Capacity building in evidence use
Strengthening teams to design, commission, interpret and use evidence in real world decision-making.
We bring lessons from evaluating training and capacity building efforts into our own approach. We work on the principle that accompanying change – rather than imposing change – delivers sustainable results. We have worked with clients of all shapes and sizes to support their training and capacity building needs in line with their organisational culture.
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Evaluation at the humanitarian-development nexus: Lessons from the DRC
Having only joined Itad in late 2019 as a research analyst, I was eager to get out into the field and explore the world of...
Learning Partner for the Financial Sector Deepening Trust, Tanzania
The Financial Sector Deepening Trust in Tanzania (FSDT) adopts a market development approach towards addressing systemic...
COVID-19 and sexual and reproductive health: Lessons from Zika and Ebola
The need to rapidly learn from previous experience and evidence on sexual and reproductive health in epidemics is now an...
GPE Country-level Evaluations – Final Synthesis Report
This report draws upon the summative and prospective evaluation reports for the 28 partner countries in the CLE (country-level...
Education in the time of COVID-19: Learning for a resilient future
The latest data from UNESCO shows that over 1.5 billion learners have been affected by restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.
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...
Developing indicators for the UK’s aid spend on research and innovation (GCRF and Newton Fund)
BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) spends part of the overseas aid budget on research and...
From privilege to right: Why we need access to water for all
For World Water Day, we asked our WASH team to share their thoughts on why access to water for all is essential and what the...
Adapting to adaptive programming
I find that my natural scepticism is occasionally interpreted as me being cynical. And a cynic might ask what the difference...
2016-17 global leap off-grid refrigerator competition (round 1) – Follow-up review
The 2016-17 Global LEAP Off-Grid Refrigerator Competition (Round 1) aimed to transform the global market for off-grid...
Itad response to COVID-19
The WHO (World Health Organisation) has now declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic and called for urgent global action. In...
Reality bites: Lessons from five years of realist evaluation at Itad
It’s been over five years since Itad hurtled head-first into the fascinating world of realist evaluation. Since setting up a...
Savings evidence map synthesis report: 2021 update
Itad has developed the evidence map presented in this document as part of the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab.
Savings evidence map synthesis report summary: 2021 update
Itad has developed the evidence map presented in this document as part of the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab.
Ethics in evaluation: Why it is important
Ethics and safeguarding are increasingly at the centre of evaluation practice. Following the 2019 publication of DFID’s...
Five things about Itad’s learning culture
Itad's Learning and Development Lead, Rachel Conway, reflects on our organisational learning culture after six months in the job.
