HOWARD WHITE _________________________________________________________________________________

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

New Delhi, India

hwhite@3ieimpact.org

_________________________________________________________________________________

Overview

Internationally recognized figure in development evaluation with publications in a wide range of

development and evaluation journals.

Established and managed 3ie – a global grant programme for impact evaluation – for six years. Created

3ie from scratch to become an organization with 40 staff in 3ie offices (New Delhi, London and

Washington D.C.) with an annual budget of US$30 million.

Nearly 30 years’ experience in development research and evaluation, focusing on development

evaluation, aid and development effectiveness, and anti-poverty policies,.

Currently Executive Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Adjunct Professor

at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University, Australia, founding Co-Chair of the Campbell

Collaboration International Development Coordinating Group and Managing Editor of the Journal of

Development Studies and Journal of Development Effectiveness. Editorial board of Journal of

International Development and Evaluation Review.

Previous experience includes leading the impact evaluation program of the World Bank’s Independent

Evaluation Group and, before that, several multi-country evaluations. Other experience leading large

projects includes the World Bank published report African Poverty at the Millennium, and overall

direction of poverty training for 2,000 DFID staff at country offices around the world. Published over 60

papers in internationally refereed journals and four books.

Work experience

2008 to Executive Director, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)

present Responsible for global, internationally-funded, impact evaluation and systematic review

grant programs, advocacy for evidence-based development and activities to promote high

quality impact evaluation

2002 to Senior Evaluation Officer

2008 Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank, Washington D.C.

Leading the IEG’s impact evaluation program, completed studies covering basic

education in Ghana, maternal and child health in Bangladesh, rural poverty in Andhra

Pradesh (India), rural electrification, and water supply and sanitation.

1998 to Fellow

2002 Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex

Team leader for various projects including DFID Poverty Guidance notes, World

Bank/SPA report African Poverty at the Millennium and Sida global evaluation of

programme aid. Head of ESCOR research project on rural labour markets in Africa.

Founder team member for Young Lives Project.

Teaching on structural adjustment, development macroeconomics and poverty analysis.

Poverty training courses for aid agency officials (EU, SDC, Sida and DFID). Advice to

donor agencies on anti-poverty strategies (e.g. background papers for 2000 DFID White

Paper). External assignments listed below.

1991-98 Senior Lecturer in Applied Quantitative Economics, Institute of Social Studies, The

Hague

Lecturing at graduate level on statistics and econometrics; aid effectiveness; human

development; survey methodology; political economy of structural adjustment;

international and development economics.

Special courses for aid and foreign ministry personnel on aid effectiveness and structural

adjustment (courses delivered in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and UK).

Advice to donor agencies on aid policy and management (e.g. in 1997/98 workshops on

design and implementation of White Paper for DFID, UK; and developing a system for

monitoring and evaluation of programme aid for DGIS, Netherlands).

1991 Consultant, National Economic Development Office, London.

Analysis of the cost of capital in the UK, US, Germany and Japan.

1990-91 Economic Adviser, National Economic Development Office, London.

Research on various areas of macro and microeconomic policy in the UK.

1988-91 Tutor for Oxford Associate Student Programme, Lady Margaret Hall,

University of Oxford. Undergraduate courses in economics of developing countries;

international economics; statistics and econometrics.

1989 Consultant, World Bank (SPRIE), Washington D.C.

Design and implementation of computerised management system for External Grants

Programme.

1988 Consultant, World Bank (SPRIE), Washington D.C.

Study of community participation. Assisted in development and implementation of

computerised information system on NGOs.

Summer Intern, World Bank (SPRIE), Washington D.C.

Prepared case studies and analysis of NGO involvement in Bank-sponsored projects.

1985-87 Planning Officer (Trade, Industry and Tourism), Central Planning and Development

Office, Maseru, Lesotho (ODI Fellow)

Appraisal, monitoring and evaluation of projects. Development of computer applications

to project appraisal. Donor liaison. Advised on policy and new legislation.

1983 Research Assistant to Dr. C.B. Edwards, School of Development Studies, University of

East Anglia.

1979-80 Volunteer Bureau Organiser (Community Service Volunteer), Herne Bay, Kent Social

Services.

External assignments (1992-2002, not applicable thereafter)

2002 Training for EU officials on macroeconomic aspects of poverty and poverty reduction.

Member of advisory panel for DFID budget support evaluation.

Team member (advisor) to evaluation of Swiss budget support (seco).

2001 Lead researcher for research project on land, labour and poverty in rural Africa

(DFID/ESCOR, until 2004)

Team Member, Young Lives Project (DFID/ESCOR, until 2004), advising on design and

analysis of survey of children in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.

Assistance to preparation of DFID country strategy for China.

Report to UK National Audit Office on use of International Development Targets for

performance measurement, and member of advisory panel for NAO review of DFID.

Poverty training for Swiss Development Co-operation staff in Africa, and drafting

poverty guidelines.

Delivering course on poverty at FASID, Tokyo

2000 Team leader for preparation of Poverty Guidance and delivery of poverty training for

DFID staff (participated in overseas training in China, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal and

Uganda), until 2002.

Advising Asian Development Bank evaluation of technical assistance to energy and

infrastructure sectors

Team member for evaluation of Social Funds for World Bank (OED) (fieldwork in

Malawi and Zambia).

Background papers for new UK White Paper on globalisation (covering globalisation and

poverty, and explaining the pattern of growth)

Team member for DFID-supported Poverty and Gender Mainstreaming in The Gambia

Training in Poverty Monitoring for DFID (Harare)

Poverty profiles for middle-income countries to inform DFID’s revised strategy

1999 Team leader for preparation of SPA/World Bank 1999 Poverty Status Report for Africa

(published as African Poverty at the Millennium)..

Preparation of chapter on poverty for DFID Economists’ Manual, revision of chapter on

participatory methods, and poverty audit of whole manual

Report to Japanese government on Sector Programme Aid in Africa.

Advisor on: (1) Scoping Study for DAC Informal Poverty Reduction Network; (2)

background paper for WDR 2001 on politics of poverty reduction (DFID); (3) policy

processes and poverty reduction in Africa (DFID-Sida under SPA); and (4) World Bank

(OED) study on policy impact of poverty assessments.

1998 Report for UNDP on future of development aid.

National Economics University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Delivering course on international finance to MA programme, supervision of teaching of

quantitative economics, advice on MA theses, and support to research activities.

Initiated and organised international workshop for UK Department for International

Development (DFID) (ESCOR-financed) on Implementing the UK White Paper on

International Development.

Team leader for SIDA Programme Aid Evaluation, covering Bangladesh, Cape Verde,

Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia (including leading

Vietnam mission).

Team member for evaluation for DFID of impact of British aid on poverty (participation

as team member on Zambia mission).

1997 Team member for OED (World Bank) co-ordinated evaluation of SPA (responsible for

review of poverty and adjustment).

National Economics University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Delivering course on applied econometrics to MA programme.

Study on determinants of infant mortality in Africa including case study of Zambia,

financed by SIDA.

Study on aid dependence for Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

1996 Organised ISS-World Bank seminar on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

Consultant to DGIS. Evaluation of Dutch co-financing of World Bank activities in Ghana

(mainly on socio-economic effects of programme aid and reform programme).

National Economics University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Delivering course on applied econometrics to MA programme.

Team member of DGIS-funded review of World Bank poverty assessments for sub-

Saharan Africa, to report to SPA Working Group on Poverty and Social Policy.

1995 Course on computer-based macroeconomic modelling for PhD students, Department of

Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Organiser of international workshop on evaluating programme aid, Institute of Social

Studies, The Hague (sponsored by SIDA, Danida, EU and Norwegian Ministry of

Foreign Affairs).

National Economics University, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Delivering course on international finance to MA programme.

Team leader for evaluation of Swedish balance of payments support to Zambia.

1994 Consultant, World Bank (ESP), Washington DC. Report on implementing poverty-

oriented projects. Analysis of participatory poverty assessments.

OECD, Paris. Expert group on social indicators and eligibility for development aid.

Team leader for joint ISS-Stockholm School of Economics analysis of macroeconomic

effects of aid to Guinea-Bissau, Nicaragua, Tanzania and Zambia for Swedish Ministry of

Foreign Affairs.

1993 Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Supervising completion of socio-economic database; collaboration on study of Sri

Lankan privatisation.

Consultant, World Bank (ESP), Washington DC.

Report on use of indicators in monitoring of poverty-oriented lending.

Main author of report on country wide effects of aid for World Bank aid effectiveness

study.

Team member for evaluation of the economic impact of Swedish import support to

Tanzania.

1992 Institute of Policy Studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Supervision of construction of macroeconometric model for policy analysis and

forecasting. Supervising development of socio-economic database.

Development Council, Muscat, Oman.

Course leader for course "Economic modelling on computer spreadsheet".

Academic Qualifications

1990 Magdalen College, Oxford, D.Phil. on "The Macroeconomic Impact of Development

Aid".

1985 MSc. in Economics, awarded with distinction, London School of Economics.

1983 B.A. (Hons) in Development Studies, First Class, University of East Anglia.

Publications

See attached list.

Miscellaneous

Positions held:

International Advisory Committee Member for 20th Anniversary Colloquium of the Cochrane

Collaboration, 2012-13

Board Member, Chinese Centre for Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (since 2011)

Reference group member for evaluations conducted by Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda, 2012

Review panel member for WOTRO-funded evaluations of civil society organizations, the

Netherlands, 2011-14, and for PRIME studies of business support organizations in agriculture

Co-chair International Development Coordinating Group, Campbell Collaboration, 2011-14

Editorial Board Evaluation Review since 2011

Managing editor Journal of Development Effectiveness (founding editor, 2008)

Managing editor Journal of Development Studies (since 2002)

IDS Board Member (Fellow Representative), 1999-2001

Member Advisory Committee, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford (2001-2003)

Member of editorial committee for Journal International Development (since 1999)

External examiner for MSc in Economics of Development, University of Oxford (1999-2002) and

BA in Development Economics, University of East Anglia (2000-2003), and DPhil at UEA and

Oxford.

Research Fellow (External) at Centre for Research in Economic Development and International

Trade (CREDIT), University of Nottingham.

Co-convenor of DSA Poverty Study Group (1999-2002)

UK Development Studies Association Council Member, 1995-98.

Recent administrative responsibilities include Fellows representative on IDS Board of Governors (1999-

2002), member of ISS Library Committee (1996-98), member ISS Academic Council (1995-97), and ISS

Academic Priorities Committee (1996).

Referee for American Journal of Evaluation, Economic Journal, Development and Change, Cambridge

Journal of Economics, European Journal of Development Research, Evaluation, Evaluation Review,

Journal of African Economies, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys,

Journal of International Development, Manchester School, Oxford Development Studies, Oxford

University Press, Public Administration and Development, Review of International Political Economy,

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, World Development, Evaluation, Evaluation Review.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Many of these publications are available from ideas.repec.org/e/pwh16.html.

Journal Papers (International journals only)

‘Targeting farmer field schools: a systematic review’, with Daniel Phillips and Hugh Waddington

forthcoming in Development Studies Review.

‘Current Challenges in Impact Evaluation’ European Journal of Development Research, 26(1): 18-30,

2014.

‘The use of mixed methods in Randomized Control Trials’ New Directions in Evaluation’ 138: 61–73,

2013.

‘An introduction to the use of randomized control trials to evaluate development interventions’ Journal of

Development Effectiveness 5(1): 30-49, 2013

‘How to do a good systematic review of effects in international development: a tool kit’ with Hugh

Waddington, Birte Snilstveit, Jorge Garcia Hombrados, Martina Vojtkova, Philip Davies, Ami Bhavsar,

John Eyers, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, Mark Petticrew, Jeffrey C. Valentine & Peter Tugwell Journal of

Development Effectiveness Journal of Development Effectiveness 4(3), 2012.

‘Why do we care about evidence synthesis? An introduction to the special issue on systematic reviews’

with Hugh Waddington Journal of Development Effectiveness Journal of Development Effectiveness 4(3),

2012.

PRISMA-Equity 2012 Extension: Reporting Guidelines for Systematic Reviews with a Focus on Health

Equity. PLoS Med 9(10): e1001333. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001333, with Welch V, Petticrew M,

Tugwell P, Moher D, O'Neill J, and Elizabeth Waters, 2012

"Impact evaluation of infrastructure interventions," Journal of Development Effectiveness, 3(1), pages 1-

8 (with Henrik Hansen & Ole Winckler Andersen), 2011

"Achieving high-quality impact evaluation design through mixed methods: the case of infrastructure,"

Journal of Development Effectiveness, (3)1:131-144, 2011

"Theory-based impact evaluation: principles and practice," Journal of Development Effectiveness, 1(3):

271-284, 2010.

“A Contribution to Current Debates in Impact Evaluation” Evaluation, 16(2): 153-164, 2010

"The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie): an introduction," Journal of Development

Effectiveness, 1(3): 378-386 (with Marie Gaader), 2009.

“Impact evaluation in official development agencies” (with Michael Bamberger) IDS Bulletin, March

2008

“Of probits and participation: the use of mixed methods in quantitative impact evaluation” IDS Bulletin,

March 2008

“Using Strong Evaluation Designs in Developing Countries: Experience and Challenges” (with Michael

Bamberger) Journal of Multi-disciplinary Evaluation, vol. 4 October 2007.

“The Bangladesh Health SWAP: a new aid instrument in practice”, Development Policy Review, July

2007 25(4): 451-472.

“Can the World Bank Build Social Capital?: Community Participation in Social Funds in Malawi and

Zambia” Journal of Development Studies (with Anju Vajja)

“The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Program: findings from an impact evaluation” (with Edoardo

Masset) Journal of International Development 19: 627-652, 2006.

“Comment on Contributions Regarding the Impact of the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project” Health

Policy and Planning 20(6), 408-411, 2005.

“The case for doubling aid” IDS Bulletin 36(3), 2005.

“Agricultural development in Zambia’s Northern Province: perspectives from the field level” (with

Jennifer Leavy and Venkatesh Seshamani) IDS Bulletin 36(2), 2005.

“Using household survey data to measure educational performance: the case of Ghana” Social Indicators

Research 74(2) 395-422, 2005.

“Theory-based evaluation: the case of social funds” (with Soniya Carvalho) American Journal of

Evaluation 25(2) 141-60, 2004.

“Are the chronic poor being left out of progress toward the Millennium Development Goals? A

quantitative analysis of the elderly, disabled and orphans” (with Edoardo Masset) Journal of Human

Development 5 (2) July 2004, pp. 279-297.

“An examination of the long-run trends and recent developments in foreign aid” (with Simon Feeney)

Journal of Economic Development 28(1) 113-35, 2003.

“Aid to Developing Countries: long-run trends and recent developments” Journal of International

Economic Research also published as WIDER Discussion Paper 2002/106, Helsinki, November, 2002.

“Child poverty: a comparative perspective” (with Andrew Masters and Jennifer Leavy) Journal of Human

Development 4(3) 379-96, 2003; also published as Young Lives Discussion Paper No. 1

“Social organisation, civic responsibility and collective action: game theory models of community

participation”, Oxford Development Studies, 31(2) 149-58, 2003.

"Under five mortality: analysing the data for robust determinants" (with Lucia Hanmer and Robert

Lensink), Journal of Development Studies, 40(1) 101-18, 2003.

“Constructing the poverty profile: an illustration of the importance of allowing for household size and

composition in the case of Vietnam” (with Edoardo Masset) Development and Change 34(1) 105-126,

January 2003 also published as Young Lives Discussion Paper No. 3

“Social funds: an overview of the issues” Journal of International Development 14 605-610, 2002.

“Social funds: participation, social capital and sustainability” (with Soniya Carvalho and Gil Perkins)

Journal of International Development 14 611-625, 2002.

“Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches in poverty analysis”, World Development March

2002 30(3) 511-522 (presentation to the Board of Global Development Network, Washington D.C., 14th

May 2001)

“Economic reform and economic performance: evidence from 20 developing countries”(with Jennifer

Leavy) European Journal of Development Research 13(2) 120-143, 2002 (also published as IDS

Discussion Paper 376).

“Are there negative returns to aid?” (with Robert Lensink) Journal of Development Studies 37(6); also

published as Hermes and Lensink (eds.) Changing conditions for development aid? A New Paradigm?,

2001.

“Will the new aid agenda help promote poverty reduction?” Journal of International Development 13

1057-1070, 2001.

“Growth versus distribution: does the pattern of growth matter?” (with Ed Anderson) Development Policy

Review 19(3) 267-289, September 2001

“Pro-poor growth in a globalised economy” Journal of International Development 13(5) 549-570, July

2001

“National and international redistribution as tools for poverty reduction”, Journal of International

Development 13(3) 343-351, 2001.

“Global inequalities in health” (with Anthony Costello) in Archives of Disease in Childhood 84 98-102,

2001.

“Aid Allocation, Poverty Reduction and the Assessing Aid Report” (with Robert Lensink) Journal of

International Development 12 399-412, 2000.

“Assessing Aid: a manifesto for aid in the 21st century?” (with Robert Lensink) Oxford Development

Studies 28(1), 2000.

“What do the World Bank’s Poverty Assessments teach us about poverty in Africa?” (with Lucia Hanmer

and Graham Pyatt) Development and Change 30 795-823, 1999.

“Global poverty reduction: are we heading in the right direction?”, Journal of International Development

11(4) 503-519 June, 1999.

"Zambia in the 1990s as a case of adjustment in Africa", African Development Review , 1998.

"Dressing a wolf in sheep's clothing in the emperor's new clothes? The UK White Paper on international

development" Journal of International Development 10(2) April 1998.

"Does the revival of international private capital flows mean the end of aid? An analysis of developing

countries' access to private capital" (with Robert Lensink) World Development May 1998.

"Tailoring conditionality to donor-recipient relationships" (with Oliver Morrissey) Journal of

International Development 9(4) 497-505 October, 1997.

"Adjustment in Africa: a review article" Development and Change 27(4) 785-815 October, 1996.

"Introduction" to special issue of IDS Bulletin on Evaluating Programme Aid 27(4) 1-14 (co-editor with

John Toye), 1996.

"Macroeconomic evaluation of programme aid: a conceptual framework" in special issue of IDS Bulletin

27(4) 15-24, 1996.

"Evaluating the concessionality of tied aid" (with Oliver Morrissey) 64(2) 208-226 Manchester School

June 1996.

"How much aid is used for poverty reduction?" IDS Bulletin January 1996.

"Import support aid: experiences from Tanzania and Zambia" Development Policy Review 13 41-63

March 1995.

"How well is aid allocated? Descriptive analyses of aid allocation: a survey of methodology and results"

(with Mark McGillivray) in Development and Change 26 163-183 January 1995.

"The Macroeconomic Impact of Development Aid: A Critical Survey", Journal of Development Studies,

28: 163-240 January 1992; reprinted as "El impacto macroeconomico de la ayuda para el desarrollo: un

estudio critico" in A.J. Amezcua (ed.) El Financiamiento del desarrollo en America Latina: la

movilizacion del ahorro interno [CEMLA and IDB], 1995.

"Aid quality: measuring trends in donor performance" (with Lois Woestman) Development and Change

25: 527-554, July 1994.

"Foreign aid, taxes and public investment: a further comment" Journal of Development Economics 45:

155-163, 1994.

"Aid and Government: a dynamic model of aid, income and fiscal behaviour", Journal of International

Development, May 1993.

"Measuring Development? The UNDP's Human Development Index" (with M. McGillivray), Journal of

International Development March 1993 (paper presented to ESRC Development Economics Study Group

Annual Conference, 1992).

"The Allocation of Aid Among Developing Countries: A Comment on McGillivray's Performance

Index", World Development, November 1992.

"Exchange Rates, Trade Liberalisation and Aid: the Sri Lankan Experience" (with G. Wignaraja) World

Development, October 1992.

"What Do We Know About Aid's Macroeconomic Impact?" Journal of International Development March

1992 (paper presented at ESRC Development Economics Study Groups Annual Conference).

"Aid, the Public Sector and the Market in Less Developed Countries: a comment" Economic Journal,

January 1992.

Books and edited works

Editor of Impact Evaluation: the experience of official development agencies, special issue of IDS

Bulletin March 2008..

Targeting Development: critical perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals (co-editor with

Richard Black) Routledge, 2004.

Programme Aid and Development: Beyond Conditionality, 2002 (with Gekse Dijkstra) [London:

Routledge]

Editor of policy forum on social funds in Journal of International Development, July 2002.

Editor of special issue of Journal of International Development on UK White Paper on International

Development, 10(2) April 1998 .

The Macroeconomics of Aid: case studies of four countries, editor and sole or co-author of methodology

chapters, two case studies and synthesis, 1998 [Basingstoke: MacMillan].

Econometrics and Data Analysis for Developing Countries (with Chandan Mukherjee and Marc Wuyts),

1998 [London: Routledge].

Editor of Evaluating Programme Aid (with John Toye), special issue of the IDS Bulletin October 1996.

Selected chapters in books

“Evaluating Aid Impact” in Sajal Lahiri (2007) Theory and Practice of Foreign Aid, Elsevier.

“Challenges in evaluating development effectiveness” in Pitman et al (2004) Evaluating Development

Effectiveness Somerset: Transaction Publishers.

“Introduction: the International Development Targets and the Millennium Development Goals – a drop in

the ocean?” (with Richard Black) in Black and White (eds.) Targeting Development.

“Using Targets to Measure Development Performance” in Black and White (eds.) Targeting Development

“Using Targets to Design Country Strategies” (with David Booth) in Black and White (eds.) Targeting

Development

“Reducing Infant and Child Mortality” in Black and White (eds.) Targeting Development

“Polity Qualities: how governance affects poverty” with Mick Moore and Jennifer Leavy in Peter

Houtzager and Mick Moore (eds.) Changing Paths University of Michigan Press.

“Aid Principles and Policy: An Operational Basis for the Assessment of Donor Performance” (with Mark

McGillivray and Jennifer Leavy) in Mak Arvin The Allocation of Development Aid [Westport, Conn.:

Praeger], 2002.

“Meeting the challenge of poverty and inequality” (with Mick Moore) forthcoming in Atul Kohli, Chung-

in Moon and George Sorensen (eds.) States, Markets and Just Growth: Development in the 21st Century,

UNU.

“Foreign aid in historical perspective” (with Peter Hjertholm) in Foreign Aid and Development edited by

Finn Tarp and Peter Hjertholm (Routledge, 2000) 103-128. “Foreign aid and the macroeconomy” (with

Peter Hjertholm and Jytte Laursen) in Foreign Aid and Development edited by Finn Tarp and Peter

Hjertholm (Routledge, 2000) 351-371.

“Politicising development? The role of participation in the activities of aid agencies” in Foreign Aid

edited by Ken Gupta (Kluwer Academic, 1999).

Entry on Foreign Aid in Encyclopaedia of International Political Economy (Routledge, 1999).

"Aid and economic reform" in The African Economy: policy, institutions and the future edited by Steve

Kayizzi-Mugerwa (Routledge, 1999).

Selected donor agency publications

The welfare impact of rural electrification: a reassessment of the costs and benefits [Washington D.C.:

IEG, World Bank].

An impact evaluation of the Andhra Pradesh Second and Third Irrigation Projects: poverty reduction

with limited economic benefits [Washington D.C.: IEG, World Bank].

Impact Evaluation: the experience of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank [Washington

D.C.: IEG, World Bank].

Maintaining Momentum to 2015?: An impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child

health and nutrition in Bangladesh (assisted by Edoardo Masset, Hugh Wadington and Nina Blondal)

[Washington D.C.: OED, World Bank].

Books, Buildings and Learning Outcomes. An impact evaluation of World Bank support to basic

education in Ghana (assisted by Edoardo Masset) [Washington D.C.: OED, World Bank].

Social Funds: assessing effectiveness (with Soniya Carvalho and Gil Perkins) [Washington D.C.: OED,

World Bank].

Bridging the gap: DFID Poverty Guidance (lead author) [London: DFID].

African Poverty at the Millennium (with Tony Killick, Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa and Marie-Angelique

Savane) [Washington D.C.: World Bank], 2001.

Dollars, Dialogue and Development. An evaluation of Swedish programme aid [Stockholm: Sida], 1999.

Infant and Child Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: report to Sida, (with Lucia Hanmer)1999 [The Hague:

ISS].

Evaluation of Netherlands Cofinancing of World Bank Activities in Ghana, report to DGIS (with Nii

Sowa) [The Hague: Ministry of Foreign Affairs].

"Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to poverty measurement and analysis" (with Soniya

Carvalho) World Bank Technical Paper No. 366 [Washington D.C.: World Bank]

Implementing Projects for the Poor: what have we achieved? (with Soniya Carvalho) [World Bank:

Washington D.C.], 1996.

Poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: what can we learn from World Bank poverty assessments? (with Lucia

Hanmer and Graham Pyatt), report for DGIS, August 1996 [The Hague: ISS/ISSAS].

Evaluation of Swedish Balance of Payments Support to Zambia (with Inyambo Mwanawina), final report,

August 1995.

"The country wide effects of aid" (with Joke Luttik) World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No.

1337.

"Indicators for Monitoring Poverty Reduction" (with Soniya Carvalho) World Bank Discussion Paper

No.254, 1994.

Selected other Reports

‘Addressing attribution of cause and effect in small n impact evaluations: towards an integrated

framework’ with Daniel Phillips 3ie Working Paper No. 15

“The landscape of global poverty in 2015” (with Nina Blöndal), report for the Rockefeller Foundation,

December 2005

"Community Participation in Development Projects: Problems and Prospects", World Bank, Washington,

1988.

"Fuelwood and Poles Sub-Project: Economic Analysis", Central Planning and Development Office,

Maseru, 1987.

Selected Seminar, Conference, Working Papers and miscellaneous publications

“Child poverty in Vietnam: using adult equivalence scales to estimate income-poverty for different age

groups” (with Edoardo Masset), mimeo, presented at Economics Research Seminar, University of Sussex,

4th March 2002. Published as Young Lives Working Paper No. 6.

“Polity Qualities: How governance affects poverty”, (with Mick Moore, Peter Houtzager and Jennifer

Leavy) IDS Working Paper 99, December 1999.

“The international development community and poverty reduction: a cause without a rebel”, paper

presented to QEH seminar, Oxford, 25th February 1999.

“Is there an aid Laffer curve?” (with Robert Lensink), CREDIT Working Paper 1999, University of

Nottingham.

"The economic and social impact of adjustment in Africa: further empirical analysis" ISS Working Paper

245 April 1997.

"Aid in a debt distressed economy: the case of Zambia" (with Tove Edstrand) Department of Economics

Reprint Series [Handelshogskolan: Stockhom]

"How open has the Sri Lankan economy become? Trends in trade and trade taxes, 1977-93", with Dushni

Weerakoon, issued as ISS (the Hague) and IPS (Colombo) Working Paper, September 1995.

"Is the World Bank right about African adjustment?", presented to ISS Economics Research Seminar

Series, 9th March, 1995.

"The fiscal impact of privatisation in developing countries: the Sri Lankan experience" (with S.

Kelegama) ISS Working Paper No. 179.

"Aid and output in a highly-indebted less developed country: a three gap model analysis of Zambia",

presented to Economic Research Seminar, ISS, April 1994 and to seminars at the Universities of

Nottingham and Warwick.

"How concessional is tied aid?" (with Oliver Morrissey) CREDIT Research Paper No. 93/13, 1993.

"Aid Principles and Policy: an operational basis for the assessment of donor performance" (with Mark

McGillivray) ISS Working Paper sub-series on Money, Finance and Development No.52, December

1993.

"Explanatory approaches of aid allocation among developing countries: a critical survey" (with Mark

McGillivray) ISS Working Paper No.148.

“Community Participation in Development: problems and prospects”, World Bank, 1989.

The Use of Microcomputers in Development Planning (with Kit Nicolson), Crown Agents, 1988.