A Checklist to Avoid Pilot Failures : Lessons from a Set of Women's Economic Empowerment Initiatives

• Tác giả: Sara Johansson de Silva
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 108.2 History and description of philosophy with respect to kinds of persons
• Thông tin xuất bản: Taylor and Francis, 2014
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 306503
• Chủ đề: 1. entrepreneurship; 2. gender; 3. impact evalution; 4. skills; 5. training

Tóm tắt

Pilot programs have gained significance in donor-supported development interventions because of the growing emphasis on measuring impact. The Results-based initiatives (RBI) were conceived as pioneering pilots expected to acquire rigorous evidence on effective interventions to foster women's economic empowerment. However, they fell short of providing clear or generalizable conclusions on women's economic empowerment due to design and implementation problems. The RBI nevertheless offer important lessons on common traps in pilot design and implementation. This article synthesizes 10 lessons from the RBI as a checklist to avoid pilot failure, intended for practitioners in any area of development.