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Academic Expertise in Impact Assessment for One CGIAR Initiatives – Reflections on the SPIA Matchmaking Event in Nairobi 2022
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service11.08.22The idea behind the SPIA Matchmaking event in Nairobi, that occurred July 19-21 2022, was to bring…
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Issues and approaches to assessing political, institutional and social outcomes
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service26.07.22This session, led by Monica Biradavolu (CEO and founder of QualAnalytics and SPIA Special Initiativ…
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Effectively Using the Concept of Comparative Advantage Within CGIAR
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service20.07.22For over a half-century, CGIAR and its partners have delivered high-impact science and innovation …
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A Decade Later: Evaluative Evidence on How CGIAR Partnerships Improve Livelihoods and Environments Around the Globe
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service13.07.22It’s not every day that you can confidently say your work helped improve the lives…
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Vacancy: SPIA Consultant
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service08.07.22We seek highly skilled and motivated individuals to join us as full-time Consultant. The position w…
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Wanted: One New Member for ISDC
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service20.06.22CGIAR is seeking to fill one ISDC member vacancy to join seven other current serving members who…
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'Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much'
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service16.06.22The fit-for-purpose CGIAR Evaluation Framework and revised Evaluation Policy aim to support the …
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Vietnam’s dramatic agricultural transformation: Discussion on CGIAR’s role
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service15.06.22Vietnam has undergone a structural transformation of its economy in the past few decades, with…
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Study of Long-Term and Large-Scale Impacts of Improved Lentil Varieties Approved for SPIA Funding
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service27.05.22SPIA has approved funding for a study of long-term and large-scale impacts of improved lentil…
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Expertise Fused with Context: Strengthening Bibliometric Recommendations Through Co-Design
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service20.05.22Bibliometrics is the use of statistical methods to analyze books, articles, and other publications, …
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What emerged from the online discussion on evaluating Quality of Science?
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service09.05.22From March 28th until April 19th, CAS/Evaluation co-hosted with the FAO Office of Evaluation a…
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Towards unified accountability and joint learning: A new Evaluation Framework and Policy for One CGIAR
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service04.05.22With an estimated annual research portfolio of more than USD 900 million, CGIAR aims to…
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Appropriate technology, revisited
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service29.04.22-
Biodiversity
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Environmental health & biodiversity
For decades, farmers in the American corn belt have been battling a persistent and elusive…
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Meet the ISDC members
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service14.04.22In a new series of videos, members of the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) spea…
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SPIA’s workflow reaches the land of rivers
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service21.03.22-
Gender equality
Bangladesh will be the fourth focus country of SPIA’s national data systems team. We recently…
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The year of the Tiger and a leap into action
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service11.02.22-
Big data
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Food security
The Lunar New Year began on Feb 1st, 2022, bringing billions of people into the…
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Evaluation Case Study: CGIAR Ontologies Community Of Practice
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service20.01.22-
Big data
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Environmental health
Evaluations offer a chance for reflection, as well as an opportunity for improvement. They unravel…
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How can Agriculture Research for Development Inform the Sustainable Development Goals?
Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service17.12.21-
Gender equality
While the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC) is exploring the co-design of a 2022-24…
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