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Issued on 2025 by EvalforEarth Summary of the EvalforEarth Online Discussion: Evaluating Agri-Food Systems Transformation Policies and Regulations.
Topics: Impact evaluation
Blog
Reflections on Evaluating Disaster Risk Reduction Programs from a Girl-Centered Lens.
Posted on 28/04/2025 by Chido Nyaruwata Introduction Flames and Lilies Climate Initiative, a Zimbabwean eco-feminist youth organization, works at the intersection of climate justice and...
Discussion
Maximizing the impact of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in a changing aid architecture through evaluation.
Posted on 24/04/2025 by Carlos Tarazona Purpose: To foster a dialogue among evaluators and development practitioners on how to effectively evaluate South-South and Triangular Cooperation...
Discussion
Do Big Projects Deliver Effective Solutions in a Complex World?
Posted on 29/03/2025 by Ram Khanal Drawing from evaluations of over 30 development and climate resilience projects across Asia and Africa, a recurring theme has emerged: the scale and...
Book
Impact Evaluation in Practice
Issued on 2011 by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank This book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact evaluation and its practice in development.
Blog
Your Voice Matters: Shaping the Future of EvalForward!Mini Survey Results.
Posted on 29/11/2024 by Chamisa Innocent To all members of the EvalForward Community of Practice who took the time to complete our recent mini survey, thank you!
Guidance Document
Guideline on Impact Evaluation
Issued on 2024 by The Department of Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME)-SA. The guideline was revised with the aim of providing an overview for government staff undertaking and managing evaluations. The guideline is broad and...
Event
IAIA25 Impact Assessment in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Bologna Congressi (Bologna Congress Center), Italy, - Artificial intelligence (AI) will impact every aspect of our lives, our careers, and our environment. It is difficult to predict the effective impact...
Book
Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation Emerging Technologies and Their Implications for Evaluation
Issued on 2024 by Routledge Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation: Emerging Technologies and Their Implications for Evaluation is a groundbreaking exploration of how the...
Blog
Impact Evaluation: How far have we come?
Posted on 10/04/2024 by Rahel Kahlert The impact evaluation challenge of the evaluation community.
e-learning
Theory-based impact evaluation for rural poverty reduction
Issued on 2020 by FAO elearning Academy This course by FAO elearning Academy considers the importance of evaluation of multisectoral strategies for poverty reduction, and discusses the six...
Technical Paper
Half-Time for SDG Evidence Generation. Insights from the Development Evidence Portal.
Issued on 2023 by 3ie This working paper provides an overview of state of effectiveness evidence across the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The authors have analyzed...
Event
WFP Impact Evaluation Forum
Rome, Italy and online , - The United Nations World Food Programme will host the first Impact Evaluation Forum at its headquarters in Rome, Italy, From 4-7 December 2023...
Discussion
Proving the value of agroecology for farmers and food systems: what methods and evidence do we have?
Posted on 14/11/2023 by Ravinder Kumar Agroecology at farm level is about good agricultural practices, such as crop diversification and rotation, intercropping, crop-livestock integration...
Event
4th Development Impact Conference
Washington DC and online , - The 4th Development Impact Conference is a collaborative effort between the World Bank DIME and the KDI School of Public Policy and Management. This...
Guidance Document
Impact Evaluation in Practice
Issued on 2016 The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers...
Technical Paper
An empirically driven theory of poverty reduction
This research project paper of CEDIL describes the use of secondary evaluation data from four government unconditional cash transfer programmes (UCTs)...
Guidance Document
Impact evaluation - A map of uses
The map of impact evaluation uses was designed as a pedagogical tool for evaluation practitioners: it allows evaluation teams to reflect on the actual...
Guidance Document
Overview of Impact Evaluation
This guidance document of UNICEF provides more detailed guidance on the core building blocks of impact evaluation (theory of change, evaluative...
Event
Regional Conference on Impact Evaluation in Francophone Africa
Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) & online , - The regional conference: " Implementing development agendas in the light of current challenges: impact evaluation at the heart of decision making"...
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...