Evaluation and Poverty Reduction 1st editon by Osvaldo Feinstein, Robert Picciotto ISBN 0765800926, 9780765800923

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ISBN 10: 0765800926
ISBN 13: 9780765800923
Author: Osvaldo N. Feinstein

In his foreword, the president of the World Bank, James D. Wolfensohn, states plainly and precisely the rationale for this volume. “Evaluation is a central aspect of any poverty reduction endeavor. Evaluation implies that we have adopted a methodology that allows us to look in an effective way at the results of what we are doing so that we can, in turn, adapt our future actions toward the effective achievement of our goals. Evaluation adds value if we can learn something useful from it. It is not just a scorecard. It is something that helps us change our behavior or influence the behavior of others.”This high powered collection of papers illustrates this statement. The network of world class scholars and development practitioners covers the gamut from methodological issues to policy concerns with respect to participatory evaluation, poverty reducing growth, macro and micro levels of intervention, health, nutrition and population programs, social inclusion and the changing role of the civil society. The participants include major figures, including a Nobel Laureate as well as cutting edge policy makers. Poverty reduction is examined in innovative ways-utilizing state of the art techniques of the social and economic sciences.The editors and contributors emphasize “what works” in poverty reduction programs. They point to making interventions context specific with a holistic vision of the problem. Contributors emphasize social funds and safety nets, social services, crisis prevention, informal social security and insurance systems, anti-corruption programs, mobilization of the poor, and ultimately, the creation, where none existed in the past, of a workable civil society. In short, this volume lies at the intersection of development economics and political economy. It seeks to promote development effectiveness through social learning and problem solving.The volume is unabashedly focussed on pro-poor growth. It has its roots in a conference sponsored by the Operations Evaluation Department, an independent unit within the World Bank. The goals of evaluation are to learn from experience, to provide an objective basis for assessing the results of the Bank’s work, and to provide accountability in the achievement of its objectives.Osvaldo N. Feinstein is a manager, and Robert Picciotto, director general of the Operations Evaluation Department. The World Bank is located in Washington, D.C. with offices throughout the developing world.

Evaluation and Poverty Reduction 1st Table of contents:

Part I: Introduction: Identifying the Challenges

Synthesis and Overview

Part II: Evaluation: A Macro Perspective

1 Valuation and Evaluation

Floor Discussion

2 Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures

Floor Discussion

3 Panel Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction

Floor Discussion

Part III: Methodological Issues in Evaluation

4 Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods

Comments

Floor Discussion

5 Panel Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation

Floor Discussion

6 Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs

Part IV: Participatory Evaluation: Costs and Benefits

7 The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation

Comments

Floor Discussion

8 Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

Comments

Floor Discussion

Part V: Poverty-Reducing Growth

9 Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses

Comments

Floor discussion

10 Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID’s Aid Program

Comments

Floor Discussion

Part VI: Sectoral and Microlevel Interventions

11 Evaluating Microfinance’s Impact: Going Down Market

Comments

12 Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction

Floor Discussion

Part VII: Social Funds and Safety Nets

13 What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?

Comments

Floor Discussion

14 Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience

Comments

Floor Discussion

Part VIII: Development Effectiveness in Health, Nutrition, and Population Services

15 Delivering Social Services: Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population

Comments

Floor Discussion

Part IX: Crisis Prevention

16 Tackling Horizontal Inequalities

Comments

Floor Discussion

17 Governance and Anticorruption: New Insights and Challenges

Comments

Floor Discussion

18 Panel Discussion: Combatting Public Corruption

Part X: Social Inclusion and Civil Society

19 Nongovernmental Organizations and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience

Comments

Floor Discussion

20 Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment

Comments

Floor Discussion

Part XI: Conclusions

21 Panel Discussion: Final Roundtable

22 Concluding Remarks

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