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Handwashing and COVID-19: The role of data in improving hygiene promotion
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the importance of thorough handwashing to the fore in global efforts to curb the spread of the virus. Hygiene...
The Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network: UNICEF Assessment
A continuing trend in international development has been the greater scrutiny of ODA (Overseas Development Assistance) spending, with bilateral...
The benefits of community-driven development
A new paper published in the Journal of Flood Risk Management explores the costs and benefits of resilience interventions in Myanmar.
How has COVID-19 affected data quality in the agriculture sector? Highlights on a recent e-Panel
An e-Panel, co-hosted by AVANTI and EvalForward, set out to explore this question. Our panellists, Armand Zoa, Joas Tugizimana and Tim Njagi,...
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 how innovation...
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 growth of...
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 vulnerable and...
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 Results Programme.
Balancing the UK’s development objectives and national interest: Three lessons for the FCO/DFID merger
There has been wide-ranging debate over the last weeks about the UK Government announcement to merge DFID and FCO into the new FCDO. One concern...
MSD in disrupted markets: Important lessons from Nepal
Evaluating NMDP-Samarth (Nepal Market Development Programme-Samarth) - Nepal's first MSD (market systems development) programme
Measuring political access and influence in fragile and conflict-affected settings
Understanding political context and the influence of political interests is critical in delivering national and development objectives. This is...
Evaluation of the second phase of the Energy, Security and Resource Efficiency in Somaliland programme
Access to clean and affordable energy remains a barrier to economic development in Somaliland where energy consumption per capita is the lowest...
Evaluation of the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund
Investment in infrastructure across the Caribbean has supported growth, trade and created new jobs. Ongoing investment is needed to support...
Provision of MERL Services for CSSF South Asia (2020 – 2022)
The UK’s Conflict Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) is designed to provide strategic UK investments that combine a whole-of-government...
Evaluation of the Global Challenges Research Fund
GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund) is a £1.5 billion fund to support cutting-edge, world-class research that addresses the challenges faced...
Evaluation of the development impact of CDC’s infrastructure portfolio
In developing and emerging markets, investments in infrastructure, such as renewable energy, roads, ports and telecoms, can achieve significant...
Stamping out slavery in Nigeria – MEL Unit
Historically, Nigeria has been seen as a country of origin, transit and destination for human trafficking. Edo State has been labelled the most...
Building partnerships for global change: Lessons from the China-UK Global Health Support Programme
China is at the centre of many current debates about global governance and will play an important role in global affairs in the coming years,...
Access to SRH services for persons with disabilities: mapping the evidence
A growing body of evidence shows that persons with disabilities have historically been denied their SRH (sexual and reproductive health) rights,...
Journal article shares findings of China-UK Global Health Support Programme evaluation
Findings of the evaluation of the China-UK Global Health Support Programme (GHSP) are shared in a new journal article co-authored by Itad Partner...
Conflict and coronavirus: What the pandemic means in fragile settings
While all of us at Itad grapple with the impacts of COVID-19 on the countries where we work, for those of us working on conflict, security and...
Answering questions on the WASH Results Evaluation
Over 180 people from NGOs, funding agencies and research organisations around the world with an interest in WASH and Payment by Results...
E-panel to share DFID WASH Results Programme evaluation findings
On 15 May 2020 an e-panel featuring Itad’s Katharina Welle will share the findings of the DFID Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Results...
Learning from evaluating Caribbean anti-corruption agencies published in journal article
A new journal article sharing learning from two Itad evaluations of a UK DFID anti-corruption programme in the Caribbean has been published by...