Young Impact Associates Graduate in Ghana

On July 8, 2023, 13 Ghanaian young professionals graduated from the Young Impact Associates program, a one-year professional development and leadership program in monitoring, evaluation, and learning, funded by the Mastercard Foundation. In announcing the graduation-which was held at Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studie sin Wa in Ghana’s Upper West…(Read more)

SWEEF Capital Publishes Practitioner’s Manual for its Gender ROI Assessment Tool

Singapore-based SWEEF Capital has published a Practitioner’s Manual to accompany its groundbreaking Gender ROI Assessment Tool.  “Increasing numbers of organizations, government bodies, industry advocates and investors are engaging in frank conversations about barriers preventing women’s full participation in many activities, including access to capital and meaningful career pathways,” writes the gender-lens investment firm. “The new…(Read more)

New Public Sector Index: Measuring the Capabilities of Local Governments to Solve Critical Challenges

Writing in Project Syndicate, Mariana Mazzucato of University College London and James Anderson of Bloomberg Philanthropies introduce their project to develop a new public sector index of the capabilities of cities to solve critical challenges. “What critical skills, processes, and structures”, the authors write, “will a given municipality need in order to detect emergent issues…(Read more)

Scaling Gender Change in Canadian Climate Finance in Developing Economies

Global Affairs Canada has released a new report entitled A Journey of Purpose: Learning to Scale Gender Change in Canadian Climate Finance in Developing Economies. Authored by Dr. Edward Jackson for the Department’s Climate Finance Division, the discussion paper examines Canada’s USD 3B long-term debt portfolio with multilateral banks and funds aimed at financing major…(Read more)

Using AI in Evaluation

At the blog of the American Evaluation Association, AEA 365, evaluation consultant Sylva Ferretti has contributed a two-part reflection on working with AI in evaluation, particularly ChatGPT. Overall, she finds this AI tool to be useful, additive, and even progressive in her practice in the field of international development and humanitarian assistance.  ChatGPT is, especially, able…(Read more)

Talks toward a global plastics pollution agreement held in Uruguay

In late 2022, the first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including marine litter, was held in Punta del Este, Uruguay. At the conference, UNEP’s Executive Director, Inger Andersen, called for a broad, inclusive and science-driven agreement that provides adequate resources for developing countries. “We…(Read more)