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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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?
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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, ...