Evidence and policy

Responding to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's declared goal to promote 'open societies' globally, Sam Sharp breaks down the facts.

We know the least about public attitudes towards migrants in countries where most actually live. This must change to enable more informed policy-making.

Ensuring consistent feedback makes its way into programming can be hard, however LearnAdapt's new research uncovers five key principles for success.

Researchers must educate themselves about the past, acknowledge their own positionality in the present and look to the future.

Survey sampling can be hard, but by using a simple and replicable process, being creative, testing and taking time good sampling is more than possible.

Following Covid-19, monitoring, evaluation and learning in the development sector has focused on data collection but inclusion and reporting are still key.