Blogs

Assessing the effectiveness of food security and nutrition interventions on gender transformative outcomes

In 2023, 735 million individuals worldwide experienced hunger, and 258 million people across 58 countries and territories faced acute food insecurity at crisis or worse levels. With 60% of them…

How should evaluators respond to a changing global landscape? Ideas from the World Bank IEG's expert panel

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…

The evidence-to-policy conundrum and how to solve it

Does better evidence lead to better policies and programs? Massive amounts of reliable evidence, drawing on scientifically strong methods, including randomized controlled trials, mixed-methods…

Teaching critical thinking about health: impacts and implications

Claims about what might improve or harm our health are everywhere. Some of these claims are reliable, but many are not. People often don’t know how to tell the difference. Making decisions based on…

Insights from the Development Evidence Portal – the Middle East and North Africa

Continuing our 'state of the evidence' series exploring insights from the DEP – this blog explores and shares key insights from the evidence on the Middle East and North Africa region.