INTPA/ESS Initiatives

In contexts where it is not possible to have direct interaction with respondents, e.g., during pandemics and/or when the environment is not safe, conducting data gathering for research and evaluation remotely is a commonly...

For the past six years, the authors have been investing heavily in phone-based surveys to gather high-quality feedback and social performance data. Their belief has been that, when done correctly, phone-based phone surveys can get...

The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled an immediate response by the development evaluation community. Evaluation is an important instrument for effective development policy. Building on informal consultations in a series of knowledge...

The FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) has developed a Guidance Note in view of the exceptional international situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions set in place by many countries. The Guidance Note aims to...

Social stigma in the context of health is the negative association between a person or group of people who share certain characteristics and a specific disease. In an outbreak, this may mean people are labelled, stereotyped...

UN Women issues a "pocket tool", which includes practical guidelines for gender-responsive evaluation management and data collection, structured around the four main evaluation phases: planning, preparation, conduct and reporting...

In the era of COVID-19 where field work is halted and working from home is the new normal, methods like Quasi-experimental Geospatial Interpolation (QGI) can help evaluators leverage open source and readily available data to...

Infographic developed by UNDP on evaluation during crisis.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in Conflict and Stabilisation Settings:A guidance note