Impact evaluation
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Measuring poverty using mobile phone data: Implications for targeting and impact evaluation
In settings where reliable data on poverty is difficult to come by, non-traditional data sources such as mobile phone metadata has the potential to fill data gaps. New research on a cash transfer programme in Togo reveals that mobile phone data enabl...
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Research into practice: Lessons from development impact evaluation
Insights and lessons from a career of putting research into practice
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Public servants and political bias: Evidence from the UK civil service and the World Bank
An experiment shows that public servants make errors when interpreting data, incorrectly concluding that it aligns with their ideological preferences
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The importance of monitoring, evaluating and corrective feedback
A skills development programme in Pakistan surpassed its targets largely through monitoring, experimentation, and course-correcting impact evaluations