How do we know if our efforts are truly making a difference? In international development, this question sits at the heart of everything we do. For years, impact evaluations were primarily seen as ...

UNDP’s Independent Evaluation Office has released a five-part Impact Evaluation Guidelines package to help teams decide when an impact evaluation adds value and how to conduct one that is rigorous and ...

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This research brief draws on the strongest impact evaluations to date to clarify when anticipatory action improves welfare and when it can protect livelihoods and contribute to longer-term resilience.

A couple of seminal studies published almost 20 years ago found that conservationists needed to start examining whether their actions were actually causing the desired effects. Assessing conservation ...

Altmetrics have emerged as a complementary tool to traditional citation-based metrics in the assessment of scholarly impact. Unlike traditional metrics that primarily capture academic citations over ...

For years, possibly centuries, smart people have been teaching us the difference between intent and impact.* When I speak, I may intend one thing but what matters to you is how you receive what I say.

At the close of the fall semester, professors across the country will grade their students. Based on recent trends, those grades will be higher than ever. Around the same time, students will hand ...

Recent years have seen a large increase in the availability of rigorous impact evaluations that could inform policy decisions. However, it is not enough for evidence to exist: It must also be seen as ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is the largest funding agency for humanitarian and development aid worldwide. The aim of this study is to comprehensively evaluate the effect of all ...