Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/173857 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-787
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Do quality at entry assessments enhance the delivery of development projects? In this paper we take advantage of approval and execution systems in place at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to examine whether projects that have higher quality at entry-captured through grading scores provided by a checklist-perform better in terms of project implementation performance indicators. Implementation indicators include measures based on actual versus planned schedule of activities and cost outlays, as well as percent of loan disbursed. The analysis suggests higher scores on project logic and economic analyses at entry have had a positive impact on project performance. However, monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment scores had limited impacts on performance. The evidence supports the hypothesis that the use of a checklist can be an effective framework for assessing quality at entry for IDB projects, though there is scope to improve the checklist for certain indicators.
Subjects: 
Development Effectiveness
Quality at Entry
Project Performance
JEL: 
O1
O12
O19
O22
H43
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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