Argentina | Jul 1999 | Income Gains to the Poor from Welfare: Estimates for Argentina's Trabajar Program, by Jyotsna Jalan and Martin Ravallion (2Mb PDF) |
| Jul 2001 | Do Workfare Participants Recover Quickly from Retrenchment?, by Martin Ravallion, Emanuela Galasso, Teodoro Lazo, and Ernesto Philipp |
| Sep 2001 | Assisting the Transition from Workfare to Work: Argentina's Proempleo Experiment, by Emanuela Galasso, Martin Ravallion, and Agustin Salvia (71Kb PDF) |
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Armenia | Sep 2001 | Letting Communities Take the Lead: A Cross-Country Evaluation of Social Fund Performance, by Lynne Sherburne-Benz, Julie Van Domelen, and Laura Rawlings. This study compares the impact evaluation designs in Armenia, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Zambia. |
| May 2002 | Supporting Communities in Transition: The Impact of the Armenia Social Investment Fund, by Robert Chase |
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Bangladesh | Jul 1998 | Bangladesh Food for Education Program: Evaluating a Targeted Social Program When Placement is Decentralized, by Martin Ravallion and Quentin Wodon (1Mb PDF) |
| Jul 1999 | Assessing the Impact of Micro-credit on Poverty and Vulnerability in Bangladesh, by Hassan Zaman |
| May 2000 | Does Microfinance Really Help the Poor? New Evidence from Flagship Programs in Bangladesh, from Annex 1.2 of the Impact Evaluation Handbook (43Kb PDF) |
| Jul 2001 | SAPRI - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative, a research initiative (World Bank website) |
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Bolivia | Sep 1998 | Bolivian Social Investment Fund: An Analysis of Baseline Data for Impact Evaluation, by Menno Pradhan, Laura Rawlings, and Geert Ridder |
| Sep 2001 | Letting Communities Take the Lead: A Cross-Country Evaluation of Social Fund Performance, by Lynne Sherburne-Benz, Julie Van Domelen, and Laura Rawlings. This study compares the impact evaluation designs in Armenia, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Zambia. |
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China | Jun 2001 | Community Programs and Women's Participation: The Chinese Experience, by David Coady, Xinyi Dai, and Limin Wang |
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Colombia | Mar 2000 | Impact Evaluation of Education Reforms, a research initiative aimed at evaluating the impact of educational reforms in Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Tanzania. (World Bank website) |
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Czech Republic | May 2000 | Impact of Active Labor Programs: Czech Republic, from Annex 1.5 of the Impact Evaluation Handbook (50Kb PDF) |
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East Africa | Feb 2004 | Impact Evaluation in East Africa: Taking Stock, by Arianna Legovini, a full stocktaking of impact evaluation studies in the eastern part of Africa (and a partial listing of studies from western Africa). |
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Ecuador | Jul 2001 | SAPRI - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative, a research initiative (World Bank website) |
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El Salvador | Mar 2000 | Impact Evaluation of Education Reforms, a research initiative aimed at evaluating the impact of educational reforms in Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Tanzania. (World Bank website) |
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Ghana | Jul 2001 | SAPRI - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative, a research initiative (World Bank website) |
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Honduras | Jul 1999 | Ex-Post Evaluation of the Honduras Social Investment Fund (FHIS 2), by Ian Walker, Rafael del Cid, Fidel Ordoñez and Florencia Rodríguez |
| Sep 2001 | Letting Communities Take the Lead: A Cross-Country Evaluation of Social Fund Performance, by Lynne Sherburne-Benz, Julie Van Domelen, and Laura Rawlings. This study compares the impact evaluation designs in Armenia, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Zambia. |
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Hungary | Jul 2001 | SAPRI - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative, a research initiative (World Bank website) |
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Indonesia | Mar 2002 | Did Social Safety Net Scholarships Reduce Drop-Out Rates during the Indonesian Economic Crisis, by Lisa Cameron |
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Jamaica | Oct 1999 | Jamaica's Food Stamp Program: Impacts on Poverty and Welfare, by Kene Ezemenari and Kalanidhi Subbarao |
| Oct 2001 | The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Participation, Targeting and Collective Action in Community Driven Development, by Vijayendra Rao and Ana-María Ibañez |
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Kenya | Apr 1999 | Reconsidering the Evidence on Returns to T&V Extension in Kenya, by Madhur Gautam and Jock R. Anderson |
| Mar 2000 | Textbooks and Test Scores: Evidence from a Prospective Evaluation in Kenya, from Annex 1.7 of the Impact Evaluation Handbook (36Kb PDF). |
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Mali | Jul 2001 | SAPRI - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative, a research initiative (World Bank website) |
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Mexico | Mar 2000 | The Impact of Mexico's Retraining Program on Employment and Wages PROBECAT, from Annex 1.9 of the Impact Evaluation Handbook (51Kb PDF). Read the full text. |
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Nicaragua | Mar 2000 | Impact Evaluation of Education Reforms, a research initiative aimed at evaluating the impact of educational reforms in Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Tanzania. (World Bank website) |
| Dec 2000 | Nicaragua: Ex-Post Impact Evaluation of the Emergency Social Investment Fund (FISE), World Bank (PDF 7Mb) |
| Sep 2001 | Letting Communities Take the Lead: A Cross-Country Evaluation of Social Fund Performance, by Lynne Sherburne-Benz, Julie Van Domelen, and Laura Rawlings. This study compares the impact evaluation designs in Armenia, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Zambia. |
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Pakistan | Dec 2000 | Impact Evaluation of Education Reforms, a research initiative aimed at evaluating the impact of educational reforms in Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Tanzania. (World Bank website) |
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Peru | Nov 1999 | Do School Facilities Matter? The Case of the Peruvian Social Fund (FONCODES), by Christina Paxson and Norbert Schady |
| Sep 2001 | Letting Communities Take the Lead: A Cross-Country Evaluation of Social Fund Performance, by Lynne Sherburne-Benz, Julie Van Domelen, and Laura Rawlings. This study compares the impact evaluation designs in Armenia, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Zambia. |
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Philippines | May 2000 | Schooling Outcomes in Philippine Elementary Schools: Evaluation of the Impact of Four Experiments, from Annex 1.14 of the Impact Evaluation Handbook (48Kb PDF) |
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Tanzania | Dec 2000 | Impact Evaluation of Education Reforms, a research initiative aimed at evaluating the impact of educational reforms in Colombia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Tanzania. (World Bank website) |
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Uganda | Jul 2001 | SAPRI - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative, a research initiative (World Bank website) |
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Vietnam | May 2000 | Assessing the Poverty Impact of Rural Roads Project in Vietnam, from Annex 1.15 of the Impact Evaluation Handbook (44Kb PDF) |
| Jan 2002 | Impact Evaluation of a Rural Road Rehabilitation Project, by Dominique Van de Walle and Dorothyjean Cratty |
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Zambia | May 2000 | Zambia Social Recovery Project: Evaluating the Household Impact, by Robert Chase and Lynne Sherburne-Benz |
| Sep 2001 | Letting Communities Take the Lead: A Cross-Country Evaluation of Social Fund Performance, by Lynne Sherburne-Benz, Julie Van Domelen, and Laura Rawlings. This study compares the impact evaluation designs in Armenia, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Zambia. |
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Zimbabwe | Jul 2001 | SAPRI - Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative, a research initiative (World Bank website) |
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