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The Challenge Program on Water and Food pursues food security and poverty alleviation through the efforts of some 50 research-for-development projects. These involve almost 200 organizations working in nine river basins around the world. An approach was developed to enhance the developmental impa...


Douthwaite, BoruÁlvarez, S.Cook, Simon E.Davies, R.George, P.Howell, JMackay, R.Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer[Participatory impact pathways analysis : A practical application of program theory in research-for-development]Participatory impact pathways analysis : A practical application of program theory in research-for-development

This report summarizes the papers presented and the discussions that took place at the workshop on Institutional Learning and Change in the CGIAR held at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C. from February 4–6, 2003. The workshop brought to together research...


Mackay, R.Douglas, H.[Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, DC, February 4-6, 2003]Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, DC, February 4-6, 2003

The Rethinking Impact Workshop (RIW): Understanding the complexity of poverty and change was held in Cali, Colombia, March 26–28, 2008. The workshop discussed (1) how agricultural and natural-resources research can be more effective in contributing to solutions for poverty alleviation and improvi...


CGIAR Institutional Learning and Change InitiativeCGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional InnovationInternational Livestock Research Institute[Follow-up action by the Rethinking Impact Workshop participants and organizers]Follow-up action by the Rethinking Impact Workshop participants and organizers

Six key issues emerged from the Rethinking Impact Workshop (RIW): Understanding the complexity of poverty and change held in Cali, Colombia, March 26–28, 2008. The workshop discussed (1) how agricultural and natural-resources research can be more effective in contributing to solutions for poverty...


International Livestock Research InstituteCGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis for Technology Development and Institutional InnovationCGIAR Institutional Learning and Change Initiative[Rethinking Impact Workshop: key issues]Rethinking Impact Workshop: key issues
Autor: Barahona, C.

This paper contains the technical and practical reflections of a statistician on the use of Randomised Control Trial designs (RCT) for evaluating the impact of development initiatives. It is divided into three parts. The first part discusses RCTs in impact evaluation, their origin, how they have ...


Barahona, C.[Randomised control trials for the impact evaluation of development initiatives: a statistician’s point of view]Randomised control trials for the impact evaluation of development initiatives: a statistician’s point of view

In response to calls for new approaches for evaluating the impact of agricultural research and development programmes, and to the need to improve the impact of these programmes to meet the global demand for greater food security, a scoping study was conducted to provide a basis for a project on ‘...


CGIAR Institutional Learning and Change InitiativeNatural Resources InstituteRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology[Report on the scoping study for the project on ‘Impact Evaluation Approaches for Collaborative Agricultural Research and Development’]Report on the scoping study for the project on ‘Impact Evaluation Approaches for Collaborative Agricultural Research and Development’
Sachs, Jeffrey D.Remans, RoselineSmukler, Sean M.Winowiecki, Leigh A.Andelman, Sandy J.Cassman, Kenneth G.Castle, DavidDeFries, RuthDenning, GlennFanzo, JessicaJackson, Louise E.Leemans, RikLehmann, JohannesMilder, Jeffrey C.Naeem, ShahidNziguheba, GenerosePalm, Cheryl A.Pingali, Prabhu L.Reganold, John P.Richter, Daniel D.Scherr, Sara J.Sircely, Jason A.Sullivan, ClareTomich, Thomas P.Sánchez, Pedro A.[Effective monitoring of agriculture : a response]Effective monitoring of agriculture : a response

While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous ex post assessments of welfare effects for smallholder farm households is lacking. Using recent survey data and accounting for self-selection in technology adoption, we ana...


Kabunga, N.S.Dubois, T.Qaim, M.[Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya]Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya

The parasitic weed Striga hermonthica has become one of the most significant constraints to cereal production in western Kenya. In 1995 a collaborative project was initiated to develop control technologies for Kenyan farmers.


Friesen, Dennis K.[Development and diffusion of integrated Striga control practices for small-scale farmers in western Kenya]Development and diffusion of integrated Striga control practices for small-scale farmers in western Kenya
Gebremedhin, BerhanuWoldehanna, MengistuTegegne, Azage[Impact evaluation of the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project]Impact evaluation of the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project

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