Special Lecture on Natural Resources Economics II B
| Numbering Code | G-AGR06 7FC22 LJ82 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 1 | Course Type | Lecture | |
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| Language | English | Day/Period | ||
| Instructor name |
ABDUL MALEK, Mohammad (Part-time Lecturer) ASAMI ATSUYUKI (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
Program evaluation in agriculture and natural resource management The course gives a brief overview on the program evaluation and evidence based policy making, different types of evaluations and result based frameworks, results chain and links to monitoring & evaluation (M&E) systems, quantitative impact evaluation (experimental and non-experimental) design and techniques, mixed methods of evaluation, etc. Apart from citing globally known best practices, the instructor brings examples from his recent field experiments that he accomplished with BRAC (World largest NGO) and well-known scholars in different areas, for example, system of rice intensification, agricultural microcredit, information intervention around WASH-agricultural linkage, etc. |
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| Course Goals | Students can learn contemporary program evaluation techniques and apply the skills in their researches in the field of agriculture and natural resource management. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Course schedule and contents 1: Course Introduction: Evaluation design challenges, approaches, types and results framework 2: Evaluation design, sampling and data generation 3: An introduction on data analyses using STATA 4: Causal inference and counterfactuals. Random assignment 5: Experimental program evaluation and imperfect compliance, Regression–discontinuity design 6: Potential pitfalls in non-experimental evaluations. Matching and other methods (PSM, DID and combined methods), etc. 7: Matching and other methods (PSM, DID and combined methods, IV), etc. 8: Mixed method of evaluation design 9: Exam |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Students will be evaluated based on individual class performance, group assignment and short exam at the last class. Evaluation method and achievement is based on the Student Guide. |
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| Course Requirements |
Requirement for enrollment -Introductory knowledge in microeconomics, econometrics, micro-data handling, etc. to be required. -Having STATA in their laptops will be useful to do some exercise. |
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| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) |
Out of class learning (preparation, review) etc.: Students can send me their projects/research questions in advance mentioning “Kyoto University Intensive Course” by email (abdul.malek.ft at u.tsukuba.ac.jp) if they have already decided to use program evaluation techniques in his/her thesis. |
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| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
Chapter 4 (Impact evaluation). Development Economics- Theory and Practice., Janvry AD and Sadoulet E, (Routledge 2016), ISBN:978-1138885318 Handbook on Impact Evaluation- Quantitative Methods and Practices, Shahidur R. Khandker, Gayatri B. Koolwal and Hussain A. Samad, (The World Bank 2010), ISBN:978-0-8213-8028-4, Free pdf copy available at Internet Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition, Gertler, Paul J.; Martinez, Sebastian; Premand, Patrick; Rawlings, Laura B.; Vermeersch, Christel M. J. , (The World Bank 2016), ISBN:978-1-4648-0779-4, Free pdf copy available at Internet |
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