Impact Evaluation of Poverty Alleviation Programs & Institutional Reforms

9:00 –   9:15 am

Welcoming Remarks

Emmanuel Skoufias, Lead Economist, PRMPR

9:15 – 10:15 am

The Results Agenda – Improving the Way We Do Business, by Gail Richardson, Senior Operations Officer, OPCRX

10:30 – 12:00

Impact Evaluation for Real Time Decision Making, by Arianna Legovini, Adviser, DECIE

1:30 –  4:45 pm

Impact Evaluation: Concept, Methods, and Examples, by Emmanuel Skoufias, Lead Economist, PRMPR

9:00 –  10:30 am

Applying Concepts in Practice: Working Through a Case Study, by Emmanuel Skoufias, Lead Economist, PRMPR

10:45 – 12:00 am

Impact Evaluation of Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brasil, by Andre Herzog (WBISD)

1:30 –  3:00 pm

The Impact Evaluation of the Mediation and Community Legal Empowerment (MCLE) project in Indonesia, by Markus Goldstein, Senior Economist, AFTPM/DECRG

3:15 –  4:45 pm

Local Governance and Public Goods Provision in Rural China, by Xiaobo Zhang (IFPRI)