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GPE 2020 country-level prospective evaluation – Zimbabwe
This is the first of two annual reports to be submitted during the three-year prospective evaluation of GPE in Zimbabwe –...
GCRF Evaluation Foundation Stage: Final Report
This is the Final Report for the Foundation Stage evaluation of the GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund).
New paper on African investments: The limits of job creation and social metrics
Metrics are useful, and the widespread use of standardised metrics and ratings have been helpful over the years. Still, many...
Reflections on evaluating integrated rural development
The latest IDS Bulletin ‘The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated Rural Development‘ brings together a...
Unforeseen benefits of the Millennium Villages Project in Northern Ghana
In this blog, Dee Jupp shares her experiences living in the home of an extended family in one of the Millennium Villages in...
Evaluation of Gavi’s Support to Civil Society Organisations
This report presents the main findings from an evaluation of Gavi’s support to CSOs (civil society organisations) during the...
Beyond venture capital: Being purposeful about investing in Ghana
Our new paper on African investments offers insights into improving social benefits: it can be achieved but requires...
Mobilising for Development Independent Evaluation Manager (IEM)
The M4D evaluation was funded by DFID, conducted by Itad (as the IEM), and ran from 1 November 2014 to 15 May 2018, beginning...
Changing gender norms at scale: Results and evidence of what works from Voices for Change in Nigeria
Recently, there’s been an increasing interest in the role of social norms in shaping people’s aspirations and promoting...
Adolescents 360 Evaluation: How might we better meet the needs of adolescent couples with contraceptive counselling and services through Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program?
Itad is working in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Avenir Health to independently...
Five key principles for Adaptive Social Protection programming
‘Adaptive Social Protection’ (ASP) came from a realisation that social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate...
Strategic Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Partnership with Gatsby Africa
Itad is pleased to announce a new learning partnership with Gatsby Africa, to strengthen their Monitoring, Evaluation and...
Itad presents Millennium Villages Impact Evaluation findings with senior policy-makers from Northern Ghana
The Millennium Villages Impact Evaluation (MVEval) will be presenting its findings of the DFID-funded SADA Millennium Villages...
Child Development Grant Programme Evaluation Qualitative Endline Report
This report presents the findings of the third and final (endline) round of qualitative fieldwork for the evaluation of the...
Is my social protection programme ‘shock-responsive’ or ‘adaptive’?
What is adaptive social protection? How does it differ from shock responsive social protection? Why does it matter? These were...
Savings in Sub-Saharan Africa: Access, Policies and Priorities
Saving hasn't kept up with access in the growth of financial inclusion. A new report sets out to understand trends in savings...
