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dc.titleDoes Technical Assistance Matter?: An Impact Evaluation Approach to Estimate its Value Added
dc.contributor.authorMarcano, Luis
dc.contributor.authorRuprah, Inder J.
dc.contributor.orgunitOffice of Evaluation and Oversight
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageGuatemala
dc.date.available2011-07-19T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2009-01-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractMany public programs and operations by multilateral organisations include technical assistance to the direct beneficiaries of the program in addition to pure financing. However, there is no substantial body of studies that calculates the additional impact; in the sense of exclusively attributable to, of technical assistance on the outcome of interest of the program. In this working paper, the authors propose the use of multi-treatment impact evaluation method -propensity score combined with exact matching for dosage and double difference- for estimating technical assistance's impact. The two cases examined in this study correspond to the Neighbourhood Improvement Program (NIP) of Chile and the Social Investment Fund of Guatemala (SIF). Given the small dollar value of technical assistance relative to the dollar value of transfers not only does technical assistance matter but it is a way of getting more for less.
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011138
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Does-Technical-Assistance-Matter-An-Impact-Evaluation-Approach-to-Estimate-its-Value-Added.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectPublic Utility
dc.subject.keywordsWP-01/09
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationGU0071;CH0032;GU0166
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