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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BEAM Monitoring Guidance
The BEAM Monitoring Guidance aims to provide an introduction to current thinking and practice in monitoring for programmes...
The impact of programmes that use market systems approaches
Market systems approaches have now been used in a wide range of countries and contexts to promote growth in jobs and income,...
Strengthening Research and Knowledge Systems (SRKS) Evaluation
The Strengthening Research and Knowledge Systems (SRKS), was a five-year (2013-2018) programme which aimed to increase...
Evaluation of The Norwegian Aid Administration’s Practice of Results-Based Management
There is a clear political commitment to measuring and managing for results in the Norwegian aid administration. Despite this...
UNICEF Programming in Health Systems Strengthening – A Formative Evaluation
There is currently widespread recognition that the goal of improved health for all people cannot be achieved without stronger...
Evaluation of UNFPA support to the prevention, response to and elimination of gender-based violence, and harmful practices
The purpose of the evaluation is to assess the UNFPA support to the prevention, response to and elimination of GBV, and...
Centre for Development Impact Update – Summer 2017
We’ve had a busy start to 2017 at the Centre for Development Impact.
Northern Ghana Millennium Villages Impact Evaluation: Preliminary Report on the Fourth Round of Data
The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) has been designed to demonstrate how an integrated approach to community-led development...
How accountability trumps learning: three lessons from evaluating the Tilitonse programme
Mel Punton and Julia Hamaus discuss their presentation at the UK Evaluation Society conference this year
Final report: Impact evaluation of the DFID Programme to accelerate improved nutrition for the extreme poor in Bangladesh
Itad, as part of a consortium with the Institute of Development Studies, the International Food Policy Research Institute,...
RAP Beneficiaries’ Feedback Report 2017
To date, there have been several studies conducted by the independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) component of...
The road to impact: how do we ensure that evidence is both useful and used?
How do we use evidence to influence? How can we broker a dialogue with new audiences and create spaces where we can learn from...
The irony of evaluation – thoughts from the annual UKES conference
My initial reaction to my first UKES conference was that it all seemed slightly ironic that a group of dedicated evaluation...
Pushing the boundaries: considering new ways of utilising evaluations
Itad's Bara Sladkova reflects on this year's UKES Conference, which explored the current ways of utilising evaluations.
Itad’s 4 top takeaways from the SEEP Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum
Mollie Liesner blogs on her top 4 takeaways from the SEEP Women's Economic Empowerment Forum in Bangkok.
Increasing the use of evaluation results: three tensions to navigate
As pressure to demonstrate Value for Money and results in international development increases in the current political...
