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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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...
Gatsby Africa: Strategic Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Partnership
Our learning partnership with Gatsby Africa aims to strengthen their ability to learn, adapt and make better programming...
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...
Five key principles for Adaptive Social Protection programming
‘Adaptive Social Protection’ (ASP) came from a realisation that social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate...
Scaling up Nutrition in Pakistan (SNIP)
DFID is contributing £68 million of support to nutrition interventions in Pakistan, focusing investment on improving...
Strategic Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Partnership with Gatsby Africa
Itad is pleased to announce a new learning partnership with Gatsby Africa, to strengthen their Monitoring, Evaluation and...
Itad presents Millennium Villages Impact Evaluation findings with senior policy-makers from Northern Ghana
The Millennium Villages Impact Evaluation (MVEval) will be presenting its findings of the DFID-funded SADA Millennium Villages...
Child Development Grant Programme Evaluation Qualitative Endline Report
This report presents the findings of the third and final (endline) round of qualitative fieldwork for the evaluation of the...
Savings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Access, Policies and Priorities
Saving hasn't kept up with access in the growth of financial inclusion. A new report sets out to understand trends in savings...
Portfolio evaluation of advocacy efforts in development policy and finance
Aid budgets should be able to respond to emerging challenges. Donors should be supporting developing countries towards the...
Using a social norms approach to tackle corruption in Nigeria
As a teenager in a rural community in Nigeria, I often witnessed the scorn and disgrace heaped on officials of village...
Blended finance & addressing the evidence gap – Reflections from an OECD workshop
Earlier this week I was at an OECD workshop hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Webinar: Navigating the Evidence on Savings-Focused Financial Inclusion
The official launch of the Savings Evidence Map took place in October 2018, with an interactive demonstration on how to access...
Engaging adolescent girls in governance processes: lessons from Northern Nigeria
Itad conducted an independent impact evaluation of the DFID-funded Mobilising for Development (M4D) programme, which aimed to...
Management of the Local Roads Network in Federal Nepal – Policy Brief
People living in remote areas of Nepal demand and aspire to be physically connected year-round to markets and service centres....
