Monday Feb 27
8:30-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcoming Remarks
Mary C. Hallward-Driemeier, Senior Economic Adviser, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group
9:00-9:30 Knowledge Exercise 1
Moderated by Aidan Coville, Economist, World Bank Group
9:30-10:30 Impact Evaluation for Real Time Decision Making
Arianna Legovini, Head of DIME, Development Research Group, World Bank Group
11:00-12:00 Designing Private Sector Interventions to Achieve Impact – How is the Trade and Competitiveness Practice Taking on the Challenge?
Mary C. Hallward-Driemeier, Senior Economic Adviser, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group
Panel Discussion with Trade and Competitiveness Management: Ernesto Lopez Cordova, Practice Manager for Competitive Sectors; Christine Qiang, Practice Manager for Investment Climate; and Marialisa Motta, Practice Manager for Latin America and Caribbean
12:00-1:00 Policy Session: Connecting business to improve market access and promote spillovers – Research trends and impact evaluation opportunities
Rocco Macchiavello, Associate Professor, London School of Economics
2:00-3:00 Ignite Session: Connecting business to improve market access and promote spillovers
Moderated by Ana Goicoechea, Senior Economist, World Bank Group
3:00-3:15 Intro to Clinics: Integrating Impact Evaluation into the Design of Projects
Ana Goicoechea, Senior Economist, World Bank Group
3:30-6:00 Clinic 1: Project Description and Results Chain
Teams will describe their projects and establish a results chain. They will identify which constraints their programs aim to address, and which other potential binding constraints might remain. Discussion will be submitted to their facilitator using a PowerPoint template.
Tuesday Feb 28
9:00-10:00 Policy Session: Improving regulatory efficiency to benefit firms – Do Government Audits Enhance Accountability and Reduce Corruption?
Frederico Finan, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
10:00-10:45 Methods 1: Non-Experimental Methods
Spanish – Guadalupe Bedoya, Economist, World Bank Group
French – Chloe Fernandez, Research Analyst, World Bank Group
English – Caio Piza, Economist, World Bank Group
11:00: 12:00 Methods 2: Experimental Methods
Paul Gertler, Li Ka Shing Professor, University of California, Berkeley
1:30-2:30 Ignite Session: Improving regulatory efficiency to benefit firms
Moderated by Guadalupe Bedoya, Economist, World Bank Group
- Evidence from Uganda, Paul Gertler, Li Ka Shing Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- Evidence from Paraguay, Frederico Finan, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- Evidence from Taiwan, Paul Gertler, Li Ka Shing Professor, University of California, Berkeley
2:30-3:00 Methods 3: Ideas for Measuring Firm Outcomes
David McKenzie, Lead Economist, World Bank Group
3:15-4:30 Methods 4: Case Study
Led by team researchers
4:30-6:30 Clinic 2: Research Questions, Indicators, and Data
Teams determine the research questions to be answered by the impact evaluation and the corresponding indicators and data. The results will be recorded in the PowerPoint template
Wednesday Mar 1
8:30-10:30 Debrief from Project Teams: Research Questions and Knowledge Gaps
Moderated by Mary C. Hallward-Driemeier, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group
10:45-11:45 Policy Session: Targeting and promoting businesses with high-growth potential – Research trends and impact evaluation opportunities
David McKenzie, Lead Economist, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank Group
11:45-12:30 Methods 5: Sampling
Aidan Coville, Economist, World Bank Group
1:15-2:15 Ignite Session: Targeting and promoting businesses with high-growth potential
Moderated by Caio Piza, Economist, World Bank Group
- Evidence from Kenya, Terence Johnson, Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
- Evidence from Uganda, Sarojini Hirshleifer, Assistant Professor, University of California Riverside
- Evidence from South Africa, Stephen J. Anderson, Assistant Professor, Stanford University
2:15-2:45 Knowledge Exercise 2
Moderated by Aidan Coville, Economist, World Bank Group
2:45-4:00 Clinic 3: IE Methods and Implications in Roll out Plans
Teams will work on designing an impact evaluation strategy to answer the questions they have identified. The proposed design will be recorded in the project's PowerPoint template.
4:15– 6:30 Clinic 4: Outcome Measures and Implementation Plan
Teams will work on possible outcome measures and practical implementation plan of the IE including budget, timeline, and staffing and record discussion in PowerPoint template.
Thursday Mar 2
8:30 – 10:30 Clinic 5: Teams’ presentations
15 min per team (5 min presentation, 10 min discussion)
10:45 – 12:45 Clinic 5: Teams’ presentations (continued)
15 min per team (5 min presentation, 10 min discussion)
2:00 – 7:00 Networking Field Trip to Teotihuacan
