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Evaluation questions the value of aid interventions. We need to keep warranting the value of evaluation.

As evaluators, do we know what value we bring? The question is not new, nurtured by the rise of the ‘post-truth politics” (KALPOKAS, 2019). Despite the many discussions on the relevance and utility of evaluations, this issue is not resolved and merits attention.

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Nov 17, 2020

We are evaluating a moving picture

We interviewed Julia Betts, independent evaluation consultant, who is currently supporting WFP evaluation activities related to the response to COVID-19.

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Hanna Paulose Jonas Leo Heirman Paul Christian Chloe Fernandez

Oct 19, 2020

Resilience in complex food crises: The case for building better evidence

In 2019, the world recorded 135 million "acutely food-insecure people in crisis or worse". More than three quarters of them lived in countries affected by conflict or extreme weather events.

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KOUESSI MAXIMIN ZACHARIE KODJO Pamela Dianne White Anne Floquet

Nov 11, 2020

Lessons from the evaluation of IFAD’s support to innovations for inclusive and sustainable smallholder agriculture

Innovations are key to improve the effectiveness of agri-food systems and better meet the rising demand for food worldwide. In particular, they are essential to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 targets.

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External coherence of agriculture interventions

Dear members, I would like to share with you one of the themes I am working on at the moment. In Burkina Faso, the agricultural sector is the field of intervention of a multitude of actors (Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Research (INERA), NGOs, TFPs, associations and farmers' organisations)...

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