Challenge of Evidence-Based Evaluation in ODA Sector: Poverty Action Lab

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  • ODA分野における『エビデンスに基づく評価』の試み:「貧困アクションラボ」の動向
  • ODA ブンヤ ニ オケル エビデンス ニ モトヅク ヒョウカ ノ ココロミ ヒンコン アクションラボ ノ ドウコウ

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A challenge of evidence-based evaluation has already started at official development assistance (ODA) sector, just like the trial of Cochran Collaboration in Medicine and that of Campbell Collaboration in social policies. The name of the project is MIT's Poverty Action Lab. It has actively conducted and produced evaluation results using rigorous randomized experimental design since its establishment in 2003. In this paper, firstly the progress of the project is reviewed, and then, based on its review, several issues relating to randomized design are discussed. They include ethical issue, cost issue, bias issue, the reason why true experimental design is more preferable than quasiexperimental design, and the reason why this design has not been used in this sector. Then, the current situation and issues in Japanese ODA relating to introduction of experimental design is discussed. Finally it is recommended that Japan should actively commit this project because Japan is the largest financer of the World Bank that has financially supported this project.

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