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...
Topics: Impact evaluation
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...
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, 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, - 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...
e-learning
E-learning course - Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Food Security and Agriculture Programmes
The joint EU/IICA/CTA/FAO elearning course entitled: “Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for Food Security and Agriculture Programmes“ is now...
Event
Knowledge-sharing seminar on conducting Impact Evaluations of Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Security Programmes
IFAD HQ, - Growing global attention and demand for better evidence on development results in recent years has increased pressure on international development...