1. INTEGRATING IE INTO YOUR PROJECT DESIGN
Aidan Coville, DIME DIME Istanbul IE Workshop, May 2015

2. how do we get there…? Let’s do an IE Some magic happens
I have an IE design

3. workshop output
A PowerPoint presentation on Thursday providing a roadmap for the IE:
Intervention description
Evaluation question(s)
Evaluations design
Sample and data
Timeline
To cover, but not to present:
Staffing
Budget
Presentation should be 5 mins to allow time for Q&A

4. day 1: understand the project
Lot’s of what questions: project activities/interventions
Even more why questions: program rationale (warning: we’ll probably get existential on you)
Then the how: Work down from big picture to specifics to understand project assumptions and constraints > what is the theory of change of explains how we move from the intervention to impact?

5. investment retention Simplification / streamlining procedures
Alternative dispute resolution
Fiscal incentive

6. day 2: identify IE questions
Policy
<country-specific>
Research <global knowledge agenda>
Operations
<project-specific>

7. day 2: identify IE questions
Initial plan: what is the impact of my program on
Business investment
Firm growth
Employment…
But what about the challenges identified?
What if people don’t understand how ADR works?
What if there is no information for foreign investors on where to identify promising local investment opportunities ?
What if grant applications are too complicated?
Are we interested in proof of concept or program effect?

8. Now what’s the question…?
What impact will my program have if nobody applies for financing? Why are people not applying? How do we get the right incentive package?
Generate a hypothesis

9. Leads to hypotheses to test
Is the incentive too small? Is the process too stringent/complex? Do valuable investment opportunities exist / do businesses know about them?

10. DAY 2 OUTPUT:
Send IE questions for group review on day 3

11. day 3 and 4: evaluation design and sample
Fundamental concern is how to answer the identified IE questions accurately This hinges on the quality of your control group

12. TA support for application Foreign-domestic firm matching
Investors
Larger subsidy
TA support for application
Foreign-domestic firm matching
Business as usual

13. Why is sample size important

14. Investors (n= 1500)
T1: n= 500
T2: n= 500
C: n = 500

15. Day 4: think about budget and staffing
Who is in a position to decide on moving forward with the design? Who will be responsible for following up? What will data collection cost and how will it be covered? What about analytical services (design, implementation, analysis, dissemination)?

16. Day 4: output
DAY 4 OUTPUT: Country team presents IE design (2 hours per presentation) 5 mins

17. day 5: the journey begins…