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Can innovation prizes improve lives for the poorest?
After six years, the UKAid-funded Ideas to Impact programme has come to an end, yielding an impressive amount of lessons on...
Rising to the challenge: How to get the best value from using prizes to drive innovation for development
An innovation inducement prize enables funders to pursue development goals without them having to know in advance which...
Evaluating the results of innovation prizes for development: reflections and recommendations from practice
The incidence of using prizes (of any kind) to achieve social and development goals is increasing (Evanoff, 2018). And yet...
Evaluating the value for money of Ideas to Impact’s innovation inducement prizes
From 2014 to 2019, the Ideas to Impact (I2I) action-research programme has been designing, implementing and testing a series...
Development of key performance indicators – Final Report
BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) spends part of the overseas aid budget on research and...
Research for Development indicators: A review of funder practice
The Newton Fund and the GCRF are managed by BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) to promote research...
Mobilising private finance into low-carbon markets: Insights from the UK’s International Climate Finance
To tackle the global climate crisis and achieve a worldwide low-carbon transition, it will be essential to stimulate the...
Remote training for contraceptive service delivery – WISH COVID-19 Learning Brief #1
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically affected the capacity of organisations to train health providers, jeopardising their...
Global Evaluation of UNICEF’s WASH Programming in Protracted Crises, 2014–19
This Global Evaluation of UNICEF’s WASH Programming in Protracted Crisis (WiPC) is the first UNICEF global thematic...
Recovering better from COVID-19: Lessons from WASH and protracted crises
Globally, people living in protracted crises represent the ‘last mile’ in terms of reaching the SDGs — they are the most...
Designing effective verification systems for Payment by Results contracts
New series of publications shares practical guidance for third-party verification services based on learning from the WASH...
Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Final Report
International Climate Finance (ICF) is a core component of the United Kingdom’s contribution to developed countries’...
Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Technical Report
The United Kingdom (UK) is firmly committed, alongside other developed countries, to contribute to the mobilisation of US$100...
Executive Summary: Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects – Compass PE2 Final Report
This is the executive summary of the Compass PE2 final report 'Mobilising private finance through demonstration effects'.
Webinar to share insights on savings and retail banking in Africa
An upcoming webinar, taking place on 11 August and hosted by the SEEP Network and the Mastercard Savings Learning Lab, will...
Savings Groups in Graduation Programs: A Pathway to Inclusive Markets
This paper explores the linkage of graduation participants with markets and value chains as well as the role that Savings...
