The design and implementation of development programs is driven by a set of assumptions on development interventions that typically overlook the role of context; particularly social norms and institutions. Moreover, evaluation is still focused in understanding if an intervention works, instead on how to make it work better. This dissertation discusses the evaluation of a marketing intervention in Pakistan, and the evaluation of a participatory development strategy in Peru. Neither intervention produced the expected results. Rather than stopping there, I discuss the reasons behind their lack of effectiveness, specifically looking at elements for program re-design. The first essay discusses the randomized evaluation of a marketing interventio...
Microfinance has emerged as a major development tool in India, with a minimalist approach, that emph...
School readiness is an important educational success indicator for children and communities, and an ...
The following dissertation evaluates methods to improve the delivery of education and health care in...
The design and implementation of development programs is driven by a set of assumptions on developme...
This dissertation assesses four distinct development interventions. The intervention assessed in cha...
My dissertation is composed of three essays on Development Economics in China. The first chapter, co...
My dissertation consists of two independent empirical microeconomics studies in development economic...
For the purposes of this thesis I interviewed four women. The interviews sought to uncover how these...
This dissertation focuses on the process of clarifying, designing and planning for the evaluation of...
This dissertation studies the impact that various programs, from small-scale behavioral intervention...
This dissertation contains three essays broadly related to evaluating program effects in developing ...
International development theorists and practitioners agree that human empowerment is a necessary pa...
The education of under-prepared college students is a topic that interested and motivated this resea...
Essay I: Which countries receive aid as insurance and why? A theory of optimal aid policy Empirical ...
Background: Donors and decision-makers use impact evaluation reports to assess the effectiveness of ...
Microfinance has emerged as a major development tool in India, with a minimalist approach, that emph...
School readiness is an important educational success indicator for children and communities, and an ...
The following dissertation evaluates methods to improve the delivery of education and health care in...
The design and implementation of development programs is driven by a set of assumptions on developme...
This dissertation assesses four distinct development interventions. The intervention assessed in cha...
My dissertation is composed of three essays on Development Economics in China. The first chapter, co...
My dissertation consists of two independent empirical microeconomics studies in development economic...
For the purposes of this thesis I interviewed four women. The interviews sought to uncover how these...
This dissertation focuses on the process of clarifying, designing and planning for the evaluation of...
This dissertation studies the impact that various programs, from small-scale behavioral intervention...
This dissertation contains three essays broadly related to evaluating program effects in developing ...
International development theorists and practitioners agree that human empowerment is a necessary pa...
The education of under-prepared college students is a topic that interested and motivated this resea...
Essay I: Which countries receive aid as insurance and why? A theory of optimal aid policy Empirical ...
Background: Donors and decision-makers use impact evaluation reports to assess the effectiveness of ...
Microfinance has emerged as a major development tool in India, with a minimalist approach, that emph...
School readiness is an important educational success indicator for children and communities, and an ...
The following dissertation evaluates methods to improve the delivery of education and health care in...