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Why is it so hard to measure handwashing with soap?
As Global Handwashing Day approaches, the WASH Results MV team explores the challenges of verifying changes in handwashing...
Shining a light on Violence against Women and Girls programming…the need for evaluation
In September 2017, we attended the launch of the Spotlight Initiative, an EU and UN multi-year initiative to eliminate...
Evaluation of UNHCR’s leadership of the Global Protection Cluster and Field Protection Clusters: 2014-2016
This evaluation focuses on the performance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as...
GPSA webinar: What works for social accountability? Findings from DFID’s Macro Evaluation
What works for social accountability? Join Itad's Claire Hughes, with Jeremy Holland & Florian Schatz as they discuss findings...
Pacific Women 3 Year Evaluation – Final Report
Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development (‘Pacific Women’) is a 10-year, AU$ 320 million programme working in 14 member...
Ideas to Impact, LPG Cylinder Prize: Evaluation Report
The Cylinder Prize ran for two months from July 2015 and was one of three prizes designed to support the planned reform of...
Ideas to Impact, LPG Cylinder Prize: Evaluation Report Summary
The Cylinder Prize ran for two months from July 2015 and was one of three prizes designed to support the planned reform of...
BRACED: Introducing the Resilience Exchange
BRACED is helping people become more resilient to climate extremes. As part of our monitoring, evaluation and learning role...
‘Catalyzing Transformative Change’ – Itad at the SEEP Network Annual Conference
Itad joined development practitioners, funders, researchers and private sector actors at the 2017 SEEP Network Annual Conference.
What can we learn from the Government Outcomes Lab?
Learning Advisor Catherine Fisher investigates a new research centre on outcomes-based commissioning and finds plenty of...
Evaluating complex programmes: Reflections on realism and resilience
This paper considers the challenges faced and lessons learned in the mid-term review of BRACED projects.
Innovation prizes and support to solvers – how much, how little?
Here we discuss the challenges of running innovation prizes for development and the questions around additional support to...
Resilience Measurement – MEL approaches in practice
This report offers a discussion of the key challenges and lessons in operationalizing resilience measurement-monitoring,...
Measuring progress towards SDGs: a Payment by Results perspective
Attending the 2017 WEDC Conference prompted WASH MVE team members to share their reflections on measuring progress towards...
What works for social accountability? Findings from DFID’s macro evaluation
I wrote my first blog on DFID’s macro evaluation of its empowerment and accountability project portfolio way back in 2015,...
Measuring Social Norms on WEE Programmes: Lessons from Itad’s Work in Gender Equality
The role of social norms change in economically empowering women was a hot topic at the SEEP Women’s Economic Empowerment...
