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We are at the heart of the debate about what works in international development, and how it should be assessed.
By sharing what we know we help to make the field more impactful, accountable and transparent, and its investments open to wider scrutiny. Our publications cover project reports and discussion papers, as well as our thinking on the latest debates.
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Meta-Evaluation of Global Affairs Canada’s Decentralized Evaluations
This report presents a review of decentralized evaluations over the period 2009–14. During this period, decentralized...
Routes to resilience: insights from BRACED year 2
Two years into implementation of the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) programme,...
Routes to resilience: lessons from monitoring BRACED year 2
This paper shares insights, reflections and lessons learnt from designing, implementing and reporting against the Building...
Summary: Routes to resilience: insights from BRACED year 2
BRACED is the biggest global effort to build resilience locally, in highly vulnerable places, yet at scale. Two years into the...
Summary: Routes to resilience: lessons from monitoring BRACED year 2
To understand what works well and what does not in building climate and disaster resilience, the BRACED Knowledge Manager...
The Role of External Actors in Supporting Social and Political Action towards Empowerment and Accountability with a Focus on Fragile, Conflict- and Violence-Affected Settings
This paper explores the role and experience of external actors, particularly donors, in supporting social and political action...
Impact Evaluation of the SADA Millennium Villages Project in Northern Ghana Annex C: Endline Reality Check Approach
The endline Reality Check Approach (RCA) was conducted as the last of the monitoring and evaluation elements of the...
Evaluation of The Hewlett Foundation’s Strategy to Apply Human-Centred Design to Improve Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Since 2013, the Hewlett Foundation (the Foundation) has supported IDEO.org and Marie Stopes International (MSI) to apply...
Review of Rural Roads Maintenance Planning in Nepal
This report by the independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) component of the Rural Access Programme 3 (RAP3)...
The impact of cash-for-works: evidence from the Rural Access Programme in the mid and far west of Nepal
RAP's primary objective is to deliver economic benefits to poor and isolated communities over the long term through improved...
Attitudes, practices and social norms survey Endline Report
This report presents the endline results of the Voices for Change Attitudes, Practices and Social Norms survey.
Strengthening the enabling environment for young women’s empowerment in Nigeria: Achievements and learning from Voices for Change
Voices for Change (V4C) was an innovative programme aiming to work at scale to strengthen the enabling environment for young...
The results achieved by programmes using a market systems approach
What does the current evidence base say about the impact of programmes using the market systems approach? The BEAM Exchange...
Evaluation of UNHCR’s leadership of the Global Protection Cluster and Field Protection Clusters: 2014-2016
This evaluation focuses on the performance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as...
Pacific Women 3 Year Evaluation – Final Report
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (‘Pacific Women’) is a 10-year, AU$ 320 million programme working in 14 member...
Ideas to Impact, LPG Cylinder Prize: Evaluation Report
The Cylinder Prize ran for two months from July 2015 and was one of three prizes designed to support the planned reform of...