Impact Evaluations for Return and Reintegration Programmes

Original Language
English
ISBN (PDF)
978-92-9268-791-5
Number of Pages
252
Reference Number
PUB2023/100/R
Date of Publication

20 Jun 2024

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Impact Evaluations for Return and Reintegration Programmes

This publication is an adaptation of the e-course, Impact Evaluations for Return and Reintegration
Programmes, produced for IOM's e-Campus online training platform. The e-course has been converted into document format for accessibility, and for convenient referencing and citation of the course content. This document may be helpful to use alongside the e-course, as a helpful reference to look back at after finishing the e-course, or, if necessary, as a substitute in cases where it is not possible to access the e-course.

You can access the full e-course on IOM's e-Campus online training platform here: https://www.ecampus.iom.int/course/view.php?id=729

  • Authors
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of figures
  • Impact evaluation glossary
  • Module 1: Course introduction 
    • Introduction
    • Course overview
    • Conclusion
  • Module 2: Impact evaluation basics 
    • Introduction
    • What is impact evaluation?
    • Causal attribution
    • How does impact evaluation work?
    • The case for impact evaluation
    • Planning an impact evaluation
    • Is an impact evaluation appropriate?
    • Things to consider before deciding to carry out an impact evaluation
    • The return and reintegration context
    • Contextual challenges
    • Criticisms of impact evaluation
    • Ethical considerations for impact evaluations
    • Quiz
    • Summary
  • Module 3 Part 1: What, who and how? 50
    • Introduction
    • Designing an impact evaluation: overview
    • Preparing to design an impact evaluation
    • Theoretical basis for an impact evaluation
    • What will be measured?
    • Case study example
    • Design hierarchy
    • Units of observation and analysis
    • Stratification
    • How will you measure the impact?
    • Time-based comparisons: longitudinal and cross-sectional studies
    • With/without comparisons
    • Contamination when establishing attribution
    • Module 3 Part 2: Quantitative methods 
    • Introduction
    • Designs
    • Quantitative analysis
    • Quiz
    • Summary
  • Module 4: Impact evaluations in the context of reintegration programmes 
    • Introduction
    • Defining and measuring reintegration
    • Existing ways of measuring reintegration
    • Data-collection challenges
    • How do we make comparisons when determining reintegration outcomes?
    • Natural experiments
    • Quiz
    • Summary
    • Module 5: Qualitative methods 163
    • Introduction
    • Types of qualitative methods
    • Mixed-methods
    • Quiz
    • Summary
  • Module 6: Which impact evaluation design, when? 
    • Introduction
    • The decision trees
    • Using the decision trees
    • Conclusion
  • Module 7: Extensions – going beyond this course 
    • Introduction
    • Sampling theory and practice
    • Resources for further exploration about sampling 
    • Questionnaire and question design fundamentals
    • Digital data collection
    • Longitudinal/panel surveys
    • Phone surveys
    • Use of secondary data
    • General resources for impact evaluation and survey design
    • Conclusion