| Monday, June 6 |
Location |
Facilitator |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Registration & Breakfast |
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MC 5-100 |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Participant Introductions |
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Maria Jones (DECIE) |
| 9:15 - 10:00 |
Introduction to DIME & Impact Evaluation at the World Bank |
Arianna Legovini (DECIE) |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Impact Evaluation: Methods Refresher |
MC 5-100 & MC 5-500 |
Kevin Croke (DECIE)
& Dan Rogger (DECIE) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Icebreaker |
MC 5-100 |
Kristin Panier (DECIE) |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Understanding World Bank Operations (in the context of IE) |
Aidan Coville (DECIE) |
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunch |
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| 2:00 - 3:15 |
Lab, Track 1: Stata Basics |
Lab, Track 2: Stata Tips & Tricks |
Track 1
J B1-065
Track 2
J B1-089 |
Track 1: Maria Jones (DECIE)
Track 2: Kristoffer Bjarkefur (DECIE) |
| Stata interface and menus; do-files; log-files; variable and value labels; variables types; help files; macros |
Write code your research team can understand; increase transparency, efficiency, and replicability; use Stata help files |
| 3:15 - 3:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 - 5:00 |
Lab 2: Randomization
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Track 1: Paul Christian (DECIE)
Track 2: Arndt Reichert (DECIE) |
| How to randomize using excel, tips & things to avoid; example of a simple randomization in stata |
How to do a stratified randomization in Stata, tips & things to avoid, dealing with uneven number of strata |
| 6:00 - 8:00 |
Welcome Reception |
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| Tuesday, June 7 |
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| 9:00 - 10:15 |
Prepare for and plan Household Surveys |
MC C2-137 |
Laura Costica, Emily Crawford & Maria Jones (DECIE) |
| questionnaire design, survey piloting, enumerator training, plan fieldwork |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Budget for a Household Survey |
Laura Costica (DECIE) |
| guidance on line items and costs through practical examples |
| 10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Work with survey firms |
Maria Jones (DECIE) |
| nuts & bolts of procurement process, relationship tips & tricks, to avoid |
| 11:30 – 12:00 |
Ensure high quality data |
Kristoffer Bjarkefur (DECIE) |
| Backchecks, survey audits, real-time data checks |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Small groups: each group discusses a different real-life example of a survey problem, and shares their solution with the full group |
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Laura, Emily, Maria, Chloe |
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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| 2:00 - 3:30 |
Lab 3: Data Management & Cleaning |
Track 1: Paula Gonzalez (DECIE)
Track 2: Kristoffer Bjarkefur (DECIE) |
| Basic file structure and organization |
Focus on replicability & workflow |
| 3:45 - 5:00 |
Lab 4: Real-time data quality checks |
Track 1: Laura Costica (DECIE)
Track 2: Kristoffer Bjarkefur (DECIE) |
| How to read and run a pre-written do-file for data quality checks; understanding and use output |
Prepare do-file to check data quality and output flags |
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| Wednesday, June 8 |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Measure Cost-Effectiveness |
MC 5-100 |
David Evans (AFRCE) & Anna Popova (AFRCE) |
| why and how to + practical example |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:45 - 11:30 |
How to write a baseline report |
Eric Mvukiyehe (DECIE) |
| guidance on depth & breadth of analysis; template for content; examples of best practices |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
How to conduct effective focus groups |
Rachael Pierotti (GIL) |
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guidance on using qualitative techniques to inform intervention or survey design |
| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 - 3:00 |
Lab 5: Power Calculations |
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Track 1: Paula Gonzalez (DECIE)
Track 2: Maria Jones (DECIE) |
| Track 1: Intuition of power calculations, how to use Optimal Design to visualize tradeoffs |
Brief overview of potential challenges and complications; how to conduct power calcs in Stata (review different command packages) |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:15 - 5:00 |
Lab 6: Descriptive Analysis |
Track 1
J B1-065
Track 2
J B1-089 |
Track 1: Kristoffer
Track 2: Paula |
| Generate summary statistics tables; create histograms & simple graphs |
How to run balance tests; generate tables and graphs for a policy audience |
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| Thursday, June 9 |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Introduction to i2i |
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MC C2-137 |
Florentina Mulaj (DECIE) |
| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Practical skills for research funding |
Victor Orozco (DECIE) |
| how to apply to trust funds; how to write grant proposals and donor report. Request to go over actual proposal and highlight good / bad |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
"I'm in the field --- now what?" |
Lacey Ramirez & Chloe Fernandez (DECIE) |
| interact with Country Office and clients; logistics; troubleshoot |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Small groups: examples of real field challenges |
Maria, Astrid, Lacey, Chloe, Kristin |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Where do we go from here? |
Maria Jones (DECIE) |
| Open forum, discuss online platform for toolkits and discussion |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
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| 1:00 - 5:00 |
Lab, Track 1: Program a HH Survey using SurveyCTO (beginner) |
Lab, Track 2: Program a HH Survey using SurveyCTO (intermediate) |
Track 1
J B1-065
Track 2
J B1-089 |
Chris Roberts (SurveyCTO) |
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| Friday, June 10 |
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| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Lab: GPS data collection |
J B1-065 |
Siobhan Murray (DECCT) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 1:00 |
Lab: GIS software tutorial |
Siobhan Murray (DECCT) |
