Parallel Session 5: Leveraging impact evaluations for development impact

Parallel Session 5: Leveraging impact evaluations for development impact
03 September 2024, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

The panel discusses the power of impact evaluations to establish clear cause-and-effect relationships, fostering more strategic, effective, and efficient decision-making in development initiatives across various sectors. The panel also shares strategies to create impact evaluations that are both methodological, sound, and impactful, and avoid the kinds of evidence that can lead to wrong results.

Lead Presenter:
David Raitzer, Senior Economist, Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI), ADB

Case Study Presenter:
Denni Puspa Purbasari, Executive Director, Kartu Prakerja, Indonesia

Panelists:
Marie Gaarder, Executive Director, 3ie
Nassreena Baddiri, Evaluation Specialist, IED, ADB

Moderator:
Emmanuel Jimenez, DG, IED, ADB