I met with Petri Uusikylä to learn more about how his interest in complexity had evolved and how it influences his view of evaluating development and social change
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What is policy impact? Well, it depends from what we mean by policy change
During the last few weeks I have been working on the design of an adaptive monitoring and learning framework to assess contribution to policy change on climate adaptation in few countries. Working on the framework made me re-read some articles and papers about policy change… Read More
MLE or MEL in adaptive programming?
I was in Manila last week to attend the practitioners’ forum organised by the Asia Foundation on Adaptive Programming and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning. A really good workshop where to share of experiences about tailoring MEL systems to fit the accountability demands from funders and… Read More
A conversation about policy experiments
The search for ways to design policies that help to solve societal problems is continuously evolving. The traditional evidence-based approach to policy making involves generating research results and using these to inform policy decisions. This blog post is based on an interview with Mikko Annala, Head… Read More
Estimating the return on investment of policy research and engagement
by Tanty Nurhayati Djafar , Ni Wayan Suriastini , and Arnaldo Pellini Is it possible to calculate the return of investment on a research policy project? Well, the Indonesian think tank SurveyMETER and the Knowledge Sector Initiative have given it a go for a policy research project on services and infrastructure for the aging… Read More
Knowledge Counts 