglitz. Panel discussion: evaluation perspectives on poverty reduction by Vinod Thomas, Alison Evans, Moise Mensah, and Niels Dabelstein. Impact evaluation: concepts and methods by Kene Ezemenari, Anders Rudqvist, and Kalanidhi Subbarao. Panel discussion: quantitative and qualitative methods in evaluation by Timothy Marchant, Sarah Gavian, and John Eriksson. Theory-based evaluation: theories of change for poverty reduction programs by Carol H. Weiss. The front-end costs and downstream benefits of participatory evaluation by Edward T Jackson. Building local capacity for participatory monitoring and evaluation by Rolf Sartorius. Africa and Asia: evaluation of the poverty alleviation impact of alternative development strategies and adjustment responses by Erik Thorbecke. Lessons learned from evaluation of DFID's aid program by Andrew Shepherd. Evaluating microfinance's impact: going down market by Monigue Cohen. Evaluating targeted versus non targeted approaches to poverty reduction by Joachim von Braun, Mona Bishay, and Sohail J. Malik. What are social funds really telling us? By Judith Tendler. Economic crises and social protection for the poor: the Latin American experience by Nora Lustig, Arianna Legovini. Delivering social services: lessons on health, nutrition, and population by Susan Stout. Tackling horizontal inequalities by Frances Stewart. Governance and anticorruption: new insights and challenges by Daniel Kaufmann. Panel discussion: combating public corruption by Jack Titsworth, Navin Girishankal; and El Sayed Zaki. Nongovernmental organizations and evaluation: the BRAC experience by Salehuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Rafi. Social exclusion and rural underdevelopment by Adolfo Figueroa. Panel discussion: final roundtable by Frances Stewart, Ravi Kanbur, Joachim von Braun, Nora Lustig. Concluding remarks by Robert Picciotto.
- Series Statement
- World Bank series on evaluation and development ; v. 3
- Uniform Title
- World Bank series on evaluation and development ; v. 3.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / James D. Wolfensohn -- Welcome Addresses / Jan Piercy, Elizabeth McAllister -- Introduction: Identifying the Challenges -- Synthesis and Overview / Osvaldo Feinstein, Detlev Puetz -- Evaluation: A Macro Perspective -- Valuation and Evaluation / Partha Dasgupta -- Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures / Joseph Stiglitz -- Panel Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction / Vinod Thomas, Alison Evans, Moise Mensah, Niels Dabelstein -- Methodological Issues in Evaluation -- Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods / Kene Ezemenari, Anders Rudqvist, Kalanidhi Subbarao -- Comments / Thomas Cook, James Heckman -- Panel Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation / Timothy Marchant, Sarah Gavian, John Eriksson -- Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs / Carol H. Weiss -- Participatory Evaluation: Costs and Benefits -- The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation / Edward T. Jackson -- Comments / Nicoletta Stame -- Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation / Rolf Sartorius -- Comments / David Marsden -- Poverty-Reducing Growth -- Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses / Erik Thorbecke -- Comments / Richard Gerster -- Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID's Aid Program / Andrew Shepherd -- Comments / Octavio Damiani -- Sectoral and Microlevel Interventions.
- ISBN
- 0765800926
- 9780765800923
- 0765808765
- 9780765808769
- LCCN
- 00067305
- OCLC
- ocm45437528
- 45437528
- SCSB-14650487
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library