International and Cross-cultural Evaluation

Hi! I’m Kristin Lindell and I work on the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) workstream as a part of USAID’s Learning and Knowledge Management contract (LEARN). LEARN helps USAID and implementing partners integrate systematic and intentional collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) into their work to  improve development outcomes. In service to supporting USAID and …

ICCE TIG Week: Reflecting and Learning for Better Development Results by Kristin Lindell Read More »

I am Kate Goddard Rohrbaugh, an evaluator in the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning at the Peace Corps in Washington, DC. Today I am writing about lessons learned when planning and executing a cross-sectional analysis from studies conducted in multiple countries, and I will provide some cool tricks for writing syntax. Between 2008 …

ICCE TIG Week: Measuring Locally, Evaluate Globally: Establishing Internal Reliability in a Cross-Sectional Analysis by Kate Goddard Rohrbaugh Read More »

We are Elyssa Lewis from the Horticulture Innovation Lab and Amanda Crump from the Western Integrated Pest Management Center. Our organizations fund applied research projects, and today we are exploring the topic of evaluating research for development projects. In our experience, international donors and organizations have difficulty evaluating research projects. They are simply more accustomed …

ICCE TIG Week: Strategies to Evaluate International Research by Elyssa Lewis and Amanda Crump Read More »

This is Hanife Cakici, Xiaoxia Newton and Veronica Olazabal, co-chairs of the ICCE Topical Interest Group (TIG) happy to introduce this week’s AEA365 focus on international and cross-cultural evaluation. Fun Fact:  International members represent over 60 countries and close to 20 percent of all AEA members. Learn more here. As you likely know from our …

ICCE TIG Week: Welcome to the International and Cross-Cultural (ICCE) TIG Week with Hanife Cakici, Xiaoxia Newton and Veronica Olazabal Read More »

This is part of a two-week series honoring our living evaluation pioneers in conjunction with Labor Day in the USA (September 5). Aloha, we are Sonja Evensen, Evaluation Senior Specialist at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, and Judith Inazu, Acting Director, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawai’i. In 2006, we worked together to establish the …

Labor Day Week: Sonja Evensen and Judith Inazu on Honoring Lois-Ellin Datta Read More »

Greetings, all! We’re Edward Jackson, Anne Bichsel, Geske Dijkstra and Karin ter Horst, evaluation professionals who have recently evaluated Swiss and Dutch aid programs designed to strengthen national and local governance in developing countries. Governance is everybody’s business. From the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election to the recent launch of the Global Development …

Edward Jackson, Anne Bichsel, Geske Dijkstra and Karin ter Horst on From Fuzzy to Clear: Tips from Evaluating the Swiss and Dutch Governance Programs Read More »

Hello! My name is Nils Junge and I’m an independent consultant conducting policy analysis and evaluation on international development issues, including poverty reduction, water sector reforms, and environment. I often use Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA), an approach pioneered by the World Bank, for assessing the distributional impacts of reforms. I’d like to share …

WE Week: Nils Junge on Promoting evidence-based policy making in international development Read More »