Portfolio and fund-level evaluation
Portfolios range from a collection of projects or grants that are loosely focused on the same issue area to a highly coordinated set of plans that operate seamlessly. Portfolio managers want to understand how the different parts add up to a greater goal. We have evaluated portfolios for a diverse range of clients and refined an approach that delivers insights for managers.
Evaluation of the Global Challenges Research Fund
We are assessing how successfully the Global Challenges Research Fund is achieving its aims, delivering impact and achieving...
Maximising the effectiveness of Defra programming
We are providing monitoring, evaluation and learning services for Defra’s international programming covering climate change,...
Shaping the UN Girl’s Education Initiative 2023-27
Itad supported the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative to develop and design their 2023-27 portfolio.
Supporting USAID’s Localize Global Health Security project
We are providing monitoring, evaluation and learning services to the five-year initiative, which aims to improve local...
Publications
Drivers of impact in research and innovation for development
Our Global Challenges Research (GCFR) evaluation survey highlights four important drivers of impact in research and innovation...
Promoting impact in research and innovation
How can management structures and implementation processes increase innovation and impact for development? Download the...
Building foundations for development impact in large scale research funds
Assessing how the Global Challenges Research Fund created the environment for impact in its early years and achieve...
Learning at the speed of trust – Learning Brief
This is the second and final Learning Brief which aims to share lessons with the wider advocacy community from an innovative...
Blogs and news
Helping the UK Government tackle the global antimicrobial emergency
Our long-term evaluation of the UK Government’s flagship Fleming Fund has informed strategic shifts relating to data use and...
How a ‘landscape approach’ can help mobilise climate finance towards vulnerable groups and ecosystems
Our evaluation of the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development found that their framework offers an innovative solution to the...
Bayesian Confidence Updating: 3 lessons from applying this technique
Bayesian Confidence Updating is an innovative approach to robustly establishing the strength of causal links in theory-based...
Learning at the speed of trust: building monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity
Learnings from an innovative programme providing flexible tailored support to meet six organisations ‘where they were’ to...