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...
by Daria Blinova | Nov 24, 2021 | Blog
In order to stay healthy, one should know where, when, and how to seek high-quality medical treatment. However, among various types of medications and tons of information available on the Internet nowadays it is difficult to distinguish the options that may work best...
by Tom Ling | Nov 22, 2021 | Blog
Transformation is hard but evaluation can help; how evaluators can contribute to the development of a multi-agency advisory service (MAAS) to support innovators with the development of AI and data-driven solutions for health and social care By Tom Ling, EES...
by Carlos Tarazona | Nov 11, 2021 | Blog
Introduction Choosing the appropriate evaluation method is a pre-requisite for credible, independent and useful evaluations in the United Nations and beyond. On 8th September, the UN Evaluation Group presented at the 2021 European Evaluation Society Conference the...
by Gregory McGann | Nov 1, 2021 | Blog
Evaluation synthesis: an added boost to corporate learning https://www.evalforward.org/blog/evaluation-synthesis Most large organisations face a problem of knowledge creation that is subsequently underused and miscommunicated, even internally. Major research projects...
