Economic Evaluation of Sustainable Development

Vinod Thomas, Visiting Professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NationalUniversity of Singapore, was Senior Vice President, Independent Evaluation,at the World Bank. He has authored 16 books including Climate Change andNatural Disasters.Namrata Chindarkar is Assistant Professor at Lee Kuan Yew School of PublicPolicy, National University of Singapore. She has published widely on sustainabledevelopment, social policy, infrastructure, poverty and inequality, and gender.

• 1. Evaluation, Economics, and Sustainable Development.- 2. The Spectrum of Impact Evaluations.- 3. The Picture from Cost-Benefit Analysis.- 4. Objectives-Based Evaluation for Accountability and Learning.- 5. Conclusion and Future Directions.