Synthetic Indices: A Method for Evaluating Aid Project Effectiveness

Crawford, P; Perryman, J; Petocz, P

Synthetic Indices: A Method for Evaluating Aid Project Effectiveness

Crawford, P Perryman, J Petocz, P

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Citation:: Evaluation, 2004, 10 (2), pp. 175 - 192
Issue Date:: 2004-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Crawford, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Perryman, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Petocz, P	en_US
dc.date.issued	2004-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Evaluation, 2004, 10 (2), pp. 175 - 192	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1356-3890	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4371
dc.description.abstract	© 2004, SAGE Publications. Demands are increasingly being placed on aid agencies to demonstrate impact, but the measurement and attribution of non-tangible changes in complex environments are problematic. Synthetic indices are frequently used by statisticians in other contexts to capture complex changes and may prove useful to describe changes effected by aid projects. A hierarchy of hypotheses is presented to describe a case-study project. The construction of synthetic indices to test the ‘development hypothesis’ implicit in the strategy is described and possible extensions to the concept are outlined.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Evaluation	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1356389004045076	en_US
dc.title	Synthetic Indices: A Method for Evaluating Aid Project Effectiveness	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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dc.location.activity	Tsinghua Univ, Beijing, PEOPLES R CHINA
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
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© 2004, SAGE Publications. Demands are increasingly being placed on aid agencies to demonstrate impact, but the measurement and attribution of non-tangible changes in complex environments are problematic. Synthetic indices are frequently used by statisticians in other contexts to capture complex changes and may prove useful to describe changes effected by aid projects. A hierarchy of hypotheses is presented to describe a case-study project. The construction of synthetic indices to test the ‘development hypothesis’ implicit in the strategy is described and possible extensions to the concept are outlined.

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