i attended a great panel today, hosted by the think take initiative and idrc and featuring representatives from three of tti’s cohort of think tanks. this is part of the broader global evaluation week (#evalcon) happening in kathmandu and focused on building bridges: use of evaluation for decision making and policy influence. the notes onContinue reading “thoughts from #evalcon on evidence uptake, capacity building”
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Thinking About Stakeholder Risk and Accountability in Pilot Experiments
This post is also cross-posted here in slightly modified form. Since I keep circling around issues related to my dissertation in this blog, I decided it was time to start writing about some of that work. As anyone who has stood or sat near to me for more than 5 minutes over the past 4.25Continue reading “Thinking About Stakeholder Risk and Accountability in Pilot Experiments”
Buffet of Champions: What Kind Do We Need for Impact Evaluations and Policy?
This post is also cross-posted here and here. I realize that the thesis of “we may need a new kind of champion” sounds like a rather anemic pitch for Guardians of the Galaxy. Moreover, it may lead to inflated hopes that i am going to propose that dance-offs be used more often to decide policyContinue reading “Buffet of Champions: What Kind Do We Need for Impact Evaluations and Policy?”
further thoughts on phase-in/pipeline designs for causal inference
not long back, i put down my thoughts (here) about pipeline or phase-in designs. my basic premise is that while they may allow for causal inference, it is not clear that they are usually designed to allow generated evidence to be used where it is most relevant — to that program itself. that seems badContinue reading “further thoughts on phase-in/pipeline designs for causal inference”
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)”
back (and forward) from ‘the big push forward’ – thoughts on why evidence is political and what to do about it
i spent the beginning of the week in brighton at the ‘big push forward‘ conference, on the politics of evidence (#evpolitics) which mixed the need for venting and catharsis (about the “results agenda” and “results-based management” and “impact evaluation”) with some productive conversation, though no immediate concreteness on how the evidence from the conference would itself beContinue reading “back (and forward) from ‘the big push forward’ – thoughts on why evidence is political and what to do about it”
here’s an idea — if they are trying to tell you something, make it easy for them to do so.
there’s been a good deal of press around the unfortunately insignificant results of a major HIV prevention trial with products for women in south africa, uganda and zimbabwe. the results had little to do with efficacy of the products (a pill and a gel) but rather with the fact that most of the participating women did notContinue reading “here’s an idea — if they are trying to tell you something, make it easy for them to do so.”
Heather E. Lanthorn 