Social Impacts Agenda
DAY 1
Hogan Hall, Room B17, 566 W. 114th Street
8:30-9:00AM
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Breakfast
9:00-9:15AM
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Welcome and introductions
9:15-11:15 AM
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Presentation of systematic review on evaluations of social interventions (30 minutes)
o Elisabeth King, Post-doctoral Fellow, Earth Institute, Columbia University
o Cyrus Samii, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
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Discussant responses (10 minutes each)
- “Issues of Measuring Social Cohesion”
o Anirudh Krishna, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
- “Mechanisms of Social Cohesion”
o Howard White, Executive Director, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE)
- “Implications for Practitioners”
o Jeannie Annan, Director of Research and Evaluation, International Rescue Committee
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General discussion
11:15-11:30AM
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Coffee break
11:30-12:30PM
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Presentation of social impact evaluation study results (30 minutes each)
- “Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE)” – South Africa
o Paul Pronyk, Adjunct Associate Professor, Earth Institute, Columbia University
- “Community Based Reintegration in Aceh: Assessing the Impacts of BRA-KDP” – Indonesia
o Macartan Humphreys, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
Faculty House, 64 Morningside Drive
12:30-2:00PM
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Lunch
Hogan Hall, Room B17, 566 W. 114th Street
2:00-5:30PM
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Presentation of mid-phase social impact evaluation studies
- “Developing Tools for Colombia’s National System of Evaluation” – Colombia (Time TBD)
o Luca Pellerano, Development Economist, Oxford Policy Management
- “Village Community Support Program” – Guinea (60 minutes)
o Malte Lierl, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, Yale University
- “Aid and Accountability: Governance Effects of a Community Driven Reconstruction in Eastern Congo” – Democratic Republic of the Congo (105 minutes)
o Peter van der Windt, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
o Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, PhD candidate, Department of Economics, Columbia University
Community Food & Juice, 2893 Broadway
7:00PM
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Group dinner
DAY 2
International Affairs Building, Room 707, 420 West 118th Street
8:30-9:00AM
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Breakfast
9:00-9:15AM
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Social Impact Evaluation at the United Nations (15 minutes)
- Developing Evaluation Policy at the Inspection and Evaluation Division of Office of Internal Oversight Services
o Ngoc Nguyen, Associate Evaluation Officer, Inspection and Evaluation Division – Office of Internal Oversight Services, United Nations
9:15-11:00AM
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Presentation of design-phase social impact evaluation studies (45 minutes each)
- “Sri Lankan Peacebuilding Study” – Sri Lanka
o Michael Gilligan, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, New York University
- “Institutional Arrangement for Water User Associations” – Ethiopia
o Florence Kondylis, The Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) Initiative, World Bank
11:00-11:15AM
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Coffee break
11:15-1:00PM
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Discussion of lessons learned
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Closing remarks
o Macartan Humphreys, Cyrus Samii, Elisabeth King
*Workshop attendees requesting accomodation will be staying at the Hudson Hotel at 356 West 58th Street