DIME & GGP Impact Evaluation Workshop: Governance & Justice
January 27-30, 2015
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Monday (January 26)
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| 5:45 - 6:30PM |
Welcome Session for Academics & TTLs |
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Chairs:
Arianna Legovini (DIME), Yongmei Zhou, Adviser, WB Governance GP
María Margarita "Paca" Zuleta, General Director, Colombia Compra Eficiente
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5:45pm: Welcome remarks from Arianna, Yongmei and Paca
6:00pm: Setting expectations for the week (Daniel Rogger, Economist, DIME) |
| 6:30PM |
Dinner |
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| Tuesday (January 27) |
| 8:00 - 8:30AM |
Registration |
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| 8:30 - 8:45AM |
Welcome Remarks |
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Michael Roscitt, ieGovern Initiative, World Bank |
| 8:45 - 9:15AM |
Tablet Orientation & Knowledge Test |
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| 9:15 - 9:45AM |
Impact Evaluation for Real Time Policy Making |
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Arianna Legovini, Manager
Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), World Bank
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| 9:45 - 10:15AM |
Evidence as a Tool for Public Sector Officials |
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María Margarita "Paca" Zuleta, General Director, Colombia Compra Eficiente |
| 10:15 - 10:30AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 - 11:30AM |
Designing Public Sector Interventions |
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Yongmei Zhou, Adviser, WB Governance GP &
Oriana Bandiera (Professor of Economics, London School of Economics) - PPT
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| 11:30AM - 12:15PM |
Team Introductions: "What is the problem?" |
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Daniel Rogger, Economist, DIME |
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Team introductions to academic partners; "What is the Problem" we have come to Istanbul to address |
| 12:15 - 1:30PM |
Lunch |
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Teams sit with respective clusters & perform group introductions over lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:45PM |
Measuring Impact I: Causal Inference & Quasi-Experimental Methods |
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English I: Vincenzo Di Maro (Senior Economist, DIME);
English II: Laura Chioda (Senior Economist, Office of Chief Economist, LAC);
French: Eric Mvukiyehe (Economist, DIME)
Spanish: David Evans (Senior Economist, Office of Chief Economist, Africa);
English Presentation; Spanish Presentation
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Causality / Causal Inference
Difference-in-Difference
Propensity Score Matching
Discontinuity Design |
| 2:45 - 3:00PM |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:00 - 3:15PM |
Integrating Impact Evaluations Into the Design of Projects |
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Bilal Siddiqi, Economist, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), World Bank |
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Interactive guide for designing an impact evaluation based on a practical example.
Gives overview of group work sessions. |
| 3:15 - 6:00PM |
Group Work I |
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Teams work individually within sector clusters; Faciliated by sector GGP & academic leads |
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In this session, the group will establish a results chain & determine the research questions for their project. At the end of the session, each group will submit their output in an online template for submission |
| 6:00PM |
Debriefing Session |
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| 6:30PM |
Turkish Night: Dinner & Music Reception at Hotel |
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| Wednesday (January 28) |
| 9:00 - 10:00AM |
The Challenges & Opportunities of Public Sector Reform |
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Chair: Yongmei Zhou, Adviser, WB Governance GP |
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HE Ato Alemayehu Gujo, State Minister of Public Finance
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Hadeel Abdel Aziz, Executive Director, Justice Center for Legal Aid
Kingdom of Jordan
Mario Rodolfo Riveiro, Gerente de Planificación y Desarrollo Institucional
Republic of Guatemala
Dr. Paul Kimalu, Deputy Director Performance, Ministry of Justice
Republic of Kenya |
| 10:00 - 11:00AM |
Governance Impact Evaluations in Practice |
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Chair: Vivek Srivastava, Lead Public Sector Development Specialist, Governance Global Practice |
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Phil Keefer, Inter-American Development Bank: The Realities of Evalution of Public Sector Reform
Justin Sandefur, Center for Global Development: The Scope of Public Sector Interventions: Examples from the Justice Sector |
| 11:00 - 11:15AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:15 - 12:30PM |
Measuring Impact II: Experimental Methods |
| (Language groups) |
English I: Vincenzo Di Maro (Senior Economist, DIME);
English II: Laura Chioda (Senior Economist, Office of Chief Economist, LAC);
French: Eric Mvukiyehe (Economist, DIME)
Spanish: David Evans (Senior Economist, Office of Chief Economist, Africa);
English Presentation; Spanish Presentation
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Impact Evaluation
Causality / Causal Inference
Randomization |
| 12:30 - 1:30PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 - 2:30PM |
Experimental Methods Practical Case Study |
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The theoretical concepts discussed up to now in the policy and techincal sessions will be reinforced through group work on a case study. The case study will focus on the various identification strategies and methods for constructing a counterfactual. Results of the exercise will discussed in groups. |
| 3:30 - 3:45PM |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:45 - 6:00PM |
Group Work 2 |
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Teams work individually within sector clusters; Faciliated by sector GGP & academic leads |
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Teams work with their facilitator to design an impact evaluation strategy to answer the questions they have identified. The proposed design will be recorded in the online template. |
| 6:00PM |
Debriefing Session |
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| 6:30PM |
Dinner |
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| Thursday (January 29) |
| 9:00 - 9:45AM |
Public Sector Impact Ignite I: Top-down: Effectively Driving Reform Across Government |
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Jurgen Blum, World Bank: Managing Change Effectively
Michael Best, Stanford University:
Systems Design: Hitting the Right Balance Between Autonomy & Control
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| 9:45 - 10:15AM |
Public Sector Impact Ignite II: Bottom-up: Getting Citizens Engaged |
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Martina Bjorkman, Stockholm School of Economics: Engaging Citizens in Public Sector Reforms
Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania: Convincing Politicians that Public Sector Reform Pays |
| 10:15 - 11:00AM |
Measurement Issues in Public Sector Impact Evaluations |
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Imran Rasul, Professor of Economics, University College London |
| 11:00 - 11:15AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:15AM - 12:00PM |
Power Calculations: What and How in the Public Sector? |
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Cyrus Samii, Assistant Professor, New York University |
| 12:30 - 12:45PM |
Group Picture |
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| 12:45 - 1:45PM |
Lunch |
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| 1:45 - 2:15PM |
Behavorial Aspects of Public Sector Interventions |
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Varun Gauri, Senior Economist, Co-director World Development Report 2015 |
| 2:15 - 3:15PM |
Group Work 3 |
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Teams work individually within sector clusters; Faciliated by sector GGP & academic leads |
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In this session, the group will work on possible outcome measures and practical implementation plan of the IE including budget, timeline and staffing. |
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| 3:15 - 3:30PM |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 - 6:00PM |
Group Work 4 |
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Teams work individually within sector clusters; Faciliated by sector GGP & academic leads |
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In this session, teams will finalize their presentations and posters for tomorrow. |
| 6:00PM |
Debriefing Session |
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| 6:30PM |
Dinner |
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| Friday (January 30) |
| 8:00 - 9:00AM |
Teams finalize presentations |
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| 9:00 - 9:30AM |
Opportunities Ahead: Impact Evaluation to Development Impact (i2i) |
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Marcus Holmlund (Economist, DIME) |
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| 9:30AM - 12:00PM |
Impact Evaluation Designs: Team Presentations |
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Teams present as sector panel, with each panel opened by the GGP lead. Questions submitted via social media.
Procurement: Group1 - Swaziland, Brazil, Bangladesh, Colombia
Procurement: Group 2 - Lebanon-Palestine, Ethiopia, India, Guatemala
Justice: Group 1 - Jamaica, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
Justice Group 2 - Kenya, Pakistan, Kyrgyz Republic
Decentralization
Civil Service
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| 12:00 - 2:00PM |
Poster Session + Q&A |
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Teams set up posters to allow visits and questions from workshop participants to discuss designs and collaboration opportunities. |
| 12:00PM |
Lunch (Served as part of poster session) |
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| 2:00 - 2:30PM |
Consolidating Feedback |
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Teams meet to organize social media questions and provide initial feedback to be submitted along with project design. |
| 2:30 - 3:15PM |
Certificates & Prize-Giving |
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| 3:15 - 3:30PM |
Building Evidence for Better Governance |
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Yongmei Zhou, Adviser, WB Governance GP |
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| 3:30 - 3:45PM |
Closing Remarks |
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Arianna Legovini, Manager, DIME |
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