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Three Ways Data Science is Changing Monitoring and Evaluation
Three Ways Data Science is Changing Monitoring and EvaluationAs a Data Scientist working in the context of monitoring and evaluation in the international development industry, I get…
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Reflections on the Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis Seminar
USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL) invited me to be the “Thought Leader in Learning” last April and to present at a seminar on the Participatory Impact Pathways…
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Providing Greater Access: Capturing the 2014 African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference
The 2014 African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) Conference was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon from March 3–7. The conference not only brought together evaluators from across Africa but…
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Are We Learning From Evaluations?
I recently returned from Kampala where I attended the third annual Uganda Evaluation Week. This year’s theme was “Quality Evaluations for Accountable Service Delivery.” Laura…
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What is a "Learning Review": The Experience of SDRM-SI and USAID/Ethiopia
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From March to December 2021, the Strengthening Disaster Risk Management Systems and Institutions (SDRM-SI) Developmental Evaluation (DE), implemented by Headlight Consulting…
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From Planning to Reporting: Our Lessons and Guidance for Remote Evaluation Technical Management
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Virtual data collection has become common in evaluations with the shift to remote work caused by…
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Let's Get Meta: Learning how to Learn from Evaluations
Insights from a Meta-Evaluation of USAID/Liberia's Portfolio from 2016-2020As Social Impact’s (SI) five-year Liberia Strategic Analysis (LSA) contract facilitating data-driven…
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ResilienceLinks: A New Knowledge Platform for Global Resilience
Resilience – the ability to manage through crisis without compromising future wellbeing – is increasingly recognized as an essential part of global development. Droughts, flooding,…
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Supporting Local Partners with MEL: Lessons from the USAID/Serbia Local Works Experience
A recent internal evaluation of the Local Works program in Serbia conducted interviews with USAID/Serbia staff and local partners to…
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Evaluation for Learning and Adaptive Management: Connecting the Dots between Developmental Evaluation and CLA
Since Headlight’s inception in 2019, we have honed our expertise in a few practice areas, including Developmental Evaluation (DE) and Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA)…