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Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition

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  1. Do, Manh Hung & Nguyen, Trung Thanh & Grote, Ulrike, 2023. "Land consolidation, rice production, and agricultural transformation: Evidence from household panel data for Vietnam," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 157-173.
  2. Del Prete, Davide & Ghins, Léopold & Magrini, Emiliano & Pauw, Karl, 2019. "Land consolidation, specialization and household diets: Evidence from Rwanda," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 139-149.
  3. Bibri, Simon Elias, 2022. "Eco-districts and data-driven smart eco-cities: Emerging approaches to strategic planning by design and spatial scaling and evaluation by technology," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
  4. Bellucci, Andrea & Borisov, Alexander & Gucciardi, Gianluca & Zazzaro, Alberto, 2023. "The reallocation effects of COVID-19: Evidence from venture capital investments around the world," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
  5. Fabio Gaetano Santeramo & Lerato Phali, 2023. "On the impact of provincial development policies in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(6), pages 1137-1152, November.
  6. Alix Rouillé, 2023. "Nudging to inform: Priming and social norms to facilitate waste composting," Working Papers 2023.11, FAERE - French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
  7. Seán M. Muller, 2021. "Evidence for a YETI? A Cautionary Tale from South Africa's Youth Employment Tax Incentive," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 52(6), pages 1301-1342, November.
  8. Rafael Novella & Laura Ripani & Claudia Vazquez, 2021. "Conditional cash transfers, female bargaining power and parental labour supply," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(2), pages 422-436, March.
  9. Vu, Ha Thu & Goto, Daisaku, 2020. "Does awareness about land tenure security (LTS) increase investments in agriculture? Evidence from rural households in Vietnam," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
  10. Javier Valbuena & Mauro Mediavilla & Álvaro Choi & María Gil, 2021. "Effects Of Grade Retention Policies: A Literature Review Of Empirical Studies Applying Causal Inference," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(2), pages 408-451, April.
  11. Posada, Héctor M. & García-Suaza, Andres, 2022. "Transit infrastructure and informal housing: Assessing an expansion of Medellín's Metrocable system," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 128(C), pages 209-228.
  12. Mardones, Cristian, 2021. "Ex-post evaluation and cost-benefit analysis of a heater replacement program implemented in southern Chile," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 227(C).
  13. Bäckström, Peter & Hanes, Niklas, 2023. "The Impact of Peacekeeping on Post-Deployment Earnings for Swedish Veterans," Umeå Economic Studies 1010, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
  14. Gugerty, Mary Kay & Mitchell, George E. & Santamarina, Francisco J., 2021. "Discourses of evaluation: Institutional logics and organizational practices among international development agencies," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
  15. Hannah Gichungi & Beatrice Muriithi & Patrick Irungu & Gracious Diiro & John Busienei, 2021. "Effect of Technological Innovation on Gender Roles: The Case of Fruit Fly IPM Adoption on Women’s Decision-Making in Mango Production and Marketing in Kenya," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 33(3), pages 407-426, June.
  16. Sebastian Martinez & Raul Sanchez & Patricia Yañez-Pagans, 2019. "Road safety: challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean," Latin American Economic Review, Springer;Centro de Investigaciòn y Docencia Económica (CIDE), vol. 28(1), pages 1-30, December.
  17. Ashimwe, Olive, 2016. "An Economic Analysis Of Impact Of Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance On Household Income In Huye District Of Rwanda," Research Theses 265675, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics.
  18. Blundo-Canto, Genowefa & Bax, Vincent & Quintero, Marcela & Cruz-Garcia, Gisella S. & Groeneveld, Rolf A. & Perez-Marulanda, Lisset, 2018. "The Different Dimensions of Livelihood Impacts of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) Schemes: A Systematic Review," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 160-183.
  19. Brown, Annette N. & Wood, Benjamin Douglas Kuflick, 2018. "Which tests not witch hunts: A diagnostic approach for conducting replication research," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 12, pages 1-26.
  20. Jacob Maxwell & Robert Pryce & Luke B. Wilson, 2022. "The impact of increasing the United Kingdom national minimum wage on self‐reported health," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(6), pages 1167-1183, June.
  21. Fageda, Xavier & Teixidó, Jordi J., 2022. "Pricing carbon in the aviation sector: Evidence from the European emissions trading system," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 111(C).
  22. Da Van Huynh & Thuy Thi Kim Truong & Long Hai Duong & Nhan Trong Nguyen & Giang Vu Huong Dao & Canh Ngoc Dao, 2021. "The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impacts on Tourism Business in a Developing City: Insight from Vietnam," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-17, November.
  23. Chakravarty, Shubha & Lundberg, Mattias & Nikolov, Plamen & Zenker, Juliane, 2019. "Vocational training programs and youth labor market outcomes: Evidence from Nepal," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 71-110.
  24. Maria Rosaria Alfano & Anna Laura Baraldi & Claudia Cantabene, 2023. "Eppur si muove: an evaluation of museum policy reform in Italy," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 47(1), pages 97-131, March.
  25. Jonathan Izudi & Imelda K Tamwesigire & Francis Bajunirwe, 2019. "Does completion of sputum smear monitoring have an effect on treatment success and cure rate among adult tuberculosis patients in rural Eastern Uganda? A propensity score-matched analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(12), pages 1-13, December.
  26. Zarepour, Zahra & Wagner, Natascha, 2022. "Cash instead of subsidy: Assessing the impact of the iranian energy subsidy reform on households," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 168(C).
  27. Kumse, Kaittisak & Suzuki, Nobuhiro & Sato, Takeshi & Demont, Matty, 2021. "The spillover effect of direct competition between marketing cooperatives and private intermediaries: Evidence from the Thai rice value chain," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
  28. Fresenbet Zeleke & Girma T. Kassie & Jema Haji & Belaineh Legesse, 2021. "Would Market Sheds Improve Market Participation and Earnings of Small Ruminant Keepers? Evidence from Ethiopia," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(2), pages 470-485, June.
  29. Saxena, Vibhor & Bindal, Ishaan & LeMay-Boucher, Philippe, 2020. "Social groups and credit shocks: Evidence of inequalities in consumption smoothing," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 311-326.
  30. Felix Naschold & Christopher B. Barrett, 2020. "A stochastic dominance approach to program evaluation with an application to child nutritional status in Kenya," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 51(6), pages 871-886, November.
  31. Smith, Lisa C. & Frankenberger, Timothy R., 2022. "Recovering from severe drought in the drylands of Ethiopia: Impact of Comprehensive Resilience Programming," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
  32. Venugopal, Rajesh, 2018. "Ineptitude, ignorance, or intent: The social construction of failure in development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 238-247.
  33. Deaton, Angus & Cartwright, Nancy, 2018. "Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 210(C), pages 2-21.
  34. Frempong, Raymond Boadi & Kitzmüller, Lucas & Stadelmann, David, 2021. "A micro-based approach to evaluate the effect of water supply on health in Uganda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
  35. Diego Aboal & Maren Vairo, 2018. "The impact of subsidies for researchers on the gender scientific productivity gap," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 45(4), pages 515-532.
  36. Calzada, Joan & Fageda, Xavier & Safronov, Roman, 2022. "How do global airline alliances affect flight frequency? Evidence from Russia," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
  37. Depenbusch, Lutz & Schreinemachers, Pepijn & Roothaert, Ralph & Namazzi, Sylvia & Onyango, Charles & Bongole, Sophia & Mutebi, James, 2021. "Impact of home garden interventions in East Africa: Results of three randomized controlled trials," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
  38. Zhorayev, Olzhas, 2020. "Determinants of Trust in Police: A Cross-National Analysis," MPRA Paper 109068, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  39. Schaubert, Marianna, 2018. "Do Alimony Regulations Matter inside Marriage? Evidence from the 2008 Reform of the German Maintenance Law," EconStor Preprints 173193, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
  40. Schaubert, Marianna, 2018. "Do Alimony Regulations Matter inside Marriage? Evidence from the 2008 Reform of the German Maintenance Law," VfS Annual Conference 2018 (Freiburg, Breisgau): Digital Economy 181508, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
  41. Feng, Xunan & Johansson , Anders C. & Wang, Ying, 2018. "Strengthened State Capitalism: Nationalized Firms in China," Stockholm School of Economics Asia Working Paper Series 2018-51, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm China Economic Research Institute.
  42. Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim & Koomson, Isaac & Paintsil, Jones Arkoh & Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena, 2022. "Reducing children's malnutrition by increasing mothers' health insurance coverage: A focus on stunting and underweight across 32 sub-Saharan African countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 117(C).
  43. Chakravarty,Shubha & Lundberg,Mattias K. A. & Nikolov, Plamen V. & Zenker,Juliane & Chakravarty,Shubha & Lundberg,Mattias K. A. & Zenker,Juliane & Nikolov, Plamen V., 2016. "The role of training programs for youth employment in Nepal : impact evaluation report on the employment fund," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7656, The World Bank.
  44. Oto Potluka & Lenka Svecova, 2019. "The Effects of External Financial Support on the Capacities of Educational Nonprofit Organizations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-13, August.
  45. Patrick Bottazzi & Mirko S. Winkler & Sébastien Boillat & Abdoulaye Diagne & Mashoudou Maman Chabi Sika & Arsène Kpangon & Salimata Faye & Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, 2018. "Measuring Subjective Flood Resilience in Suburban Dakar: A Before–After Evaluation of the “Live with Water” Project," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-14, June.
  46. Machado, Elia Axinia & Purcell, Helene & Simons, Andrew M. & Swinehart, Stephanie, 2020. "The Quest for Greener Pastures: Evaluating the Livelihoods Impacts of Providing Vegetation Condition Maps to Pastoralists in Eastern Africa," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
  47. Osabuohien, Evans S. & Efobi, Uchenna R. & Herrmann, Raoul T. & Gitau, Ciliaka M.W., 2019. "Female labor outcomes and large-scale agricultural land investments: Macro-micro evidencefrom Tanzania," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 716-728.
  48. Gerard, Andrew & Lopez, Maria Claudia & Mason, Nicole M. & Bizoza, Alfred R., 2022. "Do government zoning policies improve buyer-farmer relationships? Evidence from Rwanda’s coffee sector," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
  49. Joana Silva Afonso, 2020. "Impact evaluation, social performance assessment and standardisation: reflections from microfinance evaluations in Pakistan and Zimbabwe," Working Papers in Economics & Finance 2020-14, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Business School, Economics and Finance Subject Group.
  50. Solfanelli, Francesco & Ozturk, Emel & Pugliese, Patrizia & Zanoli, Raffaele, 2021. "Potential outcomes and impacts of organic group certification in Italy: An evaluative case study," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).
  51. Bouasone Sengsourivong & Masaru Ichihashi, 2019. "Effectiveness of Irrigation Access on Sticky Rice Productivity: Evidence from Lao PDR," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-18, October.
  52. Kaczan, David J., 2020. "Can roads contribute to forest transitions?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
  53. Mustapha Harb & Yu Xiao & Giovanni Circella & Patricia L. Mokhtarian & Joan L. Walker, 2018. "Projecting travelers into a world of self-driving vehicles: estimating travel behavior implications via a naturalistic experiment," Transportation, Springer, vol. 45(6), pages 1671-1685, November.
  54. Thang, Doan Ngoc & Ha, Le Thanh, 2022. "Trade credit and global value chain: Evidence from cross-country firm-level data," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 171(C), pages 110-129.
  55. Panagiotis Arsenis & Miguel Flores, 2022. "Do professional year placements matter for job quality? The case of economics graduates," School of Economics Discussion Papers 0922, School of Economics, University of Surrey.
  56. Khiem, Phuong Huu & Linh, Dinh Hong & Tai, Do Anh & Dung, Nguyen Dac, 2020. "Does tuition fee policy reform encourage poor children’s school enrolment? Evidence from Vietnam," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 109-124.
  57. Sara, Raisa, 2023. "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol and tobacco consumption: Evidence from Peru," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 325(C).
  58. Amadu, Festus O. & McNamara, Paul E. & Davis, Kristin E., 2021. "Soil health and grain yield impacts of climate resilient agriculture projects: Evidence from southern Malawi," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
  59. Navarro-Espigares, José Luis & Martín-Segura, José Aureliano & Pérez-López, César & Maraver-Tarifa, Guillermo, 2018. "Waste Management in the Spanish Municipalities: Is Commitment to Local Agenda 21 more than good Intentions?," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 40, pages 35-56.
  60. Pedercini, Matteo & Arquitt, Steven & Collste, David & Herren, Hans, 2018. "Harvesting synergy from Sustainable Development Goal interactions," SocArXiv jt6r7, Center for Open Science.
  61. B. Essama-Nssah, 2018. "Assessing the performance of targeting mechanisms," Working Papers 457, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.
  62. O. Kondratjeva & S. P. Roll & M. Despard & M. Grinstein-Weiss, 2022. "The Impact of Tax Refund Delays on the Experience of Hardship Among Lower-Income Households," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 45(2), pages 239-280, June.
  63. Bäckström, Peter, 2023. "Swedish Veterans After Bosnia: The Relationship Between Military Deployment and Labour Market Marginalisation," Umeå Economic Studies 1011, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
  64. España, F. & Arriagada, R. & Melo, O. & Foster, W., 2022. "Forest plantation subsidies: Impact evaluation of the Chilean case," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
  65. Jose Cuesta & Erik Alda, 2021. "Evaluating a citizen security pilot in Honduras: The economic benefits of a much reduced murder rate," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 39(5), pages 848-864, September.
  66. Brillantes, Alex Jr. & Brillantes, Karen Dominique B. & Jovellanos, Justine Beatrice B., 2018. "Process Evaluation of the CHED K to 12 Adjustment Assistance Program," Discussion Papers DP 2018-05, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
  67. Lamissa Barro & Jean-Louis Arcand, 2021. "Projets de développement, conditions de vie et activité économique dans les pays du G5 Sahel," Working Papers hal-03247056, HAL.
  68. Roche, Steven & Mendes, Philip & Marston, Greg & Peterie, Michelle & Bielefeld, Shelley & Staines, Zoe & Humpage, Louise, 2021. "How effective is conditional welfare support for enhancing child wellbeing? An examination of compulsory income management (welfare payment quarantining) in Australia," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
  69. Nienkerke, Inga Mareike & Thorat, Amit & Patt, Anthony, 2023. "From distress migration to selective migration: Transformative effects of agricultural development on seasonal migration," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 29(C).
  70. Orea, Luis & José A. Pérez-Méndez & Álvarez, Inmaculada C., 2021. "Does land consolidation promote livestock production and combat rural depopulation? A multi-cohort multi-treatment Difference-in-Difference analysis of parishes in northern Spain," Efficiency Series Papers 2021/05, University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG).
  71. José M. Cordero & Víctor Cristóbal & Daniel Santín, 2018. "Causal Inference On Education Policies: A Survey Of Empirical Studies Using Pisa, Timss And Pirls," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(3), pages 878-915, July.
  72. Bravo-Ureta, Boris E. & Higgins, Daniel & Arslan, Aslihan, 2020. "Irrigation infrastructure and farm productivity in the Philippines: A stochastic Meta-Frontier analysis," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 135(C).
  73. Tien Thanh, Pham & Bao Duong, Pham, 2022. "The economic burden of non-communicable diseases on households and their coping mechanisms: Evidence from rural Vietnam," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
  74. Keith McLeod & Sylvia Dixon & Sarah Crichton, 2016. "Evaluation of the Impact of the Youth Service: Youth Payment and Young Parent Payment," Treasury Working Paper Series 16/07, New Zealand Treasury.
  75. Bose, Bijetri & Heymann, Jody, 2020. "Do inclusive education laws improve primary schooling among children with disabilities?," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
  76. Lutz Depenbusch & Pepijn Schreinemachers & Stuart Brown & Ralph Roothaert, 2022. "Impact and distributional effects of a home garden and nutrition intervention in Cambodia," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 14(4), pages 865-881, August.
  77. Bernardo, Valeria & Fageda, Xavier, 2019. "Globalization, long-haul flights and inter-city connections," Economics of Transportation, Elsevier, vol. 19(C), pages 1-1.
  78. Opoku-Agyemang, Kweku A., 2017. "A Human-Computer Interaction Approach for Integrity in Economics," SocArXiv ra3cs, Center for Open Science.
  79. Marion Ravit & Andrainolo Ravalihasy & Martine Audibert & Valery Ridde & Emmanuel Bonnet & Bertille Raffalli & Flore-Apolline Roy & Anais N’landu & Alexandre Dumont, 2020. "The impact of the obstetrical risk insurance scheme in Mauritania on maternal healthcare utilization: a propensity score matching analysis," Post-Print hal-02509190, HAL.
  80. Margareta Vania Putri & Catur Sugiyanto, 2023. "The Retirement Consumption Puzzle Effect in Indonesia: Evidence from IFLS 4 and 5," Gadjah Mada Economics Working Paper Series 202303004, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
  81. Marion Ravit & Martine Audibert & Valery Ridde & Myriam de Loenzien & Clémence Schantz & Alexandre Dumont, 2018. "Removing user fees to improve access to caesarean delivery: a quasi-experimental evaluation in western Africa," Post-Print hal-01682919, HAL.
  82. Raymond Elikplim Kofinti & Josephine Baako-Amponsah & Prince Danso, 2023. "Household National Health Insurance Subscription and Learning Outcomes of Poor Children in Ghana," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 16(1), pages 357-394, February.
  83. Dagim G. Belay & Jørgen D. Jensen, 2022. "Quantitative input restriction and farmers’ economic performance: Evidence from Denmark's yellow card initiative on antibiotics," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 73(1), pages 155-171, February.
  84. Moeis, Faizal Rahmanto & Dartanto, Teguh & Moeis, Jossy Prananta & Ikhsan, Mohamad, 2020. "A longitudinal study of agriculture households in Indonesia: The effect of land and labor mobility on welfare and poverty dynamics," World Development Perspectives, Elsevier, vol. 20(C).
  85. Näslund-Hadley, Emma & Hernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel & Albertos, Carmen & Grigera, Ana & Hobbs, Cynthia & Álvarez Marinelli, Horacio, 2022. "The effects of ethnomathematics education on student outcomes: The JADENKÄ Program in the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 12093, Inter-American Development Bank.
  86. Luiz Gilberto Monclaro Mury, 2020. "Performance Audit: Applying the Principle of Effectiveness in a Case Study," Applied Finance and Accounting, Redfame publishing, vol. 6(1), pages 40-53, February.
  87. Secco, Laura & Pisani, Elena & Da Re, Riccardo & Rogelja, Todora & Burlando, Catie & Vicentini, Kamini & Pettenella, Davide & Masiero, Mauro & Miller, David & Nijnjk, Maria, 2019. "Towards a method of evaluating social innovation in forest-dependent rural communities: First suggestions from a science-stakeholder collaboration," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 9-22.
  88. Raphael Boleslavsky & Bruce Carlin & Christopher Cotton, 2021. "A Model of Challenge Funds: How Funding Availability and Selection Rigor Affect Project Quality," Working Paper 1470, Economics Department, Queen's University.
  89. Bose, Bijetri & Heymann, Jody, 2019. "Effects of tuition-free primary education on women's access to family planning and on health decision-making: A cross-national study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 238(C), pages 1-1.
  90. Koomson, Isaac & Danquah, Michael, 2021. "Financial inclusion and energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Ghana," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
  91. Zinnia Mukherjee & Niloufer Sohrabji, 2022. "Environmental Regulation and Export Performance: Evidence from the USA," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 48(2), pages 198-225, April.
  92. Ashimwe, Olive, 2016. "An Economic Analysis Of Impact Of Weather Index-Based Crop Insurance On Household Income In Huye District Of Rwanda," Research Theses 276460, Collaborative Masters Program in Agricultural and Applied Economics.
  93. Alex Brillantes & Karen Dominique B. Brillantes & Justine Beatrice B. Jovellanos, 2018. "Process Evaluation of the CHED K to 12 Adjustment Assistance Program," Working Papers id:12851, eSocialSciences.
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