Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2009-08-13
Number: 09-073/2
Author-Name: Chris Elbers
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Author-Name: Jan Willem Gunning
Author-Workplace-Name: VU University Amsterdam
Title: Evaluation of Development Policy: Treatment versus Program Effects
Abstract: There is a growing interest, notably in development economics, in extending project evaluation methods to the evaluation of multiple interventions (“programs”). In program evaluations one is interested in the aggregate impact of a program rather than the effect on individual beneficiaries. In many situations randomized controlled trials cannot identify this impact. We propose a measure of program impact, the total program effect (TPE), which is a generalization of the treatment effect on the treated (ATET). We show how the TPE can be estimated.
Classification-JEL: C21, C33, O22
Keywords: program evaluation; randomized controlled trials; policy evaluation; treatment heterogeneity; budget support; sector-wide programs; aid effectiveness
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