Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Overview -- Management Response -- Chairperson's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- What Is Impact Evaluation? -- Evaluation Objective, Scope, and Framework -- Building Blocks of the Evaluation -- Notes -- References -- 2. Impact Evaluations at the World Bank Group -- Institutional Efforts to Facilitate Production of Impact Evaluations -- Production of World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Thematic and Regional Distribution of World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- World Bank Group Impact Evaluation Methods -- Stakeholder Involvement in World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Costs and Funding Mechanisms for World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Notes -- References -- 3. Relevance of World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Relevance of Impact Evaluations to Operational Needs -- Relevance of Impact Evaluations to Institutional Strategies -- Relevance of Impact Evaluations for Knowledge Generation -- Factors Affecting Scope and Relevance of World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Notes -- References -- 4. Quality of World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Quality Review Methodology -- Data Quality and Outcome Indicators -- Ability to Infer Causal Effects -- Factors Associated with the Quality of World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Notes -- References -- 5. Use and Influence of World Bank Group Impact Evaluations -- Influence of Impact Evaluations on Project Operations -- Influence of Impact Evaluations on Policy Dialogue -- Influence of Impact Evaluations on World Bank Group Strategies -- Influence of Impact Evaluations on Evaluation Capacity and Culture -- Factors Affecting Use and Influence of Impact Evaluations -- Notes -- References -- 6. Conclusions and Recommendations -- Conclusions -- Recommendations.

Appendixes -- Appendix A: Glossary of Terms -- Appendix B: Methodology -- Appendix C: Assessing the Potential Coverage of Impact Evaluations in Education -- Appendix D: Analysis of Impact Evaluation and Intervention Costs -- Appendix E: Criteria for Scoring Spanish Trust Fund for Impact Evaluation Cluster Proposals -- Appendix F: Quality Review Framework -- Appendix G: Conceptualizing Use and Influence of Impact Evaluation -- Boxes -- Figures -- Tables -- Back Cover.