20. ALISON EVANS – Closing the M&E gap
In spite of a general commitment by policymakers to make evidence-based policy decisions, and in spite of the fact that this is now more important than ever, we are faced with a wide gap between policy and M&E. What’s needed is better partnerships leading towards more local-led evaluations, better data analytics, and more agile learning systems, so that evaluation can feed policy real-time.
ALISON EVANS is the Director-General of Evaluation at the World Bank Group, where she leads the work of the Independent Evaluation Group. She counts more than 25 years of international development experience, spanning policy, research and evaluation across diverse geopolitical and multicultural environments.
Previous roles include Chief Commissioner of the UK’s Independent Commission for Aid Impact, where she helped transform the organization’s scrutiny mandate; Executive Director of the Overseas Development Institute, where she helped steer the UK’s leading international development think tank in new strategic directions and to a stronger result focus; and a previous stint at the World Bank, as a Senior Economist, where she was part of the team that produced the 1997 World Development Report.
By EC DEVCO / Evaluation Support Service (ESS) · Alison Evans - Filling the M&E gap