Impact Evaluation & Evidence

Evaluation Insights: Green Markets and Sustainable Consumption in Brazil

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Context The Amazon rainforest faces accelerating deforestation driven by conventional agriculture, illegal land use change, and the absence of economically viable alternatives for local communities. As Brazil committed under the Paris Agreement to halt illegal deforestation by 2030, promoting sustainable production systems in Amazonia became both a national … Read more

Evaluation Insights: ISO Capacity-Building Activities

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Context The report “External Evaluation of Sida‑Funded ISO Capacity‑Building Activities” reviews two closely linked interventions implemented by the International Organization for Standardization’s Capacity Building Unit and funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida. The first is the ISO Action Plan for Developing Countries 2016–2020, which provides … Read more

Evaluation of ISO Capacity Building on International Standards

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Karsten Weitzenegger leads the Saana Consulting Team for external evaluation of the Sida-funded capacity-building activities of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). BACKGROUND The launching of the evaluation follows a considerable period of preparation and consultation, and a competitive international tendering process that concluded with the contracting of the selected team in February 2019. The … Read more

How is phytosanitary knowledge managed globally?

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A recent STDF project evaluation on developing training manuals and kits on IPPC standards scored highly on relevance and efficiency. With 20+ global manuals now published, National Plant Protection Organizations have greater access to technical resources. View the guides online and download the evaluation report.  The World Trade Organization has contracted Karsten Weitzenegger to evaluate a phytosanitary … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Phytosanitary Capacity Development

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Evaluation Synthesis: STDF/PG/350 — Global Phytosanitary Manuals, Standard Operating Procedures and Training Kits Project Context Phytosanitary capacity is foundational to agricultural trade. Countries that lack documented regulatory procedures, trained inspection staff, and functioning plant health systems face higher trade costs, increased consignment rejections, and reduced market access. This … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Meta-analysis of evaluations on combating poverty and SDGs in Costa Rica

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming Meta-analysis of evaluations on combating poverty and SDGs in Costa Rica Context The meta-analysis was conducted in Costa Rica in 2018 at the request of FOCEVAL and the SDG Technical Secretariat at MIDEPLAN, in a context where the country sought to align its National Evaluation Agenda with the … Read more

How the SDGs change evaluation practice: The case of Costa Rica

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Karsten Weitzenegger is contracted by German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) to carry out a meta-analysis of poverty-related reports done in Costa Rica recently. The meta-analysis will serve to systematize achievements, favorable and unfavorable factors and recommendations in relation to the objective of the fight against poverty. During the period 2015-2017, Costa Rica has made … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Finland’s Aid for Trade 2012-2015

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The external evaluation of Finland’s Aid for Trade Action Plan 2012-2015 brings clear implications for future trade related development policy and private sector instruments. It finds that Finland’s Aid for Trade portfolio is relevant and has produced results in several strong sectors, but that strategic guidance, coordination and … Read more

Evaluation Insights: Ghana Trade Related Assistance and Quality Enabling Programme

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Series Evaluation Insights for Policy and Programming The TRAQUE programme in Ghana was a relevant and partially effective but operationally constrained Aid for Trade intervention that strengthened elements of national trade and quality systems, while falling short on more ambitious institutional reforms such as a national accreditation body and warehouse receipt system within the available … Read more

Evaluation of Finnish Aid for Trade – Free Webinar

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Evaluation of Finnish Aid for Trade – Free Webinar Monday, June 13, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM CEST Register now: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2812033248815322370 Finland’s Action Plan for Aid for Trade 2012 – 2015 “Creating jobs through private sector and trade development” was evaluated. It was interesting, how the cross cutting objectives and human rights based approach … Read more

SID/Charney Survey: The State of Development Evaluation 2013

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What’s s happening in development evaluation? How often do development projects include evaluation – and what kinds? How are evaluators chosen? How big are their budgets? How satisfactory are their results? To provide a snapshot of development evaluation today, the Society for International Development’s Washington Chapter partnered with Charney Research to survey development professionals, including … Read more