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Second Meeting

María Laura Alzua (CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
malzua@depeco.econo.unlp.edu.ar

Felipe Barrera-Osorio (Human Development Network-The World Bank)
fbarrera@worldbank.org

Ana Santiago (Vice-Presidency of Sectors–Inter-American Development Bank)
asantiago@iadb.org

Sebastián Galiani (Washington University in St. Louis)
Some Reflections on the Practice of Program Evaluation in LAC .

Michael Kremer (Harvard University)
Improving Education in the Developing World: What Have We Learned from Randomized Evaluations? .

Mauricio Cárdenas (Fedesarrollo-LACEA)
Closing Remarks

Felipe Barrera (World Bank)
Evaluating a Test-Based Public Subsidy Program for Low-Cost Private Schools: Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from Pakistan .

Comments by Guillermo Cruces (CEDLAS-UNLP)

Tomás Rau Binder (Universidad de Chile)
Tournaments, Gift Exchanges, and the Effect of Monetary Incentive for Teachers: the Case of Chile .

Comments by Mariana Alfoso (RES-IADB)

María Isabel Santana (Universidad de Santo Domingo)
An Evaluation of The Impact of South Africa’s Child Support Grant on School Attendance .

Comments by Alessandro Maffioli (OVE-IADB)

Guillerme Hirata (UNDP Poverty Center and IPEA)
Achievements and Shortfalls of Conditional Cash Transfers: Impact Evaluation of Paraguay’s Tekoporã Programme .

Comments by Edgar Villa (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)

Matteo Bobba (Paris School of Economics)
Scaling-up Effects in Experimental Policy Evaluations. Evidence from Progresa/Oportunidades in Mexico .

Comments by Vincenzo Di Maro (UCL)

Martin Valdivia (GRADE)
Teaching Entrepreneurship: Impact of Business Training on Microfinance Clients and Institutions .

Comments by Mateo Bobba (Paris School of Economics)

Joao M. P. de Mello (PUC Brazil)
Dry Laws and Homicides: Evidence from the São Paulo Metropolitan Area .

Comments Tomas Rau (Universidad de Chile)