by Francesco Bolzonella | Mar 22, 2022 | Blog
Influencing government decisions is an important component of policy change in most political systems. Advocates of structural change must convince policymakers of the worthiness of the changes advocated for. Most advocacy organizations face growing pressure to...
by Karin Kohlweg | Mar 8, 2022 | Blog
Last year, our blog called “Let’s increase efforts to mainstream gender in evaluations!” presented five recommendations to ensure gender is mainstreamed in evaluations. The main takeaways from last year’s blog are: Make gender analysis a...
by Gregory McGann | Mar 1, 2022 | Blog
Inception Report: System-Wide Evaluation of the UNDS Response to COVID-19 | UNSDG As the world dares to hope that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, there is a limited appetite to re-live its horrors through a thorough accounting of institutional...
by Sharon Scotcher | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog
As President of the European Evaluation Society (EES), I strongly endorse the Official appeal of the Ukrainian Evaluation Association to all evaluation communities and share their denunciation of the Russian government’s attack on sovereign Ukrainian territory...
by Gregory McGann | Feb 3, 2022 | Blog
Evaluation and Innovation in a complex world | by UNDP Innovation | Dec, 2021 | Medium This blog by Oscar Garcia, Director of UNDP’s Independent Evaluation Office, was published at the close of last year but is a good look at the innovations, opportunities and...
by Gregory McGann | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog
Where next in the quest for better evidence — after this year’s picks for the Nobel Prize in Economics https://www.3ieimpact.org/blogs/where-next-quest-better-evidence-after-years-picks-nobel-prize-economics The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded jointly...
by Daria Blinova | Dec 17, 2021 | Blog
History shows that humanity has always been on the move. However, climate change and environmental degradation affect almost every aspect of our life more and more. This, in turn, induces human mobility: people have to migrate from their homes to unknown destinations...
by Carlos Tarazona | Dec 3, 2021 | Blog
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme (RRP) in July of 2020 with the aim of enhancing its coordination in response to the crisis and its related resource mobilization. Conceived as an...
by Gregory McGann | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog
How evidence from randomized evaluations can inform climate finance at COP26 https://www.povertyactionlab.org/blog/11-8-21/how-evidence-randomized-evaluations-can-inform-climate-finance-cop26 By the time of COP26, something of a consensus had emerged that the...
by Blanca Casares Guillen | Nov 29, 2021 | Blog
Situation of women in rural areas in Europe Women play a major role in civil society and economic growth in rural areas. They help to maintain vibrant rural areas and communities, and viable farm businesses. Women act in the rural economy as farmers, workers in...