impact evaluations and social innovation in europe
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Impact Evaluations and Social Innovation in Europe. Sofia, 24 January, 2012. Joost de Laat (PhD) Human Development Economics Europe and Central Asia The World Bank Comments: [email protected]. 15 December 2011 Deadline. PROGRESS. Inputs. Activities. Outputs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Impact Evaluations and Social Innovation in Europe
Sofia, 24 January, 2012Joost de Laat (PhD)Human Development EconomicsEurope and Central Asia The World BankComments: [email protected]
PROGRESS 15 December 2011 Deadline
Results Framework for an Early Childhood Education Program
Inputs Activities Outputs Impacts on Outcomes
Finance State budgetEuropean Social Fund
Human resources
Min. of education – social inclusion unit
Slovak Education NGO
Office of the Plenipotentiary
Municipal Authorities
Preschool staff
Project preparation activities (4 months)Identify 20 communitiesHire 20 mediators and provide early childhood education trainingProvide monitoring training to mediatorsDesign monitoring database
Poject implementation activities (1 year). Mediators:
Identify the vulnerable families
Provide information to these families on early childhood education parenting techniques
Assist parents enroll children in nearest preschool
Provide material needs to poorest families
Organize weekly reading clubs for Roma mothers
Record activities and outputs in database
Improved knowledge on parenting skills
Increased preschool enrolment of students from vulnerable families
Improved socio-emotional skills of young vulnerable children
Improved cognitive skills of young vulnerable children
Improved health outcomes of young vulnerable children
Lower enrolment into special primary schools among vulnerable children
Improved primary and secondary school performance
Greater long run employment outcomes and reduced poverty
Project preparation outputs 20 communities selected 20 Roma mediators trained on early childhood education and monitoringMonitoring database in place
Project implementation
Est. 600 vulnerable families identified
Est. 600 vulnerable families received information on ECD
Est. 400 children assisted with enrolment into preschool
Est. 200 parents received material needs for their young children
Est. 300 mothers participate in reading clubs
Database with information on 600 families
Outline
What?
Who?
How?
Ethics?
Why?
Impact Evaluations
?
What?
Isolates causal impact on beneficiary outcomes
Globally hundreds of randomized impact evaluations• Canadian self-sufficiency welfare program• Danish employment programs• Turkish employment program• India remedial education program• Kenya school deworming program• Mexican conditional cash transfer program
(PROGRESA)• United States youth development programs
Different from:e.g. evaluation measuring whether social assistance is reaching the poorest households
Who?
Often coalitions of:• Governments • International organizations• Academics• NGOs• Private sector companies
Examples:• Poverty Action Lab (academic)• Mathematica Policy Research (private)• Development Innovations Ventures (USAID)• International Initiative for Impact Eval. (3ie)• WB Development IMpact Evaluation (DIME)
7Ex 1: Development Innovation Venture (USAID)
Ex 2: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
9Ex 3: MIT’s Poverty Action Lab (JPAL)
10Ex 4: WB Development IMpact Evaluation (DIME)
11Make publicly available training materials in partnership with other WB groups (e.g. Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund)
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Location Date Countries Attending Participants Project Teams
El Cairo, Egypt January 13-17, 2008 12 164 17
Managua, Nicaragua March 3-7, 2008 11 104 15
Madrid, Spain June 23-27, 2008 1 184 9
Manila, Philippines December 1-5, 2008 6 137 16
Lima, Peru January 26-30, 2009 9 184 18Amman, Jordan March 8-12, 2009 9 206 17
Beijing, China July 20-24, 2009 1 212 12
Sarajevo, Bosnia September 21-25, 2009 17 115 12Cape Town, South Africa December 7-11, 2009 14 106 12
Kathmandu, Nepal February 22-26, 2010 6 118 15
Total 86 1,530 143Organize trainings on impact evaluations in partnership with others (e.g. Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund)
Impact Evaluation Clusters
• Conditional Cash Transfers• Early Childhood Development• Education Service Delivery• HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention• Local Development• Malaria Control• Pay-for-Performance in Health• Rural Roads• Rural Electrification• Urban Upgrading• ALMP and Youth Employment
Help coordinate impact evaluations portfolio
How to carry one out?
Basic Elements
• Comparison group that is identical at start of program
• Prospective: evaluation needs to be built into design from start
• Randomized evaluations generally most rigorous• Example: randomize phase-in (who goes
first?)• Qualitative information – helps program
design and understanding of the 'why'
Ethics?
Implementation considerations• Most programs cannot reach all:
randomization provides each potential beneficiary fair chance of receiving program (early)
• Review by ethical review boards
Broader considerations• Important welfare implications of not
spending resources effectively
• Is the program very beneficial? If we know the answer, there is no need for an IE
Why?
EU2020 Targets (selected)• 75% of the 20-64 year-olds to be employed • Reducing school drop-out rates below 10% • At least 20 million fewer people in or at risk of
poverty and social exclusion
Policy Options Are Many• Different ALMPs, trainings, pension rules,
incentives for men taking on more home care etc. etc.
• For each policy options, also different intensities, ways of delivery…
Why?
Selective Use of Impact evaluations• Help provide answers to program
effectiveness and design in EU2020 areas facing some of the greatest and most difficult social challenges
But impact evaluations can also• Build public support for proven programs• Encourage program designers (govts, ngos,
etc.) to focus more on program results• Provide incentive to academia to focus
energies on most pressing social issues like Roma inclusion!
Why? Help Encourage Social Innovation
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