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Matching Impact Evaluation Design to the Nature of the Intervention and the Purpose of the Evaluation
Tue, 08/11/2009 - 09:56 — Cristina Sette
Publication Type:
Book ChapterSource:
Designing impact evaluations: different perspectives, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, New Delhi, India (2009)URL:
http://www.3ieimpact.org/admin/pdfs_papers/50.pdfKeywords:
3ie; complex; Design; Evaluation; Impact; NONIEAbstract:
Appropriate impact evaluation design requires situational responsiveness - matching the design to the needs, constraints and opportunities of the particular case. The design
needs to reflect the nature of the intervention and the purposes of the impact evaluation. In particular, impact evaluation needs to address simple, complicated and complex aspects of the intervention. Simple aspects can be tightly specified and standardized; complicated aspects work as part of a causal package; complex aspects are appropriately dynamic and adaptive. Different designs are recommended for each case, including RCT, regression discontinuity, unstructured community interviews, Participatory Performance Story Reporting, and developmental evaluation.