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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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Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) Evaluation: Stage 1 Synthesis Report
This report presents a synthesis of the results from Stage 1 of the evaluation of DFID’s Building Capacity to Use Research...
Independent Review of the Rural Access Programme’s Performance Management and Verification (M&E) System
The Performance Management and Verification (PMV) system is the Rural Access Programme’s (RAP) internal M&E system used to...
Review of the RAP-3 Theory of Change
The 2016 review is a critical examination of the RAP3 theory of change conducted in consultation with stakeholders to reflect...
How can capacity development promote evidence-informed policy making? – BCURE Evaluation Briefing No. 1
This briefing note presents three lessons emerging from a literature review by the BCURE evaluation team on ‘how can...
Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA), Policy Briefing 1
This policy briefing of Itad's evaluation of the Medicines Transparency Allicance gives an overview of the methods, findings,...
Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA) Evaluation, Final Report
The purpose of this evaluation was to assess MeTA’s underlying rationale to provide lessons for future programming of...
BCURE Literature Review Section 2 – What factors promote and constrain evidence-informed policy making?
There is a large amount of evidence on the barriers to and facilitators of EIPM, synthesised in a number of secondary reviews....
BCURE Literature Review Section 3 – What is the evidence on how to build capacity for evidence-informed policy making?
This section of the BCURE Literature Review examines primary evidence from studies of interventions aiming to build capacity...
BCURE Literature Review – How can capacity development promote evidence-informed policy making?
This literature review examines how and why different approaches to capacity building for evidence-informed policy making...
BCURE Literature Review Section 1 – What is ‘building capacity for evidence-informed policy making’?
This section of the BCURE Literature Review discusses the theories and assumptions underpinning the BCURE programme.
A Value for Money (VfM) Analysis for RAP 3
The Value for Money (VFM) analysis of RAP is one-off review assessing what is driving costs and to ensure that the programme...
Rapid Perception Survey on “Bikash ko Bato” – A joint RAP and MEL report
RAP 3's communication strategy included the “10 RAP Principles – that guide all activities and communications”. It also...
BRACED Monitoring & Evaluation Guidance Notes
The BRACED M&E Guidance Notes set out the BRACED M&E framework itself and the guidance provided to the 15 country-level...
Evaluation of Norwegian Support to Capacity Development
Capacity development is a core cross-cutting issue for Norway. It is estimated that projects and programmes with significant...
Climate Smart Initiative Story of Change One: Hassna
The Climate Smart Initiative (CSI) was launched in July 2013, as an adjunct to the existing Government of Ethiopia’s...
Climate Smart Initiative Story of Change Two: Mesaye
The Climate Smart Initiative (CSI) was launched in July 2013, as an adjunct to the existing Government of Ethiopia’s...
