Project evaluations show that greater electricity access leads to income and education gains
Studying and evaluating the results of projects and programs is crucial for policy planning and decision-making.
Learning from the past for a bright post-pandemic future
Carefully evaluating development projects, and learning from success and challenges of past efforts, is more important than ever as governments fight COVID-19.
During the pandemic, monitoring and evaluation matter more than ever
The COVID-19 crisis has taught us that robust and credible monitoring and evaluation systems are vital to ensure development projects and programs improve the lives of people most in need.
COVID-19 projects and programs need careful oversight
Governments and organizations, including multilateral development banks, are funding tens of billions of dollars in development projects and programs to help countries respond to COVID-19. The evaluation and monitoring process should not be bypassed.
What’s the value of a project evaluation if it is not influential?
For quality evaluations of international development projects and programs to lead to better results, they need to be influential.
My surprising discovery about women’s opportunities in Armenia
Underserved businesses run by women in Armenia need help to create a reliable client base and convince skeptical banks that their enterprises are a good investment.
Cost-sharing can be the solution for small-town water supply services
There is clear potential for replication and scaling up this model across developing Asia.
Think bigger on small sanitation projects to reach the urban poor
Big off-site urban sanitation operations should be complemented with smaller sanitation schemes in poor neighborhoods.
Viet Nam must escape low productivity, low value-add trap to industrialize
In its quest to become an industrialized nation, Viet Nam must redouble efforts to improve the skills of the labor force and cultivate high-technology, high value-add industries.
5 ways interventions can support environmentally sustainable growth
Recent evaluation shows these elements are crucial to supporting economic growth and eradicating poverty without further harming the environment.