Tag Archives: evidence-informed

have evidence, will… um, erm (6 of 6, enforcing accountability in decision-making)

this is a joint post with suvojit, continuing from 5 of 6 in the series. it is also cross-posted here.   a recent episode reminded us of why we began this series of posts, of which is this is the last. we recently saw our guiding scenario for this series play out: a donor wasContinue reading “have evidence, will… um, erm (6 of 6, enforcing accountability in decision-making)”

have evidence, will… um, erm (2 of 2)

this is the second in a series of posts with suvojit (and cross-posted here), initially planned as a series of two but growing to six… reminder: the scenario  in our last post, we set up a scenario that we* have both seen several times: a donor or large implementing agency (our focus, though we think our arguments applyContinue reading “have evidence, will… um, erm (2 of 2)”

have evidence, will… um, erm? (1 of 2)

this is a joint post with suvojit chattopadhyay, also cross-posted here. commissioning evidence among those who talk about development & welfare policy/programs/projects, it is tres chic to talk about evidence-informed decision-making (including the evidence on evidence-informed decision-making and the evidence on the evidence on…[insert infinite recursion]). this concept — formerly best-known as evidence-based policy-making —Continue reading “have evidence, will… um, erm? (1 of 2)”