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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Preface -- 1 Overview -- Most Projects Selected for the Study Have Greater Resettlement Problems than Typical Bank-Assisted Projects with Dams -- Project Compensation Rates and Schedules Vary but Are Improving in Terms of Fairness and Timeliness -- The Relocation Record Is Uneven but Mostly Satisfactory -- The Income Restoration Record Is Unsatisfactory -- Social Infrastructure and Services Are the Most Successful Components of Projects -- Resettler Satisfaction Varies among Projects -- Country Commitment and Performance Are Varied but Improving -- Resettler Participation Is Common at All Stages of Projects -- Nongovernmental Organization Participation Is Far from Optimal -- Good Relations between Resettlers and Host Communities -- Costs Vary Among Projects -- The Main Lessons Learned Focus on the Difference between Results and Plans, the Limited Capacity of Public Agencies, Resettlement Compensation, and Borrower Commitment -- 2 Confrontations and Crises in Upper Krishna -- Government Commitment Is Critical -- Dams Flood 880 Square Kilometers, with 240,000 People Affected -- Implementation of Resettlement—an Abysmal Record -- Compensation—Too Little, Too Late, and Too Contentious -- Government Continually Modifies Compensation Policy -- Compensation Is Inadequate -- The Uses of Compensation Vary -- Income Restoration Depends Too Much on Irrigation -- Income Impact Trends Are Similar to Those in Unaffected Areas -- Living Conditions Are Better but Health Is a Worrisome Exception -- The Move Hurts Women More Than Men -- Resettler Attitudes Show Memory of Years of Hardship Are Not Erased by Recent Improvements -- Federal Government Shows No Commitment -- Ignored by the Authorities, Villagers Resorted to Courts

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1: THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT -- 1. Institutions in development: the country, research, and operational challenges -- 2. Institutions, markets, and development outcomes -- Comments, Thráinn Eggertsson -- Comments, Ishrat Husain -- Floor discussion -- 3. Institutions, policies, and development outcomes -- Comments, Lee J. Alston -- Comments, Mustapha K. Nabli -- Floor discussion -- 4. Reinvigorating state institutions -- Comments, Robert Klitgaard -- Comments, Christopher Clague -- Floor discussion -- PART 2: INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES -- 5. Fostering fiscally responsive and accountable governance: lessons from decentralization -- Comments, Wallace E. Oates -- Comments, Laura Kullenberg -- Floor discussion -- 6. Transaction cost economics and public sector rent-seeking in developing countries: toward a theory of governance failure -- Comments, Mancur Olson, Jr -- Comments, Peter Eigen -- Floor discussion -- 7. Performance contracts: a tool for improving public services? -- Comments, Leroy Jones -- Comments, Tawfiq E. Chowdhury -- Floor discussion -- 8. Reforming budgetary institutions in Latin America: the case for a national fiscal council -- Comments, Juan L. Cariaga -- Comments, Jonathan D. Breul -- Floor discussion -- 9. Credible regulatory policy: options and evaluation -- Comments, Daniel Artana -- Comments, Yingyi Qian -- Floor discussion -- PART 3: INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CAPITAL -- 10. Defining social capital: an integrating view -- 11. An institutional framework for learning from failed states -- Comments, Harris Mule -- Comments, I. William Zartman -- Floor discussion -- 12. Learning from early childcare and education programs -- Comments, Willem H. van der Eyken -- Comments, Nohra Rey de Marulanda

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction: Identifying the Challenges -- Synthesis and Overview -- Part II: Evaluation: A Macro Perspective -- 1 Valuation and Evaluation -- Floor Discussion -- 2 Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures -- Floor Discussion -- 3 Panel Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction -- Floor Discussion -- Part III: Methodological Issues in Evaluation -- 4 Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- 5 Panel Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation -- Floor Discussion -- 6 Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs -- Part IV: Participatory Evaluation: Costs and Benefits -- 7 The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- 8 Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- Part V: Poverty-Reducing Growth -- 9 Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses -- Comments -- Floor discussion -- 10 Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID's Aid Program -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- Part VI: Sectoral and Microlevel Interventions -- 11 Evaluating Microfinance's Impact: Going Down Market -- Comments -- 12 Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction -- Floor Discussion -- Part VII: Social Funds and Safety Nets -- 13 What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us? -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- 14 Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience -- Comments -- Floor Discussion -- Part VIII: Development Effectiveness in Health, Nutrition, and Population Services