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022 _a0958-2029
022 _a1471-5449 (Online)
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.3152/095820208X331702
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041 _aeng
100 1 _aRaitzer, D.A.
_914560
245 1 0 _aAssessing the contribution of impact assessment to donor decisions for international agricultural research
260 _aOxford (United Kingdom) :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2008.
500 _aPeer review
520 _aEx post impact assessments (epIAs) have long been produced by research centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) with a principal stated goal of informing the funding decisions of donor agencies, but there has been little formal analysis of the extent to which epIAs actually do so. To address this issue, the present analysis investigates how epIA results contribute to donor decisions via three techniques: comparison of epIA results with subsequent funding patterns; an email survey of CGIAR donors; and interviews of donor representatives. Comparison of aggregate estimates from large economic epIAs with funding patterns revealed little correlation between assessed impact and subsequent relative funding levels. Email survey responses indicate high demand for metrics directly related to poverty and which are ‘far down the impact pathway’. EpIAs are also reported as important in allocation decisions. Interviews of donor officials revealed that factors such as political priorities, perceived scientific quality and desires for continuity often influence funding decisions more than consideration of past impacts. In this context, the influence of epIAs is often indirect and ‘conceptual’.
546 _aText in English
650 7 _2AGROVOC
_98668
_aImpact assessment
650 7 _aAgricultural research
_gAGROVOC
_2
_91006
650 7 _2AGROVOC
_910626
_aFunding
700 1 _914561
_aKelley, T.G.
773 0 _tResearch Evaluation
_gv. 17, no. 3, p. 187-199
_dOxford (United Kingdom) : Oxford University Press, 2008.
_x0958-2029
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