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Is open access worth it? Maybe not yet, but we should still do it!
During the impact evaluation of the Millennium Villages project in northern Ghana, we opened up our datasets for wider...
Linking mine action to development: the need for generating evidence of longer-term change
With the annual UN International Mine Awareness Day on April 4, Jason Collodi and Tom Gillhespy from Itad’s Fragile and...
GPE 2020 country-level prospective evaluation – Nepal
The purpose of this prospective evaluation is to assess whether GPE’s inputs and influence in Nepal are orienting education...
GPE 2020 country-level prospective evaluation – Nigeria
This is the first of two annual reports to be submitted during the three-year prospective evaluation of the Global Partnership...
Why funders need to practice adaptive portfolio management to support systems change
Much like traditional investors, development funders often manage portfolios of investments. But what does it mean to manage a...
First GPE 2020 country-level prospective evaluation reports published
The first set of annual country reports for our prospective evaluation of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) have been...
Podcast: Learning from evaluating HCD field work
Itad's Stefanie Wallach joined Tiffany Franke on the Adolescents Insights group podcast series (made for the HCD Exchange)...
60 seconds with…Fergal Turner
Our ‘60 Seconds with…’ blogs are designed to provide a quick run down of what our staff do here at Itad. Here is what...
New lessons from Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab partners
Partners from the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab have recently shared lessons from their work in financial...
Strategic Evaluation of WFP Support for Enhanced Resilience
Itad's strategic evaluation provides a formative and forward-looking assessment of WFP’s support for enhanced resilience....
Itad to discuss Global Mine Action Programme evaluation
Itad’s Tom Gillhespy will be at the 22nd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers...
Evaluating transformational change in global programmes that tackle climate change
In this Itad blog, partner Sam McPherson reflects on his trip to the Noor Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant for CIF's...
Adaptive Programming in Fragile, Conflict and Violence-Affected Settings – What works and under what conditions? The Case of PERL, Nigeria
This case study focuses on PERL (Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn) in Nigeria and draws on a conceptual framework (the...
Does adaptive programming work in fragile contexts, and why? The case of PERL in Nigeria
We’ve just published a case study based on a fascinating week in Nigeria last summer, exploring what ‘adaptive...
Changing a Theory of Change: six important lessons from our work with iDSI
In this Itad blog, Laura Hopkins and Stefanie Wallach explore six lessons we've learnt when it comes to changing a theory of...
Evaluating CIF’s contribution to transformational change – new report launched
Itad conducted an independent evaluation of the transformational change that has been supported by CIF, and our...
