CDI

Centre for Development Impact (CDI). Learning and innovation in impact evaluation, through the use of appropriate, mixed method, and robust evaluation designs.

[Dr Catherine Brentnall @areyoureadyteam]

Woop!! Article with @ivandiego + @NigelCulkin introducing Realist Evaluation to #ented competitions is *open access* for 2 months! Thank you IHE editors + @SAGE_EdResearch. #Ented colleagues, esp those who know #careers #ented teachers, please @ & RT - https://t.co/Ye8EwSnGUw

[FHI 360 Research @fhi360research]

New #IDSbulletin (The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated #RuralDev) offers a series of articles on #integrateddev & "how best to know whether it works & why" – great summary via @CDevImpact/@IDS_UK's Chris Barnett:
https://t.co/KiBhfhvxsV

[Aisling Kerr @aislingkerr9]

I don't think I've ever seen a more accurate description of the iterative nature of realist evaluation and synthesis! #RealistWorkshopNU

[Aoife McCullough @aoifemccullough]

As researchers, we are often encouraged to use both qual and quant methods. But how difficult is this in practice and is it worth the extra effort? @samsharp reveals all:
What we’ve learnt doing mixed-methods behavioural research in Uganda https://t.co/5kytnbwrq9 (from @ODIdev)

[Institute of Development Studies @IDS_UK]

Looking to expand your #impacteval skills? Join our five-day course for professionals on how to effectively design impact evaluations using a contribution analysis framing. https://t.co/vaUP5FWEor #evaluation #AEA18 #AEA

[CDI @CDevImpact]

Thursday 8th November at 1pm. New CDI seminar delivered by @Pete_OFlynn and Seife Ayele of @IDS_UK on Agribusiness' data collection practices of smallholder farmers. What reflections can we take away for the #SDGs?

[Institute of Development Studies @IDS_UK]

The IDS Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation course aims to equip individuals and organisations to more effectively design impact evaluations using a contribution analysis framing. Apply now

https://t.co/JHK1ZRHyqI

#ImpactEvaluation #ShortCourse #ProfessionalDevelopment

[CDI @CDevImpact]

New CDI blog on the challenges of smallholder data collection by Agribusinesses in Africa. What does this mean for how we evaluate this sector? https://t.co/rvayzAqUGO @Pete_OFlynn #Evaluation #Data #SDGs

[Rob D. van den Berg @RobDvandenBerg]

Fascinating reading not just for young and emerging evaluators in the top tips that @ZendaOfir host on her webpage: https://t.co/KSZIuNthhG. We can all learn from these tips! @Eval_Youth

[Luke Craven @LukeCraven]

But as @harryrutter and colleagues so eloquently put it “[the] rhetoric urging complex systems approaches … is only rarely operationalised in ways that generate relevant evidence or effective policies” 3/

[Martin Ravallion @MartinRavallion]

Aligning our impact evaluation efforts with development policy challenges requires:

1. Abandoning the claimed hierarchy of methods, with Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) at the top, and making clear that “scientific” and “rigorous” evidence is not confined to RCTs.

[Evaluation at ADB @adbevaluation]

VIDEO: Impact Evaluation for Development - How impact #evaluation can facilitate in identifying and scaling up the right things to increase the chances of development interventions to work for the poor https://t.co/YVh9qk53id via @YouTube

[Dr. Bettina Friedrich @betty_friedrich]

@Mental_Elf True - and this is why it is so important for respective evaluation research to also look into issues and negative impact and not just to "evidence positive outcomes". Everybody likes a success story but we have to also look into risks of treatments.

[Research & Evidence @caid_research]

Designing impact evaluations that are not blind to the different dimensions of power: useful @oxfamgbpolicy blog shares sampling strategies for #resilience and #citizenship programme evaluation that systematically take #gender into account https://t.co/1DSFNAKTX9

[Institute of Development Studies @IDS_UK]

Looking for a new challenge? Apply now to the 'Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation' professional development course at IDS

https://t.co/4xkCGVDsRX

#ImpactEvaluation #ShortCourse #ProfessionalDevelopment

[CDI @CDevImpact]

CDI has a 28 practice papers on complexity and methods to provide additional guidance for evaluators. See https://t.co/um6MqFUtza

[ODI's Digital Societies @DigiSoc_ODI]

The Methods Lab #evaluation toolkit develops and tests flexible approaches to #impact evaluation for interventions that are harder to evaluate because of their complexity. Download templates, guidance notes and working papers: https://t.co/Gm7buBJumM Photo: UNDP (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

[BetterEvaluation @BetterEval]

Thanks for sharing these helpful resources on #responsibledata - we need to think more carefully about #ethics in #evaluation. #MERLTech

[CDI @CDevImpact]

@C0PE Related reading: @Pete_OFlynn et al (2016) "Assessing contrasting strategies for ensuring ethical practice within evaluation: institutional review boards and professionalisation" https://t.co/TltL5Juic9