South Asia Center
Abdul Lateef Jameel Poverty Action Lab South Asia (J-PAL) at the Institute for Financial Management (IFMR), Chennai, India. In Partnership with the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan
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| The CLEAR South Asia Centre seeks to build capacity in the region for better monitoring, primary data collection and rigorous evaluation of ongoing programs through training, advisory, evaluations, and applied research. The Centre’s clients range from the Indian government, NGOs, civil society, foundations, academic and multilateral organisations to international development organisations. To further this mission in Pakistan, the Centre has established a strategic alliance with the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP) in Lahore. It has engaged BRAC as a key client in Bangladesh and is planning to establish further partnerships in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The Centre has been delivering high quality M&E training courses and workshops, and has assisted key strategic clients to help establish and improve their M&E systems. The training courses include large scale week-long events such as Executive Education and Basic and Advanced M&E and customized workshops and trainings for the Indian Administrative Services (the administrative civil service of the Government of India), Micheal and Susan Dell Foundation, etc. The Centre has been providing advisory services to clients including the state government of Haryana; NGOs Deworm the World, Pratham and Janasree; donors such as the World Bank, Department for International Development (DFID). Some of the organisations the Centre has partnered with are Pratham, International Finance Cooperation (IFC), USAID, Fieldata and ASER (Assessment Survey Evaluation Research Centre- India’s leading NGO in evaluating education outcomes). |
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| What's Happening at this Center |
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This three day workshop will provide a detailed introduction to the use of randomized field experiments in development economics. Field experiments have become an exciting tool, not only to evaluate important programs, but also to answer key economic questions. The workshop introduces topics like how to design an experiment, methods of randomization, sample size, how to implement an experiment, finding funding, working with partners, data collection, data analysis, structural estimation. Each course constitutes of 5 lectures supplemented by group discussions. The course is targeted at experienced researchers with an understanding of economics, econometrics and statistics. For more information, please contact Priyajeet Arora at priyajeet.arora@ifmr.ac.in
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Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), in collaboration with the Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN) is conducting a panel on microfinance in Pakistan. The panel will focus on impact evaluation research within the microfinance sector in South Asia. It will be attended by all the major microfinance providers in Pakistan and by a few donor agencies. For more information contact Maira Riaz at maira.riaz@cerp.org.pk
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The five-day workshop will focus on evaluation methods and techniques. Topics covered will be: M&E theory and practices, Evaluation design and Sampling Techniques. More information on the course can be found here. Applications open until May 15, 2013. Application form is available here. For more information contact Priyajeet Arora at priyajeet.arora@ifmr.ac.in
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The five-day workshop will focus on evaluation methods and techniques. Topics covered will be: M&E theory and practices, Evaluation design and Sampling Techniques. For more information contact Maira Riaz at maira.riaz@cerp.org.pk
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CLEAR South Asia has partnered with the Sri Lanka Evaluation Association (SLEvA) for the conference on “Evaluation for Change” being organized in collaboration with UNICEF and CoE. The conference will bring together important practitioners and experts shaping the M&E space in South Asia. CLEAR South Asia will organize a workshop on “Impact Evaluation and Theory of Change” which will give an overview of the concepts, methods and measurement techniques of Impact Evaluations as well as concepts and tools to design and apply Theory of Change. Participants will be exposed to different evaluation methods and tools through lectures, case studies and hands-on exercises that include putting together a project theory of change and evaluation design. The workshop will draw on J-PAL’s global experience with rigorous impact evaluations, held in partnership with various governments and NGOs, to address critical policy questions. For more information contact Priyajeet Arora at priyajeet.arora@ifmr.ac.in or visit http://www.sleva.lk/
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| Past Events |
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CERP Board Member Dr. Adnan Qadir Khan (International Growth Centre/London School of Economics) delivered a lecture on "Evidence Based Policy Making" at the Civil Services Academy, Lahore. The audience comprised of new civil service trainees. Dr. Adnan used several examples from CERP's past and on-going projects to demonstrate how rigorous research can inform policies and make them more effective. The session was followed by an hour long Q&A session by the upcoming civil servants of Pakistan. For more information contact Maira Riaz at maira.riaz@cerp.org.pk
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| Contact Us |
For more information, please contact Priyajeet Arora priyajeet.arora@ifmr.ac.in or clear@worldbank.org, attention Nidhi Khattri. To visit this center's website, click here. |
