Topics: Impact evaluation

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 , Dec 4, 2023 - Dec 7, 2023

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 , Nov 2, 2023 - Nov 3, 2023

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 , Oct 25, 2021 - Oct 27, 2021

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...

Video

Evaluation: les ficelles du métier

Dans cette vidéo, Olivier Cossée du Bureau de l’évaluation de la FAO, donne des conseils pratiques sur comment combiner approches qualitatives et...

Blog

Resilience in complex food crises: The case for building better evidence

Posted on 19/10/2020 by Hanna Paulose, Jonas Leo Heirman, Paul Christian, Chloe Fernandez

In 2019, the world recorded 135 million "acutely food-insecure people in crisis or worse". More than three quarters of them lived in countries...

Event

BUILDING BODIES OF IMPACT EVALUATION EVIDENCE

online, Jun 5, 2020

This virtual roundtable will examine how to build global bodies of impact evaluation evidence, while still respecting the context-specific...

Blog

Cash-based transfers in crisis: Why more evidence is needed to support women in crisis, and what we’re doing about it

Posted on 23/04/2020 by Jonas Leo Heirman, Kristen McCollum

The increasing intensity of humanitarian crises and conflict across the globe has led to the highest level of displaced people in history.

Technical Paper

The impact of impact evaluation

Are impact evaluation and impact evaluation synthesis contributing to evidence generation and use in low- and middleincome countries? The authors of...

Blog

Measuring resilience-building in Karamoja, Uganda

Posted on 04/02/2020 by Rebecca Pietrelli

I was recently involved in a mid-term evaluation of a multi-agency 2016-2020 programming to enhance resilience in Karamoja, the least-developed region...

Blog

Five Myths about Impact Evaluation in the Humanitarian Space

Posted on 16/01/2020 by Jonas Leo Heirman, Kristen McCollum

Impact evaluation has a long history– but can it be used in humanitarian contexts? We’re busting five common myths below.

Event

Learning event: 2019 Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations

IFAD headquarters, Rome, Italy, Oct 28, 2019 - Oct 28, 2019

The objectives of the learning event are to share and further discuss the findings presented in the 2019 ARRI, with a particular emphasis on the 2019...

Report

Meta-evidence review on impacts of investments in agricultural and rural development on Sustainable Development Goals 1&2

Agriculture and rural development research will play a critical role in meeting the ambitious targets under SDGs 1 and 2. In recent years there has...

Blog

Lessons learned from managing Impact Evaluations on development interventions

Posted on 01/07/2019 by Alan de Brauw

Impact evaluations have recently been playing an increasingly prominent role as part of development interventions, including in agriculture and rural...