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The Paper is based (i) on a review of the M&E systems across the 74 World Bank-supported agricultural and rural development (ARD) projects, that were implemented over the last 15 years in the South and East Asia regions and for which TCI has assisted...

The need for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems that can help countries understand how to best adapt to climate change has become increasingly important as the effects of climate change increase and climate shocks intensify...

Development organisations in the global North consistently grapple with how they can decolonise the way they work and better integrate gender and intersectionality perspectives into their programmes. IIED has been taking strides to bring these...

This scoping review, commissioned by the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, systematically assesses available evidence from systematic reviews and United Nations evaluation reports related to the Planet Pillar of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...

Commissioned by the evaluation units of the Adaptation Fund, CIF, GEF, and GCF, this 2025 study explores the potential of AI to enhance the quality, efficiency, and impact of climate change evaluations. It examines current applications, risks, and...

This Manual provides clear and detailed guidance on evaluation methodologies, processes, approaches and the practical aspects of conducting evaluations. At the core of the evaluation system is the use of recognised international practices and...

The purpose of this note is to summarize empirical literature in economics addressing two key evidence challenges: (i) scaling up innovations or interventions that have shown promising impacts at smaller scales, and (ii) assessing the external...

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 marks the tenth annual stocktaking of global progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With the 2030 deadline only five years away, the report delivers a stark assessment: the...

Strengthening the professional capacity of UN evaluators to design and manage evaluations is a central objective of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Strategy for 2020 – 2024 as UNEG aims to support the professionalization and capacities of...

As we cross the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the independent evaluation offices of UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP saw an opportunity to conduct an inter...

This guide provides a ten-step model to help plan, design, and implement a results-based M&E system for good management in organisations working in the public sector. The guide describes these steps in detail, the tasks needed to complete them, and...

This document offers practical guidance on how to apply Machine Learning (ML) analytical approaches in evaluations. It presents an operational framework that was developed after a thorough literature review and UNICEF Evaluation Office’s (EO)...

There are constant and growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to demands from internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development...

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners.The updated version covers the newest techniques for evaluating...