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 of the Gavi Alliance’s Gender Policy (2014-2018)
The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4, aimed to reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the global under-five mortality...
What else does the MVP evaluation tell us?
In this blog, we dig deeper into the findings to explore the impact of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in Northern Ghana...
Tracking and measuring resilience in large programmes: lessons from BRACED
This paper shares insights on designing and implementing monitoring, evaluation and learning systems as well as generating...
GPE 2020 country-level prospective evaluation – Malawi
This is the first of two annual reports to be submitted during the three-year prospective evaluation (PE) of the Global...
GPE 2020 country-level prospective evaluation – Zimbabwe
This is the first of two annual reports to be submitted during the three-year prospective evaluation of GPE in Zimbabwe –...
GCRF Evaluation Foundation Stage: Final Report
This is the Final Report for the Foundation Stage evaluation of the GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund).
New paper on African investments: The limits of job creation and social metrics
Metrics are useful, and the widespread use of standardised metrics and ratings have been helpful over the years. Still, many...
Unforeseen benefits of the Millennium Villages Project in Northern Ghana
In this blog, Dee Jupp shares her experiences living in the home of an extended family in one of the Millennium Villages in...
Reflections on evaluating integrated rural development
The latest IDS Bulletin ‘The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development‘ brings together a...
Evaluation of Gavi’s Support to Civil Society Organisations
This report presents the main findings from an evaluation of Gavi’s support to CSOs (civil society organisations) during the...
Beyond venture capital: Being purposeful about investing in Ghana
Our new paper on African investments offers insights into improving social benefits: it can be achieved but requires...
Mobilising for Development Independent Evaluation Manager (IEM)
The M4D evaluation was funded by DFID, conducted by Itad (as the IEM), and ran from 1 November 2014 to 15 May 2018, beginning...
Changing gender norms at scale: Results and evidence of what works from Voices for Change in Nigeria
Recently, there’s been an increasing interest in the role of social norms in shaping people’s aspirations and promoting...
Adolescents 360 Evaluation: How might we better meet the needs of adolescent couples with contraceptive counselling and services through Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program?
Itad is working in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Avenir Health to independently...
Scaling up Nutrition in Pakistan (SNIP)
DFID is contributing £68 million of support to nutrition interventions in Pakistan, focusing investment on improving...
Is my social protection programme ‘shock-responsive’ or ‘adaptive’?
What is adaptive social protection? How does it differ from shock responsive social protection? Why does it matter? These were...
