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"Impact evaluation" isn’t the only way to understand what works.
In CDI@10: Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis, we revisit John Mayne’s legacy and explore how a more reflective, context-aware approach can reshape evaluation today. buff.ly/g1R16oc
In CDI@10: Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis, we revisit John Mayne’s legacy and explore how a more reflective, context-aware approach can reshape evaluation today. buff.ly/g1R16oc
CDI@10: Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis - Institute of Development Studies
Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis by Giel Ton
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November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"Impact evaluation" isn’t the only way to understand what works.
In CDI@10: Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis, we revisit John Mayne’s legacy and explore how a more reflective, context-aware approach can reshape evaluation today. buff.ly/g1R16oc
In CDI@10: Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis, we revisit John Mayne’s legacy and explore how a more reflective, context-aware approach can reshape evaluation today. buff.ly/g1R16oc
🌍 When crises hit, it’s the most vulnerable who bear the heaviest burden.
The World Bank’s latest evaluation explores how adaptive social protection systems can respond faster and more effectively to shocks.
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The World Bank’s latest evaluation explores how adaptive social protection systems can respond faster and more effectively to shocks.
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How the World Bank Supports Adaptive Social Protection in Crisis Response - An Independent Evaluation
This evaluation assesses the World Bank's support for Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) systems from 2012– 22, assessing their relevance and effectiveness in responding to shocks.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🌍 When crises hit, it’s the most vulnerable who bear the heaviest burden.
The World Bank’s latest evaluation explores how adaptive social protection systems can respond faster and more effectively to shocks.
➡️ Read more:
The World Bank’s latest evaluation explores how adaptive social protection systems can respond faster and more effectively to shocks.
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💰 As global political violence nearly doubles, aid budgets for peace & security are shrinking fast. What happens when governments cut non-military assistance while local communities face growing crises? Read more in this blog: buff.ly/SjgG7cN
September 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
💰 As global political violence nearly doubles, aid budgets for peace & security are shrinking fast. What happens when governments cut non-military assistance while local communities face growing crises? Read more in this blog: buff.ly/SjgG7cN
✨ New guidance for evaluators in philanthropy: How do we define quality and rigor when using causal pathways? This report argues that instead of starting with existing standards, we should first ask: what do we value? 📖 Read more: buff.ly/K22EeJf
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
✨ New guidance for evaluators in philanthropy: How do we define quality and rigor when using causal pathways? This report argues that instead of starting with existing standards, we should first ask: what do we value? 📖 Read more: buff.ly/K22EeJf
Want to learn how to plan and conduct focus groups? Sarah Elaine Eaton, Ph.D. from Calgary University created a training manual especially made for research assistants in education field. Read more: buff.ly/IOfJw0p
September 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Want to learn how to plan and conduct focus groups? Sarah Elaine Eaton, Ph.D. from Calgary University created a training manual especially made for research assistants in education field. Read more: buff.ly/IOfJw0p
📜 Evaluation has never been neutral. From ancient empires to today’s democracies, evaluation has shaped power, justice, and progress. Part 4 of the Evaluation’s Journey series explores its deeply political roots—and why that matters now more than ever.
Evaluation's Journey towards the Future, Part 4. It has always been political - Evaluation and Transformation
Share this post Evaluation has never been neutral. Throughout history, the act of assessing has served as both instrument of control and catalyst for justice. When emperors counted grain stores, when…
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August 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📜 Evaluation has never been neutral. From ancient empires to today’s democracies, evaluation has shaped power, justice, and progress. Part 4 of the Evaluation’s Journey series explores its deeply political roots—and why that matters now more than ever.
🌍 Disasters are hitting harder and more often. Are our systems ready? A new report explores how social assistance data can help governments respond faster and better to shocks. Real-world cases, practical insights, and a call to rethink humanitarian response. 🔗 buff.ly/5U3qusQ
August 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🌍 Disasters are hitting harder and more often. Are our systems ready? A new report explores how social assistance data can help governments respond faster and better to shocks. Real-world cases, practical insights, and a call to rethink humanitarian response. 🔗 buff.ly/5U3qusQ
📉 The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2025 shows a humanitarian sector entering financial crisis, presenting it with an unprecedented challenge. We are entering a new era for international humanitarian response. Read the full Alnap report here: buff.ly/xtXldwm
August 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📉 The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2025 shows a humanitarian sector entering financial crisis, presenting it with an unprecedented challenge. We are entering a new era for international humanitarian response. Read the full Alnap report here: buff.ly/xtXldwm
🌍 The same evaluation designs cannot be applied to all cases. What happens when we embrace complexity, power dynamics and true partnership in evaluating community-led development? Read more with this opinion piece: buff.ly/XmECoEy
The mirage of a sole appropriate evaluation design - Institute of Development Studies
In this first blog, we introduce the work of the Full Spectrum Coalition evidence and learning group and the challenge it responds to.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌍 The same evaluation designs cannot be applied to all cases. What happens when we embrace complexity, power dynamics and true partnership in evaluating community-led development? Read more with this opinion piece: buff.ly/XmECoEy
🚨 How did Brazil pull off its fastest disaster response ever? Dive into the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods case study and see how a mature, tech-enabled social protection system rose to the challenge—despite coordination hurdles.
Read more: buff.ly/gpXM6Oh
Read more: buff.ly/gpXM6Oh
July 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚨 How did Brazil pull off its fastest disaster response ever? Dive into the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods case study and see how a mature, tech-enabled social protection system rose to the challenge—despite coordination hurdles.
Read more: buff.ly/gpXM6Oh
Read more: buff.ly/gpXM6Oh
🌍🌱 What really remains after resilience projects end? A rare return visit to villages in Chad years after a climate-smart agriculture project closed reveals hard truths—and valuable lessons—for future adaptation efforts: buff.ly/KpgMtrE
July 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🌍🌱 What really remains after resilience projects end? A rare return visit to villages in Chad years after a climate-smart agriculture project closed reveals hard truths—and valuable lessons—for future adaptation efforts: buff.ly/KpgMtrE
📊🔍 Ever wondered how to trace the real impact of complex interventions like policy advice or knowledge work? Process tracing offers a powerful, theory-based way to uncover causal links—especially when outcomes are hard to measure. Learn more: buff.ly/oy6s0ux
#Evaluation #Impact #ProcessTracing
#Evaluation #Impact #ProcessTracing
July 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
📊🔍 Ever wondered how to trace the real impact of complex interventions like policy advice or knowledge work? Process tracing offers a powerful, theory-based way to uncover causal links—especially when outcomes are hard to measure. Learn more: buff.ly/oy6s0ux
#Evaluation #Impact #ProcessTracing
#Evaluation #Impact #ProcessTracing
🌐 The World Peace Foundation launched their completely revised and updated famines dataset, from 1870 to present at a time where data have become increasingly difficult to come by. Watch the presentation by Alex de Waal, executive director of WPF:
Famine Data Matters: Launching the World Peace Foundation’s new dataset of historic famines
00:00 Introduction02:10 Presentation36:47 Summary42:15 How does famine data impact international policies?45:27 Would it help to push for more famine data an...
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June 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🌐 The World Peace Foundation launched their completely revised and updated famines dataset, from 1870 to present at a time where data have become increasingly difficult to come by. Watch the presentation by Alex de Waal, executive director of WPF:
The humanitarian system needs a reset. The Flagship Initiative shows how: local leadership, community-driven planning, and smarter, faster aid. Discover what’s possible in their Year 2 Learning Report: buff.ly/UHNT9Os
June 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The humanitarian system needs a reset. The Flagship Initiative shows how: local leadership, community-driven planning, and smarter, faster aid. Discover what’s possible in their Year 2 Learning Report: buff.ly/UHNT9Os
📊 As funding shrinks and crises grow, the humanitarian data ecosystem faces a critical stress test. How do we protect the data that powers crisis response?
Read more in OCHA report on The State of Open Humanitarian Data — where progress, pressure, and potential for a reset collide.
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Read more in OCHA report on The State of Open Humanitarian Data — where progress, pressure, and potential for a reset collide.
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June 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📊 As funding shrinks and crises grow, the humanitarian data ecosystem faces a critical stress test. How do we protect the data that powers crisis response?
Read more in OCHA report on The State of Open Humanitarian Data — where progress, pressure, and potential for a reset collide.
buff.ly/qJn0NfQ
Read more in OCHA report on The State of Open Humanitarian Data — where progress, pressure, and potential for a reset collide.
buff.ly/qJn0NfQ
🌍 25+ years of crisis. Drought, famine, and conflict have left over half of Somalia’s population food-insecure. In 2023, the UN scaled up its response. Did it work?
📑 The GPPi-led review offers crucial lessons on aid coordination, effectiveness, and trust in fragile contexts.
📑 The GPPi-led review offers crucial lessons on aid coordination, effectiveness, and trust in fragile contexts.
Evaluation: The International Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia
Over the past decade, Somalia has faced continuous droughts, with the incredibly severe 2021-2023 droughts compounding the effects of previous crises. In this project, we analyze the international…
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June 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🌍 25+ years of crisis. Drought, famine, and conflict have left over half of Somalia’s population food-insecure. In 2023, the UN scaled up its response. Did it work?
📑 The GPPi-led review offers crucial lessons on aid coordination, effectiveness, and trust in fragile contexts.
📑 The GPPi-led review offers crucial lessons on aid coordination, effectiveness, and trust in fragile contexts.
Cash aid under pressure: In the Sahel, growing restrictions are threatening the lifeline of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). A new CALP Network study dives deep into the political, social, and operational causes—and offers real strategies to keep aid flowing.
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May 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Cash aid under pressure: In the Sahel, growing restrictions are threatening the lifeline of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). A new CALP Network study dives deep into the political, social, and operational causes—and offers real strategies to keep aid flowing.
Foreign aid under fire: Since Jan 20, 2025, the far right has launched a full-blown attack on USAID. But not all critiques of humanitarianism are the same. Glasman unpacks the stark contrast between reactionary and progressive critiques—and why it matters for human dignity.
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May 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Foreign aid under fire: Since Jan 20, 2025, the far right has launched a full-blown attack on USAID. But not all critiques of humanitarianism are the same. Glasman unpacks the stark contrast between reactionary and progressive critiques—and why it matters for human dignity.
buff.ly/0vb2p9q
buff.ly/0vb2p9q
🌍 Measuring impact isn’t just about numbers—or stories. Mixed methods evaluation bridges both, giving us a fuller picture of what truly works in development.
Dive into EvalCommunity blog post: buff.ly/HuVK22a
Dive into EvalCommunity blog post: buff.ly/HuVK22a
Mixed Methods in Impact Evaluation: A Comprehensive Guide
Impact evaluation plays a critical role in understanding whether development programs, projects, or policies are truly making a difference. But
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May 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🌍 Measuring impact isn’t just about numbers—or stories. Mixed methods evaluation bridges both, giving us a fuller picture of what truly works in development.
Dive into EvalCommunity blog post: buff.ly/HuVK22a
Dive into EvalCommunity blog post: buff.ly/HuVK22a
🌍 In their second blog in the Full Spectrum Coalition series, the Institute of Development Studies dives into the real-world messiness of evaluation design—this time from a workshop in Senegal with Tostan. What does meaningful deliberation look like in practice?
Read on: buff.ly/7gw2UfC
Read on: buff.ly/7gw2UfC
Exploring our positionalities to navigate design choices - Institute of Development Studies
In this blog post we offer a peek into the world of messy evaluation design.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🌍 In their second blog in the Full Spectrum Coalition series, the Institute of Development Studies dives into the real-world messiness of evaluation design—this time from a workshop in Senegal with Tostan. What does meaningful deliberation look like in practice?
Read on: buff.ly/7gw2UfC
Read on: buff.ly/7gw2UfC
🖥️ Independant Evaluation Group launched a series of virtual conversations, around the future direction of the independant evaluation practice. Watch the replays here: buff.ly/6kbIGNy
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Future of evaluation: Charting a path in a changing development landscape
A Series of Virtual Events
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May 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🖥️ Independant Evaluation Group launched a series of virtual conversations, around the future direction of the independant evaluation practice. Watch the replays here: buff.ly/6kbIGNy
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🌱 Can insurance help farmers before disaster strikes? A new anticipatory insurance product from African Risk Capacity aims to do just that in Malawi and Zambia.
This report by Tufts University dives into the costs, benefits, and future potential of the approach. Read more: buff.ly/opuq26b
This report by Tufts University dives into the costs, benefits, and future potential of the approach. Read more: buff.ly/opuq26b
Anticipatory Insurance with African Risk Capacity: A Holistic Benefit-Cost Analysis - Tufts - Feinstein International Center
This report outlines an anticipatory insurance product designed to support farmers in the drought-prone regions of Malawi and Zambia.
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April 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🌱 Can insurance help farmers before disaster strikes? A new anticipatory insurance product from African Risk Capacity aims to do just that in Malawi and Zambia.
This report by Tufts University dives into the costs, benefits, and future potential of the approach. Read more: buff.ly/opuq26b
This report by Tufts University dives into the costs, benefits, and future potential of the approach. Read more: buff.ly/opuq26b
📢 In November 2024, the HERE-Geneva podcast turned 10 🎂 joined them on a ten-years retrospective on their previous work: here-geneva.org/here10
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here-geneva.org
April 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 In November 2024, the HERE-Geneva podcast turned 10 🎂 joined them on a ten-years retrospective on their previous work: here-geneva.org/here10
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🔎 How well do the OECD DAC criteria work in humanitarian evaluations? ALNAP’s latest research explores key challenges and lessons learned to inform better guidance.
Get the insights in this summary brief: reliefweb.int/report/world....
#HumanitarianAction #Evaluation #OECDDAC
Get the insights in this summary brief: reliefweb.int/report/world....
#HumanitarianAction #Evaluation #OECDDAC
Review of the OECD DAC criteria for evaluating humanitarian action - Summary Brief [EN/AR] - World
Analysis in Arabic on World about Humanitarian Financing; published on 16 Jun 2023 by ALNAP
reliefweb.int
March 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🔎 How well do the OECD DAC criteria work in humanitarian evaluations? ALNAP’s latest research explores key challenges and lessons learned to inform better guidance.
Get the insights in this summary brief: reliefweb.int/report/world....
#HumanitarianAction #Evaluation #OECDDAC
Get the insights in this summary brief: reliefweb.int/report/world....
#HumanitarianAction #Evaluation #OECDDAC
🌏 Our pick of the week is a special issue of Disasters arguing that how imperative it is to recognise the nature of local knowledge of the Global South in order to better international respondents response coordination: buff.ly/3X8lbDi
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March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌏 Our pick of the week is a special issue of Disasters arguing that how imperative it is to recognise the nature of local knowledge of the Global South in order to better international respondents response coordination: buff.ly/3X8lbDi
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