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Social protection has become one of the most widely used tools in international development. Alongside education and healthcare, infrastructure investment, employment creation, agricultural support, financial inclusion, public works and humanitarian assistance, it helps governments and development organisations address poverty and …
If you live in the UK, you’ve probably noticed this summer has been hot. Really hot. A few years ago, these kinds of temperatures would have been unusual. Now they seem to come around every summer. And it’s not …
REC Management Note No. 2 Download PDF Large funders often contract out grant management to another organization, which then makes subgrants according to the criteria for that grant. 3ie was primarily a grant making organisation, and I have also managed …
REC Management Note No. 1 Download PDF For many small organisations a hosting arrangement, whereby your staff are employed by the host organisation, may be beneficial. The host takes care of providing an office with all auxiliary services, payroll, travel …
Evaluations have two key functions: lesson learning and accountability. How well they can fill these tasks depends on the suitability of the evaluation design to address the evaluation questions of interest, and the quality of those evaluations. Unfortunately, many evaluations …
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This week I have been at the Evidence to Action (E2A) conference in Accra organised by the International Centre for Evaluation for Development (ICED). On the last day, Dean Karlan argued we should not do studies which address questions we …
