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Impact Evaluation in the humanitarian space
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.
How has Covid-19 affected data quality in the agriculture sector? Highlights on a recent e-Panel
An e-Panel, co-hosted by AVANTI and EvalForward, set out to explore this question. Our panellists, Armand Zoa, Joas Tugizimana and Tim Njagi, shared their experiences from Cameroon, Rwanda and Kenya respectively.
Evaluation in times of Covid-19
Will Covid-19 spark change in the conduct of evaluations?
In the third and final part of our interview with leaders and managers currently engaged in humanitarian-development evaluations, we asked how the conduct of evaluations was evolving as a result of Covid-19, and what opportunities it might now usher in? (see part 1 here and part 2 here).
- Evaluation methods
- Evaluation process
Evaluation in times of Covid-19
What challenges does Covid-19 present to independent and credible evaluations?
In the second of our three-part interview with leaders and managers currently engaged in humanitarian-development evaluations, we asked how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the practice of evaluation, and where to draw the Do No Harm line (see first part here).
- Evaluation methods
- Evaluation process
Global development indicators are not just numbers
On July 13th, the 2020 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World was presented by its authors - FAO, IFAD, WHO, WFP and UNICEF - at the UN High-Level Policy Forum on Sustainable Development in New York.
Evaluation in times of Covid-19
How is the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions on movement affecting the conduct of evaluations?
Launching a new series on Evaluation in times of Covid-19, this is the first of a three-part interview bringing together reflections from leaders and managers currently engaged in humanitarian-development evaluations on how the pandemic is affecting the practice of evaluation.
- Evaluation methods
- Evaluation process
Value chain approaches: reaching the very poor
A value chain is the full range of activities – including design, production and distribution – required to bring a product or service from conception to its final market destination.
Can visual thinking facilitate evaluation? WFP’s innovative approach to validation workshops
Since the advent of the Internet, we have been living in a time of information explosion. As the amount of available data grows, managing all of that material becomes more difficult, which can lead to information overload.
- Evaluation methods
- Evaluation process
Importance of leadership in Results-based management. Highlights on a recent e-Panel
In a recent e-Panel, co-hosted by AVANTI and EvalForward, we explored the role of leadership in instilling a culture of Results-based management (RBM) in African agriculture based on evidenced experience.
- Agriculture
- Results based management
Struggling to prove the obvious – How can evaluations show that community-driven development works?
Community-driven development (CDD) emphasizes community control over planning decisions and investment resources, operating on principles of transparency, participation, accountability and enhanced local capacity.
- Evaluation methods
- Rural development
Impact Evaluation in the humanitarian space
Cash-based transfers in crisis: Why more evidence is needed to support women in crisis, and what we’re doing about it
The increasing intensity of humanitarian crises and conflict across the globe has led to the highest level of displaced people in history.
- Emergency
- Impact evaluation
Evaluation in the age of big data: Opportunities and challenges in agriculture and food security
Most evaluations require adjusting methodology to real-world constraints, whether they be economic, technical, organizational, political, or related to time or data.