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Posted 2009-04-30

A study on “Menstruation and Education in Nepal” finds that providing sanitary products for girls does not increase school attendance (Oster, E. and Thornton, R. 2009), NBER Working Paper no 14853
 
A paper on “Housing, Health and Happiness" finds that replacing dirt floors with cement significantly improves the health of young children in Mexico (Cattaneo, M, Galiani, S., Gertler, P., Martinez, S. and Titiunik, R., 2008)

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Posted 2009-04-12

Econometric Society's Far East and South Asia Meeting, Tokyo, August 3-5, 2009

Meeting Announcement

The 2009 Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society (FESAMES 2009) will be hosted by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Tokyo, on 3-5 August, 2009. Prospective contributors are invited to submit their papers electronically to the appropriate program committee member through the conference website:

http://www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cirje/research/conf/FESAMES2009/fesames2009.html

Complete papers (with title, abstract and full text) must be submitted by 20 April, 2009.

 

 

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Posted 2009-04-03

EPOS international conference, register online

The Campbell Collaboration, register online

The International Program for Development Evaluation Training, register online

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Posted 2009-04-03

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Posted 2009-02-26

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is pleased to announce its executive education program for the year. J-PAL will hold week-long courses on “Evaluation of Social Programs'' in Cambridge-US (May 26-30), London-United Kingdom (June 22-26) and Chennai-India (July 6-10). The courses focus on how to measure scientifically the effectiveness of development programs. Click here

InterAction and 3ie are pleased to announce a new partnership focused on generating and sharing knowledge about development effectiveness.

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Posted 2009-02-26

An Interview with Michael Scriven on the differences between Social Science Research and Evaluation

In an interview from 2003, Michael Scriven, the past president of the American Evaluation Association, discusses some of the differences between the discipline of "Evaluation" and social science research. A choice quote: "However, in deference to social science research, it must be stressed again that without using social science methods, little evaluation can be done. One cannot say, however, that evaluation is the application of social science methods to solve social problems. It is much mor… Continue

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Posted 2009-02-25

First Issue of the Journal of Development Effectiveness

 Knowing what works
For the first time, a high quality journal will be dedicated to Development Effectiveness and will report on evidence of the impact of projects, programs and policies in developing countries. 

The first issue of the Journal of Development Effectiveness will be launched during the conference Perspectives on Impact Evaluation being held in Cairo, March 29 - April 2. 

For more information regarding Journal of Development Effectiveness: issue 1

To order your copy online: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/19439342.asp

To submit a paper for consideration: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rjde

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Posted 2009-02-18

Martin Ravallion, director of the World Bank’s research department brings up a number of issues related to the use (and advocay) of Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) in impact evaluation.

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Posted 2009-02-07

Prominent economist questions the use of RCTs in program evaluation

In the annual Keynes lecture, Angus Deaton raises a number of questions about the appropriateness of randomized control trials in developing countries. Click here to read more

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Posted 2009-01-23

2009 Barcelona Lecture by MIT economist and J-PAL Director, Dr. Esther Duflo

Useful Lecture by MIT's  J-PAL Director Dr. Duflo entitled "Fighting Poverty Effectively: Creating Experimentation in Development Economics

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