Evaluating the impact of policy research: Evidence from the evaluation of rural policy research in developing countries

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dc.creatorSlade, Roger
dc.creatorHazell, Peter B. R.
dc.creatorPlace, Frank
dc.creatorRenkow, Mitch
dc.date2020-10-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:38Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:58:32Z
dc.descriptionPolicy research concerning developing countries must compete for scarce resources with alternative development investments, many of which are amenable to quantitative assessment of their impact and economic efficiency. This is especially true for policy research that addresses agriculture, food and rural poverty—rural policy research. This paper draws on existing evaluations of rural policy research to identify good practice in the conduct of impact evaluations in developing countries. While much has been learnt from these evaluations about how rural policy research can influence policies, the impact of the policy changes that may follow, and about methods for conducting such studies, very few have assessed the efficiency or economic benefit of rural policy research investments. The paper concludes that while the current focus on the use of mixed-method evaluations is necessary and sufficient in most cases, in the context of allocating public resources, evaluations that provide plausible estimates of the rates of return to major rural policy research investments, or even rural policy research institutions yield important additional and comparative information for decision makers. However, such quantitative assessments do not replace but depend on the prior conduct of qualitative and mixed-method evaluations.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142529
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90946
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145837
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150601
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceSlade, Roger; Hazell, Peter; Place, Frank; and Renkow, Mitch. 2020. Evaluating the impact of policy research: Evidence from the evaluation of rural policy research in developing countries. Evaluation 26(4): 541-561. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356389020931881
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectex-post impact assessment
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjectevaluation
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectimpact assessment
dc.titleEvaluating the impact of policy research: Evidence from the evaluation of rural policy research in developing countries
dc.typeJournal Article

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