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3IE, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation

3ie funds impact evaluations and systematic reviews that generate evidence on what works in development programmes and why. Evidence on development effectiveness can inform policy and improve lives of the poor.

ADB - Evaluation Information System

This online database of the Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provides access to lessons, findings, and recommendations of past evaluations of projects, programmes and sectoral assistance. Selections of lessons can be made based on project cycle, topic, theme, sector, country and report type. This database aims to assist IED's clients in easily acquiring the evaluation information relevant to their work.

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)

Facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) is a comprehensive and trusted source of information on agricultural research and development (R&D) statistics. ASTI compiles, analyzes, and publicizes data on institutional developments, investments, and capacity trends in agricultural R&D in low- and middle-income countries worldwide.

Anancy

AnancyAnancy, the CTA Virtural Resource Center is a web portal providing numerous information resource materials on agricultural and rural development. It compiles the Centre technical publications, proceedings, policy briefs or rural radio materials.

Center for Evaluation Innovation

The Center for Evaluation Innovation is pushing evaluation practice in new directions and into new arenas.

We specialize in areas that are hard to measure, like advocacy, communications, and systems change.

We promote cutting-edge approaches, such as strategic learning and new methods for evaluating policy change.

 

 

Climate-Eval.org

Climate-Eval.org is the online platform of the Climate-Eval community of practice. It is a venue for members to share information on the latest development on the evaluation of climate change and development interventions.

CTA

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is an ACP-EU institution working in the field of information for development. We operate under the ACP-EU Cotonou Agreement and our headquarters are in The Netherlands. When it was set up, in 1984, CTA was given the challenging task of improving the flow of information among stakeholders in agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.

Docstoc

Docstoc is an online community and marketplace to find and share professional documents. Docstoc provides a platform to upload and share documents with the world, and serves as a vast repository of free and for purchase legal, business, financial, technical, and educational documents that can be easily searched, previewed and downloaded. For supporting evaluation activities you will find among others examples of questionnaries and tracer studies.

Impact Evaluation Conference: “Mind the Gap”: From Evidence to Impact

Each year billions of dollars are spent on tackling global poverty. Development programs and policies are designed to build sustainable livelihoods and improve lives. But is there real evidence to show which programs work and why? Are government and donor policies based on concrete and credible evidence?

The Mind the Gap conference on impact evaluation will address these questions and offer possible solutions. The conference will take place in Cuernavaca, Mexico, June 15-17, 2011, and it's co-hosted by The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (INSP), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), and the Center for Labor and Social Distributive Studies in coordination with the Impact Evaluation Network (CEDLAS-IEN).

International Development Evaluation Association

The International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) was inaugurated in September 2002 to help fill a gap in the international evaluation architecture.
IDEAS' mission is 'to advance and extend the practice of development evaluation by refining methods, strengthening capacity and expanding ownership', with a particular focus on developing and transitional economies.

IDEAS focuses on three major themes: