The purpose of this guideline is to provide suggestions on designing impact evaluations for agricultural projects, particularly projects that directly target farmers, and seek to improve agricultural production, productivity and profitability. Specific issues in evaluating agricultural projects...

This paper evaluates the impact of the Argentine SME support program PRE on employment, real wages, and exports. The program aimed at increasing the competitiveness of SMEs by co-financing up to fifty percent of expenditures in professional services and technical assistance. We use a unique...

This paper analyzes the impact of the ‘Farm Modernization and Development Program’ (PREDEG) on the technology uptake and productivity of Uruguayan farmers. Using a unique panel dataset, we combine propensity score matching techniques and fixed effects models to estimate the program’s...

This paper assesses the impact of a cluster development policy in Latin America. A Local Productive Arrangement (APL) is a cluster of firms within the same territory, operating around the same activity and maintaining ties of cooperation and learning among themselves and with other stakeholders....

Enrique V. Iglesias (1930-), distinguido economista y estadista, tercer Presidente del BID (1988-2005), fundador del Centro Cultural del BID (1992); Néstor García Canclini (ver Encuentros No. 43c); y Gilberto Gil (1942-), Ministro de Cultura de Brasil, aclamado compositor, actor y pionero de...

This document provides a guide to the key aspects of implementing Propensity-Score Matching (PSM) methodology. It summarizes the basic conditions under which PSM can be used to estimate the impact of a program and the data required, presenting examples of PSM applications. It explains how the...

The purpose of this guideline is to provide suggestions on designing impact evaluations for agricultural projects, particularly projects that directly target farmers, and seek to improve agricultural production, productivity and profitability. Specific issues in evaluating agricultural projects...

Enrique V. Iglesias (1930-), distinguished Uruguayan economist and statesman, third President of the IDB (1988-2005), founder of the IDB Cultural Center (1992); Néstor García Canclini (see Encuentros No. 43c); and Gilberto Gil (1942-), Minister of Culture of Brazil, acclaimed musical composer,...