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Assumptions, conjectures, and other miracles: The application of evaluative thinking to theory of change models in community development

This paper describes an evaluation capacity building (ECB) approach designed to help community development practitioners work more effectively with...

Webinar

The UN Food Systems Pre-Summit 2021: Evidence pathways to gender equality and food systems transformation

Live on 27/07/2021

Gender equality and women’s empowerment are high on the international political agenda, but progress has often faltered on the evidence needed to...

Webinar

FSS Independent Dialogue: The role of evaluation in moving towards zero hunger and sustainable food systems: challenges and solutions

Live on 15/07/2021

This Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogue involved representatives from the evaluation community to discuss the role of evaluative evidence in...

Blog

National ownership paramount – 5 lessons from a country-led impact evaluation in Peru

Posted on 28/06/2021 by Rica Terbeck-Soine, Nicola Theunissen

Three years ago, the Government of Peru embarked on a school feeding impact evaluation of its Qali Warma programme. This journey presents a good...

Guidance Document

Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Evaluation – like development aid itself – can unintentionally exacerbate tensions in ways that can negatively affect people and institutions if care...

Evaluation Synthesis

UNEG Evidence Summary on COVID- 19 and Food Security

This evidence summary published by UNEG (United Nations Evaluation Group) looks at the findings, good practices and lessons learned from past...

Other

Evaluation of FAO’s contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 2 - “End hunger"

The SDG 2 Evaluation was conceived as a ‘formative’ evaluation in that it tries to assess a programme of work that is still taking shape. It was a...

Evaluation Synthesis

Synthesis of learning from a decade of CGIAR research programs

The objective of this forward-looking synthesis was to bring together learning from a decade of experience with CGIAR research programs (CRPs), based...

Evaluation Synthesis

What works for gender equality and women’s empowerment – a review of practices and results

The evaluation synthesis provides a conceptual framework for gender-transformative practices and changes in IFAD. It presents a systematic review of...

Webinar

Les bonnes pratiques en matière d'évaluation sensible au genre pour nourrir le monde: agriculture, sécurité alimentaire, développement rural

Live on 17/06/2021

Il existe de nombreuses approches permettant d'aider les évaluations à identifier et traiter les inégalités liées au genre. Ce webinaire réunira des...

Blog

The road ahead: Evaluators must promote learning for adaptive development processes

Posted on 03/06/2021 by Masahiro Igarashi

As evaluators, we are faced with the growing complexity of the times in which we live and the challenge of making our mark on development efforts to...

Blog

How best to evaluate capacity development?

Posted on 24/05/2021 by Cornelia Rietdorf