Publicly accessible documents:
A 50-page condensed version of the summary chapter from the
RealWorld Evaluation book is available in
English,
Spanish and
French. This is often used as background reading for RWE workshops. There is also an
84-page version of the summary chapter (1st edition) with more tables.
Also available is the PowerPoint used in RWE workshops in
English (this one during professional workshop at AEA in Denver, November 2008). or in
French (AfrEA conference in Niamey, Niger) and
Russian (IPEN confernce in Tblisi, Georgia). Latest update: Here are the
Spanish and
English versions used for the RWE workshop at the ReLAC conference in San Jose, Costa Rica on July 26, 2010, and a
Portuguese version used for the Brazilian M&E Network conference in Brasilia June 1, 2011.
A 31-page booklet on this subject ("
Conducting Quality Impact Evaluations under Budget, Time and Data Constraints") is available in English or Spanish from the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group
website.
An example of the use of the RWE Threats to Validity Checklist in a paper presented at AEA 2007:
A framework for assessing the quality, conclusion validity and utility of evaluations. Experience from international development and lessons for developed countries.
See the "Additional RWE Materials" tab for more resource documents and presentations on RWE and related subjects.
