As the world grapples with pressing environmental challenges, the importance of integrating environmental considerations into evaluation practices and national evaluation systems has never been more crucial, presenting challenges and opportunit

A Critical Look at Evaluation’s Value Proposition: Has Evaluation Become Just a “Check the Box” Exercise?

Jan 30th, 2023 32m 8s

Join host Dugan Fraser as he chats with Estelle Raimondo, Methods Adviser at the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group, about the current state of evaluation. In her thought-provoking keynote address to the 14th European Evaluation Society

Transforming M&E for Uncertain and Complex Contexts: The UNDP’s Innovation Sandbox Approach

Nov 3rd, 2022 27m 4s

How can we transform monitoring and evaluation (M&E) into a more adaptive, emergent process to address uncertainty and complexity in today's world? How do we move from compliance and accountability to learning – to support better, more timely

Making Monitoring & Evaluation Systems Effective: A Discussion with Patricia Rogers

Jun 22nd, 2022 25m 36s

What makes monitoring and evaluation systems effective? What approaches should we use to support the building of M&E systems that provide short-term and long-term value? Listen to Dugan Fraser, Program Manager, GEI, and Patricia J. Rogers, Inde

The Missing Piece: Reflections on How M&E Helps to Address the Gender Data Gap in Development Programs

Mar 7th, 2022 59m 18s

What is the role of evidence and data in helping us address gender inequities? How can monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts help women and girls around the world? Join us for a special episode of “Powered by Evidence” for International Wome