#3ieEvidenceWk 3ie London Evidence Week 13-17 October 2014 13 October 2014: What's working and where: findings from selected 3ie-studies Birkbeck College, University of London 2.05 – 3.05 Session 1: Public distribution works Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics and Political Science Early child development Orazio Attanasio, University College London Preschool feeding Elizabeth Kristjansson, University of Ottawa 03.05 – 03.30 03.30 -04.30 Break Session 2: Technical and vocational education and training Jan Tripney, Institute of Education Community-based rehabilitation Hannah Kuper, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Impact evaluation of the Millennium Villages Project Edoardo Masset, Institute of Development Studies 04.30-04.50 Chair: Discussion and concluding remarks 14 October 2014: The Inaugural 3ie Howard White Lecture John Snow Lecture Theatre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Field work is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see Howard White 15 October 2014: Improving Lives through Better Evidence An acknowledgement of the contribution of Howard White to international development Birkbeck College, University of London 9.00 – 10.45 Session 1: Evidence for decision making Chair: Richard Manning, Chair, 3ie Board of Commissioners Changing education with evidence-based research: the case of China and lessons for developing countries Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and co-director of the Rural Education Action Program, Stanford University, USA Aid effectiveness agenda – evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence? Masumi Owa, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK Evaluating the evaluator Miguel Székely, Director, Center for Education and Social Studies, Mexico 10.45 – 11.15 11.15 -13.30 Break Session 2: Evidence for pro-poor growth and development economic Chair: Robert Lensink, Professor, University of Groningen, Netherlands Growth versus distribution: revisiting the trade-off Kunal Sen, Professor of Development Economics and Policy, University of Manchester, UK Inequality, pro-poor growth and development policy Edward Anderson, Lecturer, School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, UK Who counts? Challenges and biases in defining households in poverty research Carlos Oya, Reader in the Political Economy of Development, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK The welfare impact of market-based reform in public utilities: the case of telecommunications in Egypt Amirah El-Haddad, Associate Professor of Economics Cairo University and the American University in Cairo, Egypt 13.30-14.15 14.15-15.15 Lunch Session 3: Evidence for equitable social development Chair: Chris Edwards, Senior Fellow, School of International Development, University of East Anglia Economic impacts of conditional cash transfers: evidence from a systematic review Naila Kabeer, Professor of Gender and Development at the Gender Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Measuring women’s empowerment in rural India using vignettes Edoardo Masset, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, UK 15.15-15.45 Refreshments 15.45-17.00 Session 4: Getting evidence into policy Chair: Beryl Leach, Deputy Director and head of Policy, Advocacy and Communication, 3ie Who cares about development outcomes? Market failures and the role of the evaluation function Marie Gaarder, Manager, Public Sector Evaluations, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank, USA The future of aid: building knowledge collectively Ruth Levine, Global Development and Population Programme Director, Hewlett Foundation Reflections Howard White, 3ie Executive Director 16 October 2014: Farmer field schools: from agricultural extension to adult education Institute of Education, Bedford Way Hugh Waddington, 3ie 16-17 October 2014: Workshop on using impact evaluation for better programmes and better lives Mary Ward House, 5-7 Tavistock Place 09.30 – 11.00 Accountable to Whom? Understanding the Value For Money Agenda and what it means for UK international development NGOs Impact evaluation: an introduction Howard White, 3ie 11.00 – 11.20 Break 11.20 -1.00pm Impact Evaluation: an example from China Scott Rozelle, REAP, Stanford University Defining objectives and outcomes Short presentation followed by group work on case studies Howard White, 3ie Developing a theory of change Presentation and introduction to group work on case studies Howard White, 3ie 1:00 – 1:45 Lunch 1.45 -2.45pm Theory of change exercise 2.45 – 3.15 Break 3.15-5:30 Selection bias and randomised control trials Presentation followed by group work on case studies Howard White, 3ie Systematic reviews Howard White, 3ie 17 October 09.15 -11.00 Non-experimental approaches: PSM, IV and RDD Howard White, 3ie Non-experimental impact evaluation: an example 11.45 – 11.30 Break Can we obtain the required rigour without randomisation? Oxfam GB’s non-experimental Global Performance Framework Claire Hutchins, Global Adviser Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Oxfam GB 11.45 – 11.30 Lunch 13.15 -16.00 The role of mixed methods Presentation followed by group work on case studies Howard White, 3ie Data requirements, timeline, budget and management of impact evaluations Presentation followed by group work on case studies Howard White, 3ie Fish bowl discussion: Taking it forward
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