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Research impact

Through our evaluation, learning and strategy services we support our partners to maximise the impact of their research to ensure that it is used, informs learning, and impacts policy and practice. By working on research supply and demand, we help our partners build effective evidence ecosystems that support sustainable development.

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human trafficking and unsafe migration
Blog

Tackling human trafficking: Lessons from the Stamping out Slavery in Nigeria project

Modern-day slavery is still a prevalent practice in Nigeria, with Edo State at the centre of human trafficking. The UK...

News

Keeping it real: using mechanisms in realist evaluation

A new paper in a special issue of New Directions for Evaluation explores the use of mechanisms within the realist evaluation...

Report

Development of key performance indicators – Final Report

BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) spends part of the overseas aid budget on research and...

Report

Research for Development indicators: A review of funder practice

The Newton Fund and the GCRF are managed by BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) to promote research...

evidence during covid 19
Blog

Continuing results in development:
the importance of evidence during COVID-19

The COVID-19 (C19) pandemic has had profound effects on lives around the world and will continue to do so for years, if not...

Project

Developing indicators for the UK’s aid spend on research and innovation (GCRF and Newton Fund)

BEIS (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) spends part of the overseas aid budget on research and...

Giovanna Voltolina

Consultant

Giovanna Voltolina is a Consultant at Itad. Her skills include research and analysis, workshop facilitation and data...

Blog

Rapid evaluations: how an evaluation with a quick turnaround can support adaptive management

Adaptive management requires learning as you go. Decisions need to be taken to support course-correction – and they need to...

Report

Evaluation of Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme: Summative Phase Two

The Department for International Development (DFID) invested £54.6 million into a humanitarian innovation and evidence...

Report

Executive Summary: Evaluation of Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme: Summative Phase Two

The Department for International Development (DFID) invested £54.6 million into a humanitarian innovation and evidence...

Blog

The complex reality of evaluation independence

An article in the Guardian got us thinking about the importance of independence in evaluation, and what ‘independence’...

Report

External Review of Enabling the Business of Agriculture

This document describes the findings of an independent review of the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project. The...

Blog

Changing a Theory of Change: six important lessons from our work with iDSI

In this Itad blog, Laura Hopkins and Stefanie Wallach explore six lessons we've learnt when it comes to changing a theory of...

Report

GCRF Evaluation Foundation Stage: Final Report

This is the Final Report for the Foundation Stage evaluation of the GCRF (Global Challenges Research Fund). 

Project

Supporting Partnerships for Accountability and Civil Engagement (SPACE): Evidence and Learning

Itad is undertaking an impact evaluation of DFID's Supporting Partnerships for Accountability and Civil Engagement Programme...

Report

Annexes for the Final Evaluation of the Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) programme

This document contains the annexes to the full report 'Final Evaluation of the Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence...