Centre for Development Impact (CDI). Learning and innovation in impact evaluation, through the use of appropriate, mixed method, and robust evaluation designs.
Brighton, England
Joined July 2016
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Woop!! Article with @ivandiego + @NigelCulkin introducing Realist Evaluation to #ented competitions is *open access* for 2 months! Thank you IHE editors + @SAGE_EdResearch. #Ented colleagues, esp those who know #careers #ented teachers, please @ & RT - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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New #IDSbulletin (The Millennium Villages: Lessons on Evaluating Integrated #RuralDev) offers a series of articles on #integrateddev & "how best to know whether it works & why" – great summary via @CDevImpact/@IDS_UK's Chris Barnett:
ids.ac.uk/opinions/reflectio…
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I don't think I've ever seen a more accurate description of the iterative nature of realist evaluation and synthesis! #RealistWorkshopNU
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As researchers, we are often encouraged to use both qual and quant methods. But how difficult is this in practice and is it worth the extra effort? @samsharp reveals all:
What we’ve learnt doing mixed-methods behavioural research in Uganda odi.org/comment/10702-what-w… (from @ODIdev)
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Looking to expand your #impacteval skills? Join our five-day course for professionals on how to effectively design impact evaluations using a contribution analysis framing. buff.ly/2ONqIOE #evaluation #AEA18 #AEA
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The IDS Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation course aims to equip individuals and organisations to more effectively design impact evaluations using a contribution analysis framing. Apply now
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Fascinating reading not just for young and emerging evaluators in the top tips that @ZendaOfir host on her webpage: tinyurl.com/y7he6orc. We can all learn from these tips! @Eval_Youth
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But as @harryrutter and colleagues so eloquently put it “[the] rhetoric urging complex systems approaches … is only rarely operationalised in ways that generate relevant evidence or effective policies” 3/
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Aligning our impact evaluation efforts with development policy challenges requires:
1. Abandoning the claimed hierarchy of methods, with Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) at the top, and making clear that “scientific” and “rigorous” evidence is not confined to RCTs.
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VIDEO: Impact Evaluation for Development - How impact #evaluation can facilitate in identifying and scaling up the right things to increase the chances of development interventions to work for the poor youtu.be/5WJ_gb_3QbQ via @YouTube
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True - and this is why it is so important for respective evaluation research to also look into issues and negative impact and not just to "evidence positive outcomes". Everybody likes a success story but we have to also look into risks of treatments.
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Designing impact evaluations that are not blind to the different dimensions of power: useful @oxfamgbpolicy blog shares sampling strategies for #resilience and #citizenship programme evaluation that systematically take #gender into account bit.ly/2wfaSjM
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Looking for a new challenge? Apply now to the 'Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation' professional development course at IDS
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Thanks for sharing these helpful resources on #responsibledata - we need to think more carefully about #ethics in #evaluation. #MERLTech
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Are you interested in mid-level theory to understand behaviour change #BehavioralEconomics & #evidencebased policymaking? Here's a chance to register for a live stream seminar presented by Professor @HowardNWhite
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Research on the ever-challenging question for evaluators, "what do you do?"
Interesting that participants place much more emphasis on #eval purpose than process. Even mentioning common methods (surveys, interviews, etc.) could help others' understanding.
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I must say, I find reading #evaluation academic literature an absolute pleasure! Written with such clarity and so many excellent takes on important research problems. Whenever you have a social research methods quandary, try checking out how evaluators have dealt with it! – at Guildford, England
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Process tracing seems like an interesting approach for evaluating systems change & systemic design initiatives: polisci.berkeley.edu/sites/d… via @emmablomkamp.
@cdnorman any thoughts on using this for evaluation? Does a focus on causation in complex systems make sense?
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Applications now open for our professional development short course 'Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation' starting January 2019 buff.ly/2Lp6FAx #eval #impacteval #ContributionAnalaysis, #evaluation, #development, #impact, #monitoring, #training
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Read third in series of blogs from @Pete_OFlynn @gracelynhigdon on participatory approaches to impact investment buff.ly/2vsRDnc @OpenSociety @SOCAPmarkets
