Evaluation and Poverty Reduction

Osvaldo N. Feinstein is a manager, and Robert Picciotto, director general of the Operations Evaluation Department. The World Bank is located in Washington, D.C. with offices throughout the developing world.

• I: Introduction: Identifying the Challenges; Synthesis and Overview; II: Evaluation: A Macro Perspective; 1: Valuation and Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Valuation and Evaluation; 2: Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures; Floor Discussion: Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures; 3: Panel Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction; Floor Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction; III: Methodological Issues in Evaluation; 4: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods; Comments: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods; Floor Discussion: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods; 5: Panel Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation; 6: Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs; IV: Participatory Evaluation: Costs and Benefits; 7: The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation; Comments: The Strategic Choices of Stakeholders: The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluations; 8: Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation; Comments: Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation; Floor Discussion: Building Local Capacities for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation; V: Poverty-Reducing Growth; 9: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses; Comments: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses; Floor discussion: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses; 10: Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID’s Aid Program; Comments: Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID’s Aid Program; Floor Discussion: Lessons Learned from Evaluation DFID’s Aid Program; VI: Sectoral and Microlevel Interventions; 11: Evaluating Microfinance’s Impact: Going Down Market; Comments: Microfinance Impact Evaluation: Going Down Market; 12: Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction; Floor Discussion: Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction; VII: Social Funds and Safety Nets; 13: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?; Comments: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?; Floor Discussion: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us?; 14: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience; Comments: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience; Floor Discussion: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience; VIII: Developm ent Effectiveness in Health, Nutrition, and Population Services; 15: Delivering Social Services: Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population; Comments: Delivering Social Services Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population; Floor Discussion: Delivering Social Services: Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population; IX: Crisis Prevention; 16: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities; Comments: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities; Floor Discussion: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities; 17: Governance and Anticorruption: New Insights and Challenges; Comments: Governance and Anticorruption: New Insights and Challenges; Floor Discussion: Governance and Anticorruption; 18: Panel Discussion: Combatting Public Corruption; X: Social Inclusion and Civil Society; 19: Nongovernmental Organizations and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience; Comments: NGOs and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience; Floor Discussion: NGOs and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience; 20: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment; Comments: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment; Floor Discussion: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment; XI: Conclusions; 21: Panel Discussion: Final Roundtable; 22: Concluding Remarks