Multilateral banks and the development process : vital links in the results chain /
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| Author / Creator: | Thomas, Vinod, 1949- |
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| Imprint: | New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, c2012. |
| Description: | xxiii, 156 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8935930 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables and Figures
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Eight Lessons
- 1. The Results Chain
- How Evaluation Can Inform Development
- What Are the Results to Focus On?
- How Might Results Be Measured?
- How Might Evaluative Information Be Used to Boost Results?
- How Might Evaluation Lessons Be Used to Improve Development Effectiveness?
- Part I. Aim to Get Results
- 2. Let Not the Urgent Divert the Important
- The Incidence and Severity of Disasters Are on the Rise
- Disaster Responses Should Not Be a One-Off Exercise
- Prevention and Mitigation Show Great Potential
- Cost-Efficient Measures Can Enhance Preparedness
- 3. Connect Links that Strengthen Results
- Project Results and Country Results Differ
- Making Vital Links Augments Results
- Part II. Measuring Results
- 4. Composite Indicators Can Mislead
- Inconclusive Premises Affect the Validity of Indicators
- Partial Coverage Should Not Unbalance the Perspective
- Arbitrary Clustering and Weights Can Have Pernicious Effects
- Converting Ratings to Rankings Can Obscure Findings
- De Jure and De Facto Indicators Can Tell Different Stories
- 5. Go from Averages to Targeted Segments
- Targeting Poor Areas
- Targeting Issues Relevant to the Poor
- Targeting Constraints Faced by the Poor
- Changing Aid's Structure to Empower the Poor
- 6. Align Intermediate and Final Goals
- Education: From Access to Learning
- Health: Reaching Mothers and Children Is Not Straightforward
- Output-Based Aid and Outcome-Based Aid Imply Different Incentives
- Part III. Applying Lessons to Boost Results
- 7. New Challenges Call for Shifts in Direction
- Water Needs are Changing: More than Access
- Transport Needs Are Changing: More than Roads
- 8. Capture Opportunities
- Environmental Protection and Development Can Be Win-Win
- Structural Constraints Affect Development Performance
- Cost-Benefit Analysis Is Underused
- 9. Tarry Not-For Timing Is (Almost) Everything
- Traditional Ex Post Evaluation Has Limits
- Forward Looking Evaluation Can Provide More Timely Information
- Effective Processes Can Increase the Use of Evaluation
- 10. Conclusion
- References
- Index
