Assessing the impact of participant training on the attainment of development goals; phase 1 : methodological research

These techniques would take the form of a prototype methodology for carrying out such impact-oriented assessments. To this end, an analytical, methodological handbook for conducting impact assessments was developed by the contractor. Section I describes the objectives, the methodological difficulties, and the study design. Section II describes the data collection process in pre-tests in Ghana and Thailand. Sections III-VI describe data analysis, and Section VII suggests future applications of these procedures. This report concludes positively that the kind of impact assessment explored during the feasibility stage proved to be sound in design and should be field tested to convert the ideas and approaches developed in the exploratory research into practical operational assessment procedures. (See related reports: PN-AAB-653; PN-AAS-067; PN-AAS-917; PN-AAS-065; and PN-AAB-652.) (Author abstract)