Symposium “Evaluating Impact for Effective Philanthropy”
To ring in the new year, C4ED together with the University of St. Gallen, hosted a symposium on the 15 of January 2020 to discuss how to evaluate impact for effective philanthropy. With more than 70 participants from Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and France, as well as Thailand, Lebanon and Paraguay, we set the stage for…
Workshop on Systematic Reviews
Together with the Campbell Collaboration and the University of Mannheim (SFB 884), C4ED organized a workshop on systematic reviews and meta analyses in international development. With more about 50 participants from across Europe and beyond, the two-day event equipped researchers with core principles of systematic reviews and the statistical tools to conduct meta-analyses. Dr. Ashrita…
C4ED congratulates Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer for Nobel Prize in Economics
C4ED congratulates Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for the acknowledgement of their hard and groundbreaking work! The three researchers from MIT and Harvard University were awarded the Nobel Prize “for their experimental approach in alleviating global poverty.” Having founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) in 2003, researchers around Banerjee adapted the techniques of…
C4ED contributes to 3ie’s 100th report
C4ED is happy to announce that its researchers have contributed to 3ie’s (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation) anniversary to have published the 100th report. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6559725574523322369
Rigorose Forschung in der Entwicklungsökonomie (Workshop)
Bildnachweis: C4ED Das Mannheimer Zentrum für Evaluation und Entwicklungsforschung (C4ED) veranstaltete im November 2017 einen Forschungsworkshop zum Thema Rigorose Forschung in der Entwicklungsökonomie in Mannheim. Die Wirkungsevaluierung politischer Reformen ist in den letzten fünfzehn Jahren durch die verstärkte Nutzung Randomisierten kontrollierten Studien (RCTs) und anderen rigorosen Evaluationsmethoden immer wichtiger geworden, besonders in der Entwicklungsökonomik. Diese…
Treffen mit dem stellv. Finanzminister von Ägypten
Im April 2017 besuchte Prof. Dr. Markus Frölich den stellv. Finanzminister von Ägypten, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Maait, im Finanzministerium in Kairo. Sie diskutierten dabei über den aktuellen Fortschritt des neuen Krankenversicherungsgesetzes in Ägypten und tauschten sich über mögliche Evaluationsdesigns aus, die die Ausgestaltung der Krankenversicherung verbessern könnten.
Rigorous Research in Development Economics (Workshop)
Pictures: C4ED The Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED) successfully hosted a research workshop on Rigorous Research in Development Economics in November 2017, in Mannheim (Germany). Impact evaluation of policy reforms has gained increasing importance in the recent fifteen years with a conspicuous increase in RCTs as well as other rigorous evaluation methods, particularly in…
Research conference on Development Economics from November 29 to December 1, 2017
The Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED) hosts a research conference on Development Economics from November 29 to December 1, 2017, in Mannheim (Germany). The conference will give both applied econometricians and development economists the opportunity to learn about and discuss recent rigorous empirical research in developing countries, particularly impact evaluation methods. We are looking…
Meeting with Vice Minister of Finance
Prof. Dr. Markus Frölich visited the Vice Minister of Finance for Public Treasury of Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Maait, in the Ministry of Finance in Cairo in April 2017. They discussed the current progress regarding the new Health Insurance Law in Egypt and spoke about possible evaluation designs which can improve the design of a…
Conference: Impact evaluation – Between theory and practice
On 30th November 2016 C4ED hosted a conference on impact evaluation in partnership with the German Ministry for Development (BMZ) and DEval. Attended by the German Development Agency (GIZ), the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), and a wide range of IOs, NGOs, and research institutions the event served as a platform for researchers and development professionals…
HOSTING THE 2016 J-PAL EUROPE TRAINING IN IMPACT EVALUATIONS IN MANNHEIM
From August 29 till September 2, 2016, the Center was hosting the 2016 J-PAL Europe Training in Impact Evaluations in Mannheim. The training brought together over 40 evaluation practitioners and researchers from all over the world.
CONFERENCE: UPCOMING HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
In July 2016 we welcomed Dr. Maait, Vice Minister of Finances in Egypt, to discuss the evaluability of the upcoming health insurance reform. Photos from the conference: (photo credit: Esteban Camargo)
REDUCE CHILD LABOR BY MAKING HEALTH INSURANCE ACCESSIBLE AND EASY TO USE
In Pakistan, the International Labor Organisation estimates that almost 20% of children aged 5 to 17 were involved in child labor in 2012 – a total of 12.5 million children. One of the reasons for child labour is the low coverage of health insurance in Pakistan: when a parent becomes sick, or passes away, it…
