[2012] ALZUA, Maria Laura, DJEBBARI, Habiba and Martín VALDIVIA. Impact Evaluation for Policy Making: A Close Look at Latin American Countries with Weaker Research Capacities. La Plata: CEDLAS. Working Paper, 132.

Interest in Impact Evaluation (IE) has grown rapidly in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, rigorous impact evaluations are still very much concentrated in a few countries (Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru to a certain extent). This study looks at the way impact evaluation studies are being produced and used for policy making in a sample of countries in the region that are a priori considered less capable to absorb the current trend observed in other more developed countries in the region.