To respond to a rapidly-changing global context, the evaluation community needs to adapt its methods and approaches, according to an expert panel assembled by the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG).
Development programs aim to improve outcomes for poor and vulnerable populations, from better health and increased learning to higher productivity and incomes. Impact evaluations apply research tools to assess whether those intended outcomes were achieved because of the program.
Our latest piece in the ‘state of the evidence’ series – which interprets data by unpacking the studies in our Development Evidence Portal (DEP) – focuses on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. . The DEP currently includes 740 impact evaluations (IE) and 352 systematic reviews (SR) from the region, which is the second smallest amongst regions containing low- and middle-income…
While ensuring healthy lives for all ages is among the top Sustainable Development Goals, progress towards achieving this objective has recently decelerated as far as children are concerned. There…
Climate change threatens life on land – including us humans. Yet land resources and ecosystems hold some of the solutions to slow global warming and its harmful effects. The connections between…
Social science research is currently facing questions about credibility, as existing evidence points to the lack of replicability of reported results. Multiple instances have occurred where users…
Our team is evaluating India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)—one of the world’s largest poverty alleviation programs. The study spans nine states of the country: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,…
Progress to achieve gender equality by 2030 – the 5th Sustainable Development Goal – has stalled. The pandemic set back gains that had been made toward equality, and gender disparities remain…
