Theory-Based Evaluation: The Case of Social Funds

By S. Carvalho, H. White. 2004

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Subfields: Management Science and Operations Research

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A Systematic Review of Theory-Driven Evaluation Practice From 1990 to 2009 (2011, background): “…Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG), and the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank for evaluating humanitarian efforts (Carvalho & White, 2004; Conlin & Stirrat, 2008; White, 2007, 2009; White & Masset, 2007; World Bank, 2003, 2005).”
Interventions to promote social cohesion in sub-Saharan Africa (2010, methodology): “Sometimes pathways are explicit, as in Carvalho and White’s (2004) study of social funds, applied in Vajja and White (2008), and in Fearon et al.’s (2009b) discussion of possible causal mechanisms. Other times, finding pathways means looking for implicit assumptions and arguments. There are a range ”
Theory-based impact evaluation: principles and practice (2009, background): “Theory-based evaluation, which means examining the assumptions underlying the causal chain from inputs to outcomes and impact, is a well-established approach (see, for example, Weiss ( 1998 ), and Carvalho and White ( 2004 ), for an application in a development setting).”
Focus Group Evidence (2014, background): “…design and development (Mitra, 1994; Poitras Duffy, 1993), (b) to yield rich description (e.g., generate program theory; Buttram, 1990; Carvalho & White, 2004), and (c) to include perspectives of marginalized and other stakeholders (e.g., enact participatory, democratic processes;…”
Evaluating Anti-Poverty Programs (2005, unknown): “An example is found in an evaluation of social funds (SFs) by the World Bank’s Operations Evaluation Department, as summarized in Carvalho and White (2004). While the overall aim of a SF is typically to reduce poverty, the OED study was interested in seeing whether SFs worked the way that was intend”