Impact Evaluation
A great and timely topic. Adapting relevant external policies to local contexts is indeed a valuable approach, but it often presents crucial implementation challenges. The most effective way to transfer evidence or policies across contexts is by ensuring strong local ownership by closely engaging all stakeholders who are directly impacted by the policy. Such inclusive engagement not only facilitates smoother acceptance but also enhances successful implementation and scale-up.
Should policy makers rely on less rigorous evidence from a local context or more rigorous evidence from elsewhere? Should a new experiment always be done locally before a program is scaled up? Must an identical program or policy be replicated a specific number of times before it is scaled up? How can we transport evidence from one context to the others?
welcome Charles. In this forum you have an opportunity to network and collaborate with fellow proffesional on IE. keep engaging
May was our Impact evaluation month where we conducted a series of brown bags. These were the topic that were discussed:
1.Strategies, New Initiatives at DSE, and Experimental Methods
ο·- The importance of impact evaluation andStrategies and initiatives with DSE
ο· -Experimental methods: The power and pitfalls of conducting RCTs in Africa
2. Realist Evaluation & Qualitative Methods Introduction to realist evaluation-Integrating qualitative methods into impact evaluation
3. Quasi-Experimental Methods-Overview of key methods: Current state of the art of PSM, DiD, RDD, and IVM methods
4. Generalizability, transportability, and transferability of evidence
If you have any question, clarification or follow up regarding above feel free to post here and someone will respond to you.
I am called Pacifique DUSENGIMA ,
I Work for WHOLEHEALTH CENTER , Rwanda
My research interest is in public health, mental health
I am Charles Blessings Jumbe, a Professor of Economics from the Lilongwe University of Malawi and Natural Resources, Malawi. I have the passion on conducting impact evaluations of development interventions and policies using quantitative and qualitative methods.
Kindly feel free to ask questions and also post any events that can enrich the platform.
Greetings,
I am Steve Omollo from Kenya, my research interest is in data governance framework for effective impact evaluation. Currently an intern at APHRC.
Nelson Kalema is a Physician and Research Scientist with training in Epidemiology and Implementation Science. His interests span from providing patient clinical care, conducting clinical research, implementation science and impact evaluations mostly for persons at risk of or living with HIV/TB (PLHIV/TB). He is enthusiastic about prevention, early TB detection, treatment among PLHIV/TB, and utilizing routinely collected HIV-TB care data to identify and close gaps in the uptake of evidence-based interventions/practices in real-world settings.
Hey all,
Benson Nasasira, Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda
Good morning,
My name is Lekakeny Karoi, mostly referred as Karoi.
I work for the State Department for Economic PlanningΒ - Kenya, in a Directorate responsible for Evaluation and Public Investments Management.
For now I am interested in research and Knowledge around the use of data for impact evaluation.
Kindly introduce your self on this platform. Tell us your name, country, research interest, and your institution. This will give other participants an opportunity to know you more.
