Impact Evaluation for Public Policy Improvement

Bangkok, Thailand August 27th-29th Time August 27 Monday

9:00-9:45am Welcome Stephen Groff and Rema Hanna 9:45-10:30am - Lecture 1 Evaluating for Policy Design Deanna Ford

August 28 Tuesday

August 29 Wednesday
9-10:15am - Lecture 6 Quasi Experimental Methods Rema Hanna 10:15-10:30am Coffee Break 10:30-11:15am - Lecture 7 Concepts Applied: How to Assess an Evaluation David Yanagizawa-Drott 11:15 12:30pm Group work 4 Case Study Evaluating Evaluations

9-10:30am - Lecture 4a Randomization - Part 1: Why and When Rema Hanna

9am-12:30pm

10:30-11:00am Intro Group work Introductions and Workshop Goals 11:00-11:15am Coffee Break 11:15 12:30pm Lecture 2 Process Evaluation: More than Monitoring Sharon Barnhardt

10:30-11:00am Coffee Break 11:00-12:30am - Lecture 4b Randomization Part 2: How Aishwarya Ratan Lunch Break

12:30 1:30pm
1:30-2:30pm Group work 1 Case study Measurement and outcomes 2:30-2:45pm Coffee Break

1:30-2:30pm Group work 3 Case study Designing a Randomized Evaluation 2:30-2:45pm Coffee Break 2:45-4:00pm - Lecture 5 Testing Program Design David Yanagizawa-Drott 4:00-4:15pm - Reflection and Wrap-up Deanna Ford 4:15-4:45 Financial Inclusion Overview Innovations for Poverty Action 4:45-5:30pm Office Hours Evaluation ideas (optional)

1:30-2:15pm Lecture 8 Comparative Cost-Effectiveness Shawn Powers 2:15-2:30pm Coffee Break 2:30-3:45pm - Lecture 9 From Research to Practice: Applying Evidence Across Country Contexts Annie Duflo 3:45-4:30pm Reflection and Wrap up Deanna Ford 4:30-5:00pm Closing Remarks & Awarding Completion Certificates Vinod Thomas

1:30-5.00pm

2:45pm-4:00pm Lecture 3 How to Evaluate Impact Sharon Barnhardt 4:00-5:15pm Group work 2 Case Study Considering the Counterfactual 5:15-5:30pm - Reflection and Wrap-up Deanna Ford