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Impact Evaluation in Trade & Competitiveness
May 11-14, 2015Istanbul, Turkey

This workshop, hosted by Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) and the WB Trade & Competitiveness (T&C) Global Practice will bring together practitioners, subject matter experts, and researchers working to find solutions to challenges in T&C through IE.

Impact Evaluation to Development Impact (i2i) is a new global platform building partnerships to expand the use of impact evaluation (IE) for evidence-based policy. Members work together to improve the effectiveness of development policies and empower policymakers to test innovations and scale-up solutions to their development problems. The i2i platform is managed by the Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) Unit. The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) is an i2i donor.

Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) is housed in the Research Group of the World Bank with a mandate to generate high-quality and operationally relevant impact evaluation research to transform development policy. DIME¡¯s objectives are to increase the use of impact evaluation in the design and implementation of public policy, improve the quality of the World Bank¡¯s operations, strengthen country institutions for evidence-based policy making, and generate knowledge in strategic development areas. 

 

Last Updated: May 08, 2015

AGENDA

Monday (May 11)

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Registration

8:45 - 9:00 AM

Welcome Remarks

 

Klaus Tilmes, Director, Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice, World Bank Group (WBG)

9:00 - 9:30 AM

 

Christine Zhenwei Qiang, Practice Manager, Investment Climate, Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice, WBG

10:00 AM

Knowledge Exercise

10:00 - 11:00 AM

Arianna Legovini, Manager, Development Impact Evaluation (DIME), Development Economics Research Group, WBG

11:00 - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 ¨C 12:00 PM

William Maloney, Chief Economist, Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice, WBG

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Christopher Woodruff, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick

2:00 - 2:15 PM

 

Aidan Coville, DIME

Interactive guide for designing an impact evaluation based on a practical example. This presentation gives and overview of the group work sessions.

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Coffee Break

2:30 - 5:30 PM

Clinic 1: Project Description and Results Chain

Each project team is assigned an IE specialist who will work with them during all group work sessions. In this session, the group will establish a results chain for their project. They will identify which constraints their programs aim to address, and which other potential binding constraints might remain. At the end of the session, each group will submit their results chain in electronic format to their facilitator, using a PowerPoint template.

7:00 - 9:00 PM

Formal Opening Dinner with WB Management Team

 

 

Tuesday (May 12)

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

 

David McKenzie, Lead Economist, Development Economics Research Group, WBG

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Methods 1: Non-Experimental Methods

Bilal Siddiqi, DIME

: Eric Mvukiyehe, DIME

Guadalupe Bedoya, DIME

: Caio Piza, DIME

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Coffee Break

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Ignite Session: The Role of Capital and Skills in Improving Firm Growth

Chair: Alexis Diamond, IFC

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12:15 - 1:15 PM

Lunch

1:15 - 2:00 PM

Ignite Session: Incentives and Firm Behavior

Chair: Alessandro Maffioli, Inter-American Development Bank  

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2:00 - 2:15 PM

Syon Bhanot, Swarthmore College

2:15 - 3:15 PM

Methods 2: Experimental Methods

Dan Stein, DIME

Eric Mvukiyehe, DIME

Marcus Holmlund, DIME

: Astrid Zwager, DIME

3:15 - 3:30 PM

Coffee Break

3:30 - 5:30 PM

Clinic 2: Research Questions, Indicators, and Data

Each team determines 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.

7:00 - 8:00 PM

Dinner

 

 

Wednesday (May 13)

9:00 - 9:45 AM

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William Maloney, David McKenzie and Arianna Legovini, WBG

Research questions of projects presented for comment and discussion ¨C how far do the current set of questions go towards filling identified knowledge gaps?

 

 

9:45 - 10:45 AM

 

Michael Frese, Professor and Head of Department of Management and Organization, National University of Singapore

10:45 - 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Aidan Coville, DIME

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 - 2:15 PM

Methods 4: Case Study

The theoretical concepts discussed up to now in the policy and technical 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 be discussed in groups.

2:15 - 3:00 PM

Chair: Arianna Legovini, DIME

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3:00 - 3:15 PM

Coffee Break

3:15 - 5:30 PM

 

Clinic 3: IE Methods and Implications in Roll Out Plans

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 project's PowerPoint template.

7:00 - 8:00 PM

Dinner

 

Thursday (May 14)

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Ana Goicoechea, T&C Impact Program, IFC

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Knowledge Exercise

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

 

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.

12:30 - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 - 3:30 PM

Clinic 5: Team Presentations: , , ,

 

Teams split into four groups for a 7 min presentation:

Group 1: Georgia GENIE, Poland R&D, Poland Entrepreneurship, Myanmar Investment, Rwanda G2B Responsiveness, Dominican Republic MIRC

Group 2: Kuwait SME Development, Rwanda Pensions, Zambia Savings, Afghanistan Targeting the Ultra Poor, Senegal Warehouse Receipt System

Group 3: Brazil Vocational Training, Western Balkans Investment, Mexico Entrepreneurship, Egypt Employment, Dominican Republic SME

Group 4: Tunisia Exports, Nepal Trade, Ethiopia Trade, Philippines Shipping, Colombia Export, Mexico Competition

3:30 - 3:45 PM

Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:45 PM

Clinic 5 (cont.): Team Presentations

 

 

5:45 - 7:00 PM

Closing Ceremony and Dinner

 

Last Updated: Jun 08, 2015

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