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Assessment and Evaluation

 

GDN systematically assesses the progress of its work to build a world in which evidence and scholarly knowledge inform and inspire development and policy decisions. Priority areas of measurement often include:

  • improvements in the technical strength and policy relevance of the research conducted
  • the density of the grantees’ professional, especially international networks
  • the extent of grantees’ participation and visibility in their professional communities
  • grantees’ effectiveness in national and international policy arenas.

Since its inception, GDN has commissioned regular internal and external evaluations to assess outcomes and short and long-term impacts of its activities, and these have informed GDN's strategic decisions going forward.
 

EVALUATION

Evaluation is a tool for both organisational learning and public accountability, and as such, is a factor of critical importance in ensuring the success of GDN’s research program. As mandated by donors, GDN commissions comprehensive independent evaluations of projects and interventions by third parties to assess the achievement of its mission and objectives. They particularly aim to:
  • produce relevant, useful and action-oriented findings,
  • engage several target groups and relevant stakeholders to promote wide acceptance and utilisation of evaluation results,
  • be consistent with GDN’s monitoring framework and build upon existing monitoring methodologies.

GDN has a policy of maximum disclosure of information to independent evaluators and also applies a policy of full transparency regarding evaluation results.
 

INDEPENDENT PROGRAMME EVALUATIONS

(2021-2025) Evaluation of GDN’s Programmes in Francophone Africa | Case Study: Doing Research Assessments | Case Study: Think Tank Strengthening in the Sahel (Savoirs Sahel 2) | Case Study: Institutional Research Capacity Building Part 1 | Case Study: Institutional Research Capacity Building Part 2 | Human Stories

2025 GlobalDev Evaluation Report  | 1-page Summary in English, French and Spanish

2019 Strengthening the Research Capacity of Relatively Small Countries in Latin America to Promote Better Informed Policymaking

2018 GDN Impact Report Global Development Awards Competition

2017 Final Evaluation Report: Building Research Capacity in Least Developed Countries

2016 Evaluation of Research Program: Natural Resource Management - Natural Wealth Accounting

2015 Research Project: Macroeconomic Volatility and Regional Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific

2015 Evaluation of GRP on Supporting Policy Research to Inform Agriculture Policy in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

2015 Evaluation of RRC on Financial Inclusion and Microfinance in Latin American and Caribbean Nations

2014 Evaluation of GRP Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus

2013 GRP Strengthening Institutions to Improve Public Expenditure Accountability Evaluation Report

2013 External Evaluation Report

2013 Varieties of Governance: Effective Public Service Delivery

2007 External Evaluation Report

2004 External Evaluation Report

2003 GRP Explaining Growth Assessment Report

2002 RRC Evaluation Report
 

INTERNAL EVALUATIONS

2006 Internal Evaluation Report

2004 Internal Evaluation Report
 

CONFERENCE EVALUATIONS

Please note that the following reports were created for donor M&E purposes. All annual conferences continue to have a dedicated conference report, which can be found in the conferences section. 

2015 Casablanca Conference Evaluation Report

2013 Manila Conference Evaluation Report

2012 Budapest Conference Evaluation Report