Mid-Term Impact Estimation on Evaluations of Rural Development Programs

Mid-term evaluations are carried out during the implementation of the program and shall indicate whether it is necessary to redirect and make corrections before the ex-post evaluation, or for the next programming period. One of the core elements within these evaluations is the estimation of programs...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2015-06, Vol.191, p.1596-1600
Main Authors: Vidueira, Pablo, Rivera, María, Mesa, Belén, Díaz-Puente, José M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
impact estimation
methodologies
mid-term evaluation
quantification
Rural Development Programs
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Mid-term evaluations are carried out during the implementation of the program and shall indicate whether it is necessary to redirect and make corrections before the ex-post evaluation, or for the next programming period. One of the core elements within these evaluations is the estimation of programs expected impacts. This is especially important for the Commission in order to support sound decision making, but also a very challenging task, as many evaluators have pointed out, mainly due to the lack of available data at the time the study had to be carried out. The aim of this study is therefore to analyze how impact estimation has been done in all European Union regions, as well as the problems encountered by evaluators.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.523