Publications
We are at the heart of the debate about what works in international development, and how it should be assessed.
By sharing what we know we help to make the field more impactful, accountable and transparent, and its investments open to wider scrutiny. Our publications cover project reports and discussion papers, as well as our thinking on the latest debates.
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Evaluation of The Hewlett Foundation’s Strategy to Apply Human-Centred Design to Improve Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Since 2013, the Hewlett Foundation (the Foundation) has supported IDEO.org and Marie Stopes International (MSI) to apply...
Review of Rural Roads Maintenance Planning in Nepal
This report by the independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) component of the Rural Access Programme 3 (RAP3)...
The impact of cash-for-works: evidence from the Rural Access Programme in the mid and far west of Nepal
RAP's primary objective is to deliver economic benefits to poor and isolated communities over the long term through improved...
Attitudes, practices and social norms survey Endline Report
This report presents the endline results of the Voices for Change Attitudes, Practices and Social Norms survey.
Strengthening the enabling environment for young women’s empowerment in Nigeria: Achievements and learning from Voices for Change
Voices for Change (V4C) was an innovative programme aiming to work at scale to strengthen the enabling environment for young...
The results achieved by programmes using a market systems approach
What does the current evidence base say about the impact of programmes using the market systems approach? The BEAM Exchange...
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...
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...
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.
Resilience Measurement – MEL approaches in practice
This report offers a discussion of the key challenges and lessons in operationalizing resilience measurement-monitoring,...
Making progress: BRACED at the mid-term
This report presents a synthesis of project-level mid-term reviews (MTR), carried out after 18 months’ implementation of the...
What works for Social Accountability? Findings from DFID’s Macro Evaluation
This briefing summarises the main findings from our evaluation of DFID's support to social accountability initiatives and...
Evaluation of DFID-CHAI market-shaping for access to safe, effective and affordable health commodities
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) commissioned an independent evaluation of its £35m programme of...
Impact evaluations for market systems programmes
These BEAM Exchange guidelines set out the key steps and considerations for designing, planning and undertaking the evaluation...
