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Country-led impact evaluation: A survey of development practitioners. Johannesburg – South Africa- March 2009. Denis Jobin Vice-President IDEAS. Presentation outline. Relation between Good governance and CLE (CLIE: country-led impact evaluation) CLIE and Quality
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Country-led impact evaluation: A survey of development practitioners Johannesburg – South Africa- March 2009 Denis Jobin Vice-President IDEAS
Presentation outline • Relation between Good governance and CLE (CLIE: country-led impact evaluation) • CLIE and Quality • Survey results of development evaluators practitioners
Why Country-led Evaluation? Relation between Country-led evaluation and good governance: the role of transaction costs • Relationship with 3 out of 6 characteristics of good governance (WB) • Voice and accountability; • Government effectiveness; • Control of corruption;
How Country-led Evaluation? CLIE and Quality: Challenges related with quality are also relevant for CLIE: • No agreed upon definition of Evaluation quality • Should be method free or method driven? • Farrington • Statistical Conclusion Validity • Internal Validity • Construct Validity • External Validity • Jobin, D. • the joint ability that an evaluator will: 1- assess and 2- report on the performance of an institutional arrangement by the product of its competence (ability to assess) and the product of its independence (ability of revealing)
Why Country-led Evaluation? • Survey results: • Dominant approach: The Logical Framework Approach • Dominant method: case study • Counterfactuals important? • 41% believe not important (32% are important) • Conclusion: Many challenges remains, Capacity, agreed upon definitions standards