Why are the impacts differentiated across groups of beneficiaries?
What are the key ingredients for a successful/disastrous program/policy?
Impact evaluation studies inform Government agencies and donors of the level of impact each designed program or policy has on its beneficiaries.
MDRI has a group of experts with extensive experience in impact evaluation, especially in designing impact evaluation methodologies using randomization, discontinuity regression, Instrumental Variable method, score matching method and other state-of-the-art techniques. In addition to impact evaluation, our researchers provide in-depth analyses that answer critical questions such as “Why are the impacts differentiated across groups of beneficiaries?” and “What are the key ingredients for a successful/disastrous program/policy?”

OVERVIEW Based on data collected from the Survey on the socio-economic situation of 53 ethnic minorities carried in 2015, this report provided a comprehensive picture of the socio-economic situation of the 53 ethnic minorities (EMs) in Vietnam with overall analyses and assessments on general aspects/profile of the EMs, including: the cultural, medical, educational, etc. characteristics….

OVERVIEW What will happen to residential demand for electricity if the government of Vietnam wants to increase electricity tariffs to cost recovery, a level estimated at 20 percent above current prices? To answer this research question, a study was conducted to measure the demand elasticity of the electricity consumption in Vietnam and characterize it. The…