Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/29948 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Ruhr Economic Papers No. 136
Publisher: 
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI), Essen
Abstract: 
In recent years, the international community has expanded efforts in programme evaluation to improve the accountability of development projects. This paper presents approaches to implementing state-of-the-art evaluations in rural electrification projects, taking into account specific challenges that researchers face in such interventions. Furthermore, it suggests a particular approach to assess impacts before an intervention is implemented by surveying the yet non-electrified target region of the project and, in addition, an already electrified region. Besides delivering robust evidence on impacts, results from such ex-ante evaluations provide insights for the project design, thereby reducing the gap between evaluation researchers and practitioners.
Subjects: 
Impact evaluation
ex-ante impact assessment
electricity access
rural development
JEL: 
O12
O22
C31
C81
ISBN: 
978-3-86788-151-7
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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