10 Topics
5 Days
48 Sessions
Programme Overview
Training Description
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) professionals
- Impact evaluation specialists
- Development programme and project managers
- Policy analysts and policy advisors
- Economists and development economists
- Research and evaluation officers
- Data analysts and statisticians
- Programme officers and development practitioners
- Government officials and policymakers
- NGO and civil society organization professionals
- International development agency staff
- Donor and development finance professionals
Session Objectives
- Identify impact evaluation theories and practices Understand problems of evaluation (biases n placement, attribution and selection) Explain designs of IE Carry out a project impact evaluation Learn impact evaluation econometric tools Undertake analysis of impact data using Propensity Matching and Difference-in –Difference Report and share findings from impact evaluation
About the Course
The Impact Evaluation and Evidence-Based Development Training Course equips participants with the knowledge and practical skills required to design, implement, analyze, and communicate impact evaluations for development policies, projects, and programmes. The course focuses on generating credible evidence about whether an intervention works, for whom, under what conditions, and why.Through practical exercises, case studies, datasets, and group activities, participants will learn how to develop evaluation questions, construct theories of change, select indicators, design evaluation strategies, assess data quality, interpret findings, and draw evidence-based conclusions.The workshop also emphasizes using evaluation findings for programme improvement, policy development, resource allocation, accountability, learning, and scaling successful interventions. Participants will explore approaches for communicating evaluation results effectively to policymakers, programme managers, donors, communities, and other stakeholders.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to develop and apply appropriate impact evaluation approaches to generate credible, actionable, and policy-relevant evidence for improved development decision-making.
Curriculum & Topics
10 Topics | 48 Sessions
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Workshop 1.1:
Meaning of impact evaluation
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Workshop 1.2:
Impact evaluation attribution
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Workshop 1.3:
Attribution versus contribution
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Workshop 2.1:
Forms of evaluation
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Workshop 2.2:
Theories of Change
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Workshop 2.3:
Hypothesis of evaluation
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Workshop 2.4:
Indicators of impact evaluation
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Workshop 2.5:
N/A
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Workshop 3.1:
Causal reference
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Workshop 3.2:
Counterfactuals and comparison groups
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Workshop 3.3:
Counterfactual estimation in impact evaluation
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Workshop 3.4:
Impact Evaluation without comparison and baseline data
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Workshop 3.5:
N/A
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Workshop 4.1:
Experimental Design
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Workshop 4.2:
Randomized Control Trials
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Workshop 4.3:
Quasi experimental designs
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Workshop 4.4:
Difference-in-Difference
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Workshop 4.5:
Regression Discontinuity
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Workshop 4.6:
Matching
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Workshop 5.1:
Impact Evaluation sampling techniques
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Workshop 5.2:
Calculation of sample size,
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Workshop 5.3:
Sampling weight
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Workshop 5.4:
Statistical power
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Workshop 5.5:
Development of comparison groups
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Workshop 6.1:
Randomized Impact Evaluation
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Workshop 6.2:
Developing counterfactual
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Workshop 6.3:
Randomization
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Workshop 6.4:
Program Placement impacts
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Workshop 6.5:
Program Participation impacts
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Workshop 6.6:
Integrating Program Placement and Participation
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Workshop 6.7:
Spillover Effects Measurements
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Workshop 7.1:
PSM introduction
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Workshop 7.2:
PSM in Impact Evaluation
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Workshop 7.3:
Developing propensity scores
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Workshop 7.4:
Matching Analysis (Nearest-Neighbour, Stratification, Radius, Kernel )
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Workshop 7.5:
Doubly Robust Estimation
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Workshop 8.1:
Introduction to DID
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Workshop 8.2:
DID in Impact Evaluation
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Workshop 8.3:
DID estimator: (Single DID, DID with covariates, Quantile DID)
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Workshop 8.4:
DID for Cross-Sectional Data
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Workshop 8.5:
Balancing Tests
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Workshop 8.6:
Diff-in-Diff with Propensity Score Matching
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Workshop 9.1:
Significant Change
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Workshop 9.2:
Outcome Harvesting
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Workshop 9.3:
Outcome Mapping
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Workshop 9.4:
Appreciative Inquiry
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Workshop 10.1:
Impact Evaluation Plan
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Workshop 10.2:
Impact Evaluation Reports: Baseline report, Impact Evaluation Reports
