IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR POLICY ORIENTED RESEARCH

Examples of ex post IA studies

• Publications recommended by the Independent Science and Partnership Council's (ISPC) Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA)
• Publications by the 3ie International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

Resources on IA methods

• BetterEvaluation
• 3ie Impact Evaluation Resources
• The Road to Results: Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations by Linda G. Morra Imas and Ray C. Rist. The World Bank
• Handbook on impact evaluation: Quantitative methods and practices by Shahidur R. Khandker, Gayatri B. Koolwal, and Hussain A. Samad. The World Bank
• Impact Evaluation in Practice by Paul J. Gertler, Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand, Laura B. Rawlings, Christel M. J. Vermeersch. The World Bank
• Frameworks for assessing policy research and ACIAR’s investment in policy-oriented projects in Indonesia by Bob Lindner. ACIAR Impact Assessment Series
• A guide to monitoring and evaluating policy influence by Harry Jones. ODI
• Making a difference: M&E of policy research by Ingie Hovland. ODI

Also see

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), and the Standing Panel for Impact Assessment (SPIA) of the CGIAR’s Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) held a workshop on Best Practice Methods for Assessing the Impact of Policy Oriented Research, on November 11–12, 2014, at IFPRI headquarters in Washington DC. See the workshop website for materials and more information. The results of the workshop were summarized in the following paper:

Place, Frank; and Hazell, Peter B. R. 2015. Workshop on best practice methods for assessing the impact of policy-oriented research: Summary and recommendations for the CGIAR. Independent Impact Assessment Report 41. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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