Evaluation Research and Publications

CIDE conducts multi-dimensional research using both quantitative and qualitative methods on the development programs executed by national/international organizations in order to produce real-time feedback that can be immediately reflected in the program. From 2014 to 2015, CIDE has strived to produce pragmatic knowledge that can be used for further improvement of development programs by conducting comprehensive research on various topics and publishing the results. The publications produced by CIDE are as follows:

 

 

2014 Research Publications

Title Chief of Research Purpose and Contents of Publication
Impact Evaluation Case Studies Lee, Yoon-Suk (Professor, Department of Public Administration, Kemyung University) The purpose of this research is to provide a foundation for systematic evaluation of the development programs in Korea, by collecting and organizing impact evaluation cases of other donor countries and international organizations.
Strengthening Preliminary Evaluation of ODA Plan Chang, Hyung-sik (Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University / Former Executive Director of KOICA) The purpose of this research is to provide detailed explanations about strengthening plan of the preliminary evaluation of ODA and various forms, methodologies and standards of the preliminary evaluation. At the same time, the research strives to deepen the understanding of knowledge and practice of preliminary evaluation of ODA by analyzing the preliminary evaluation process of aid developed countries like USAID, CIDA, international organizations including World Bank and UNDP and national agencies like KOICA and EDCF.
Research on Improvements of ODA Monitoring System Kim, Bong-Hwan (Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University) This research introduces salient donor organizations’ guidelines of monitoring process and suggests feasible plans of improving ODA monitoring system in Korea
Development of Evaluation Manual of International Development Lee, Suk-Won (Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University This research aims to facilitate the practical use of scientific causal evaluation methodology in the evaluation of the development programs by introducing the concept, definition, design and analysis methodology of impact evaluation with its logical framework and problems in data collection etc.

2015 Research Publications

Title Chief of Research Purpose and Contents of Publication
Country Evaluation Case Studies Lee, Suk-Won (Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University) The purpose of this research is to provide a foundation for systematic country evaluation by conducting a case study of country evaluation reports by various donor countries and international organizations.
Research on the Impact of ODA on the corruption Kwon, Iloong (Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University) This research proposes a hypothesis of which ODA can have negative impact on recipient country’s economic development, by arousing the recipient country’s corruption, The research conducts both theoretical and empirical study to test the hypothesis.
Korea’s ODA Evaluation’s future direction: Comparative Analysis of ODA evaluation system of other developed countries Chang, Hyun-sik (Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University) In this research, international trend in ODA evaluation is examined chronologically along with a comparative analysis of other ODA evaluation system of OECD countries and Korea, in order to suggest additional ways of improving Korea’s ODA evaluation system
Research on International Development Cooperation Evaluation Governance Lee, Jae-Wan (Professor, Humanitas College, Won Kwang University) The purpose of this research is to analyze the evaluation governance system of donor countries and international organizations, and to produce implications in order to suggest further direction for developing advanced evaluation governance system in Korea.
Research on Japan’s ODA Evaluation System Lee, Yoon-Suk (Professor, Department of Public Administration, Kemyung University) This research investigates an analytical framework and contents of JICA projects’ effectiveness based on the recently introduced performance effectiveness assessment data of JICA projects.