Why we need better data on mobile populations in cities – and how to get it Insight | 30 September 2019 | Gemma Hennessey Migrants are often hidden or invisible in official statistics, but with nearly all migrants heading for cities this can't be ignored. Read and comment
Are we suffering from obsessive measurement disorder? Insight | 15 August 2019 | Tiina Pasanen More data doesn’t necessarily mean we make better decisions. It often means just having more data that is not used. Read and comment
Monitoring and learning for country-level portfolio decision-making and adaptation Briefing papers | May 2019 | Anne Buffardi, Paige Mason, Claire Hutchings and Samuel Sharp This briefing aims to guide measurement and management of country-level portfolios of work, drawing on reviews of practice from DFID and USAID. Downloads
How DFID can better manage complexity in development programming Briefing papers | April 2019 | Samuel Sharp, Craig Valters and Brendan Whitty This briefing note explores how DFID can design and manage flexible systems to deal with complex development challenges. Downloads
Three ways to incorporate evaluative thinking in monitoring Insight | 12 April 2019 | Tiina Pasanen How tools and approaches like learning partners, self-assessment scorecards and outcome mapping can help foster evaluative thinking. Read and comment
Making adaptive rigour work: principles and practices for strengthening MEL for adaptive management Briefing papers | April 2019 | Ben Ramalingam, Leni Wild and Anne Buffardi Adaptive programmes can be accountable, rigorous and high quality in how they use evidence by taking an 'adaptive rigour' approach. Downloads
‘Learning partners’: overcoming the collective action dilemma of inter-organisational knowledge generation and sharing? Journal articles or issues | March 2019 | Anne Buffardi, Blane Harvey, Tiina Pasanen The article offers a systematic approach and questions to guide future inquiry into the roles of learning partners and their effectiveness in practice. Downloads
Measuring the hard-to-measure in development: dimensions, measurement challenges, and responses Journal articles or issues | March 2019 | Anne Buffardi, Tiina Pasanen, Simon Hearn This article focuses on measurement challenges affecting evidence credibility and sources of information that inform development policy and practice. Downloads
Outcome monitoring and learning in large multi-stakeholder research programmes: lessons from the PRISE consortium Research reports and studies | December 2018 | Tiina Pasanen, Kaia Ambrose, Samavia Batool, Lancelot Ehode Soumelong, Robina Abuya, Helen Mountfort and Nathalie Nathe This paper focuses on outcome monitoring and learning in multi-stakeholder research programmes by highlighting lessons from the PRISE research consortium. Downloads
