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What can we learn from the Government Outcomes Lab?
Learning Advisor Catherine Fisher investigates a new research centre on outcomes-based commissioning and finds plenty of...
Evaluating complex programmes: Reflections on realism and resilience
This paper considers the challenges faced and lessons learned in the mid-term review of BRACED projects.
Innovation prizes and support to solvers – how much, how little?
Here we discuss the challenges of running innovation prizes for development and the questions around additional support to...
Measuring progress towards SDGs: a Payment by Results perspective
Attending the 2017 WEDC Conference prompted WASH MVE team members to share their reflections on measuring progress towards...
Resilience Measurement – MEL approaches in practice
This report offers a discussion of the key challenges and lessons in operationalizing resilience measurement-monitoring,...
What works for social accountability? Findings from DFID’s macro evaluation
I wrote my first blog on DFID’s macro evaluation of its empowerment and accountability project portfolio way back in 2015,...
Measuring Social Norms on WEE Programmes: Lessons from Itad’s Work in Gender Equality
The role of social norms change in economically empowering women was a hot topic at the SEEP Women’s Economic Empowerment...
Making progress: BRACED at the mid-term
This report presents a synthesis of project-level mid-term reviews (MTR), carried out after 18 months’ implementation of the...
What works for Social Accountability? Findings from DFID’s Macro Evaluation
This briefing summarises the main findings from our evaluation of DFID's support to social accountability initiatives and...
Itad joins GPSA as Global Partner
Itad has joined the Global Partnership for Social Accountability (GPSA) as a Global Partner. In doing so, we have joined...
Evaluation of DFID-CHAI market-shaping for access to safe, effective and affordable health commodities
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) commissioned an independent evaluation of its £35m programme of...
What role will China play in global health and how will we work together?
China has historically been a recipient of development assistance and funding, but this is changing with the country’s...
Project update – summer 2017
During the first half of 2017, Itad has continued to start new work with a range of clients, across our themes.
Rethinking systemic change – technical paper
This technical paper provides an in-depth review of the fields of evolutionary economics, new institutional economics and...
Rethinking systemic change – discussion paper
This discussion paper briefly presents the key messages from the literature review and seven principles drawing from this...
Applying multipliers to tourism in Kosovo
Most programmes face challenges in assessing and reporting the wider impact of their interventions. In the tourism sector,...
