Strengthening Evidence Based Policy - Policy Anticipation, Response and Evaluation: Recent submissions

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    • E-health and M-health in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges 

      Ahmed, T; Bloom, Gerald; Iqbal, M; Lucas, Henry; Rasheed, S; Waldman, Linda; Khan, A.S; Islam, R; Bhuiya, A (IDS, 2014-03)
      There is growing enthusiasm amongst analysts of global health for the possibilities opened up by the rapid spread of mobile phone coverage. This includes substantially increasing access to health-related information and ...

    • Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Year 2 

      Munslow, Tamlyn; Bingley, Kate; Sumberg, James (2014-02-10)
      This report relates to the second year of the Institute of Development Studies’ (IDS) Accountable Grant (AG), a complex four-year grant, involving seven Outputs (six key policy themes and one policy response and evaluation ...

    • Promoting and Protecting Religious Diversity in the Middle East 

      Tadros, Mariz (Institute of Development Studies (ID), 2013-12)
      The Arab world has been in the throes of a tumultuous reconfiguration of domestic and regional powers unprecedented since the aftermath of WWI when new countries were being carved out of old empires. Yet, in countries that ...

    • Multiple Pathways to Policy Impact: Testing an Uptake Theory with QCA 

      Befani, Barbara (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-10)
      Policy impact is a complex process influenced by multiple factors. An intermediate step in this process is policy uptake, or the adoption of measures by policymakers that reflect research findings and recommendations. The ...

    • Brazil Public Opinion Monitor: Baseline Survey Results 

      Henson, Spencer (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-10)
      The Brazil Public Opinion Monitor (BPOM) is a longitudinal panel of 2,672 opinion leaders from across Brazil that aims to provide an on-going monitor of opinions and perspectives on the economic and social development of ...

    • Natural Experiments: An Under-Appreciated Evaluation Resource? 

      Loevinsohn, Michael (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-03)
      Natural experiments are observational studies of sharp, well-defined but unplanned changes. They hinge on identifying an uncontrolled but opportune 'intervention', typically of a kind or on a scale that could not – ethically ...

    • Improving the Evaluability of INGO Empowerment and Accountability Programmes 

      Shutt, Cathy; McGee, Rosemary (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-03)
      This CDI Practice Paper is based on an analysis of international NGO (INGO) evaluation practice in empowerment and accountability (E&A) programmes commissioned by CARE UK, Christian Aid, Plan UK and World Vision UK. It ...

    • South Africa Public Opinion Monitor: Baseline Survey Results 

      Henson, Spencer (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-09)
      The South African Public Opinion Monitor (SAPOM) is a longitudinal panel of 2,526 opinion leaders from across South Africa that aims to provide an ongoing monitor of opinions and perspectives on the economic and social ...

    • Indian Public Opinion Monitor: Baseline Survey Results 

      Henson, Spencer (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-09)
      The Indian Public Opinion Monitor (IPOM) is a longitudinal panel of 3,022 opinion leaders from across India that aims to provide an ongoing monitor of opinions and perspectives on the economic and social development of ...

    • Churning Waters: Strategic Shifts in the Nile Basin 

      Seide, Wondwosen Michago; Lind, Jeremy (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)
      The diplomatic rift between Ethiopia and Egypt over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) construction shines an important light on how a wider re-balancing of power is occurring within the Nile Basin. This briefing ...

    • Impact, Innovation and Learning: Towards a Research and Practice Agenda for the Future – Event Report 

      Befani, Barbara (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)
      This report brings together notes and highlights from the International Workshop organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in Brighton on 26–27 March 2013. The event served as a launch platform for the Centre ...

    • The Climate Change – Migration – Urbanisation Nexus: Workshop Report 

      Béné, Christophe (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-08)
      The concept of the ‘Climate Change – Migration – Urbanisation’ nexus emerged from the recognition that climate change, migration, and urbanisation are closely and intimately linked together, and can potentially become ...

    • Impact Evaluation when N=1 

      Masset, Edoardo (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-07)
      A common presumption holds that when there is only one unit of observation, such as in the case of a national-level policy or a small scale intervention, causality cannot be established and impact evaluation methods do not ...

    • Implementing Development Evaluations Under Severe Resource Constraints 

      Longhurst, Richard (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)
      Most agency evaluations are very short both on resources and in duration, with no proper opportunity to assess impact in a valid manner. The methodology for these evaluations is based on interviews, a review of available ...

    • Monitoring and Evaluation Report: Year One 

      Munslow, Tamlyn; Befani, Barbara; Sumberg, James (Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-06)
      The IDS Accountable Grant is a large and complex four-year grant working across seven Policy Themes, 20 sub-themes, 68 activity domains and over 300 Level 2 Outputs. The scale and diversity of activity under the grant, ...