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'The Evaluator' Episode 10: What does it take to convince farmers to buy crop insurance for climate resilience?
... crop insurance improve farmers’ livelihoods in the face of climate change? If so, what does it take to convince them ... the sale of crop insurance through a mixed-incentive referral system. Dr. Peterson discusses how Busara leveraged ... and Behavioural Economics. This episode was produced by IEU’s Yeonji Kim and Iben Hjorth. You can subscribe to ...
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Debt-for-nature swap, Dictionary of Ecological Economics
... together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling ... and Dennis Essers Debt-for-nature swap, Dictionary of Ecological Economics ...
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Evidence review: Women's empowerment
... outcomes. By empowering women, individuals become agents of change and can catalyze climate action as well as ... setting, location, and level of intervention in terms of improving intermediate and final empowerment outcomes. Evidence review: ...
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Climate finance takes center stage at COP27
... Leaders Summit, held over two days during the first week of the conference, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ... and systematically channel funds into climate action. The term "climate finance" is generally used to refer to financing from all sources ― public, private, ...
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DataLab
About the IEU DataLab High-quality data is crucial in evaluations. The IEU invests in gathering both quantitative and qualitative ... in evaluation; Carry out cutting-edge research in the field of climate change evaluation; Support impact evaluation data ...
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What Makes Us Happy
The world celebrates the UN International Day of Happiness every 20th of March. At first glance, ... factor, with the mental health of the mother being a key determinant of the happiness for a future adult. One of the ... Vaillant Liza Ottlakán is an evaluation associate at IEU. She is passionate about finding ways to apply abstract ...
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“One printed brief can go a long way. Here is how.”
“The distribution of printed IEU evaluation briefs was a strategic ... the printed brief is that she can keep it with her and refer back to it even after the conclusion of the ...
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Effectiveness of Forest Conservation Interventions: an Evidence Gap Map
This paper presents an evidence gap map of forest conservation interventions in low- and ... Compared to the previous evidence gap map, the evaluation of forest conservation outcomes has clearly accelerated in recent years, but from a modest base: the body of evidence still remains insufficient across most ...
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Transformational Change: the Challenge of a Brave New World
... elusive. Consequently, there is nearly a complete absence of evidence on whether transformational change has been ... will require concerted thinking on this topic, a devolution of measurement capacities and a wider recognition of technologies and techniques as well as cross-systems ...
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Complexity, climate change and evaluation
... to climate change, a question arises as to how we can determine their effectiveness. Impact evaluations have emerged in the social sciences as a prominent tool to determine the causal effect of policies and programmes in fields like health and ...
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... The LORTA team produces resources that assess the impact of climate interventions, sharing knowledge and evidence ...
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‘Climate-smart’ farming boosts forests, food security in Madagascar
In Madagascar — one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries — ... the effects of a warming planet.” Disclaimer: This blog referring to the IEU LORTA report "Impact Evaluation midline report for FP026 ...
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In a race against time: Machine learning for the climate emergency
... efficiently and effectively. Notably, the emerging state-of-the-art innovations using machine learning techniques ... of this function lies with its Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU), which ensures that the GCF makes informed decisions ... developed a taxonomy handbook listing the various in-house terminologies that can consequently make ML-enabled text ...
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B.38 Data Outlook: Opening the GCF-2 with 11 Funding Proposals and Independent Evaluations
The thirty-eighth meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board (B.38), set to take ... meeting since I joined the GCF Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) in August last year. As I revisit my experiences and ... and mitigation funding over time (in grant equivalent terms) Source : GCF/B.38/Inf08. Status of the GCF portfolio: ...
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B.32 Data Outlook: Funding proposals for Board's consideration
From 16 to 19 May 2022, the 32nd Meeting of the GCF Board (B.32) [1] will take place in Antigua and ... USD 261.2 million for mitigation (80 per cent) in nominal terms. If the proposed projects are to be approved, the ... contribute to a paradigm shift? [4] According to an IEU learning paper on the likelihood of impact of GCF ...
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About the Bees, Climate and Complexity
“To diagnose the problems and potentialities of linked social–ecological systems requires serious study ... the meaning behind this concept would be to break down the term ‘complex’. It comes from Latin complexus (to ... systems composed of many parts and many interactions. The IEU Learning Paper " How to bridge the gap between ...
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Co-creating an evaluation design: Insights from the field
Early in 2017, the IEU kick-started its LORTA Programme with a workshop in ... evaluation designs. In September, I had the privilege of travelling to Malawi and participating in the scoping ... pre-conceived ideas, and with an open heart and mind. The term “evaluation” can evoke negative connotations and ...
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B.34 Data Outlook: Funding proposals for Board’s consideration
On 8 September 2022, I was in a small village outside of London when I heard the news about the Queen’s passing. ... present information about the GCF projects that are part of IEU’s Learning-Oriented Real-time Impact Assessment ... million (44 per cent) is for direct access entities. In terms of distribution among vulnerable countries, 6 FPs ...
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ESG commitments are useful. But have they translated into action?
Irrespective of where we start, though, we need thoughtful people in ... global climate governance in an age of bullshit’, refers to some of these tendencies as well. Net Output ... About the author Dr. Jyotsna Puri is the former Head of the IEU. She currently serves as Director of Environment, ...
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Evaluation must promote sustainable development
... away from confronting the increasingly central concerns of producing high-quality evidence for social inclusion, the ... with growth effects. We also show that the gap in terms of incorporating sustainability of growth is largest ... prove helpful in this objective. This is being used in the IEU’s focus on the Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact ...
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'Lone wolves' must co-evolve to repair climate change
Head of the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Independent Evaluation ... speech that impact must be measured quantifiably, in terms of size and cost. Measurements should take into ... change. Puri, head of the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) at the GCF, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming ...
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Becoming bigger, better, smarter: A summary of the evaluability of Green Climate Fund proposals
The goal of the GCF is to support a paradigm shift towards ... in an evidencebased and robust way. There are two main aims of the study: The first is to assess the quality of the proposals for the funded projects that the GCF has ...
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B.39 Data Outlook: Enhancing Access for Climate Action
The thirty-ninth meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board (B.39) is taking place ... meeting since joining the GCF Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) last December. In this blog, I aim to provide insights ... is directed towards mitigation projects in grant-equivalent terms. In line with GCF’s commitment to the most ...
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A moon-shot approach? What can the GCF learn from the example of frontier investments?
... question, it is useful to look historically at the example of country-owned ‘frontier’ investments. These are ... approach, the discipline of the profit/loss account is long term and incentives are put into play for competition, ... this relevant to the GCF? One set of findings from the IEU’s latest report on country ownership focuses on GCF ...
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Enhancing the capacity of GCF accredited entities through the pandemic: What does direct engagement with project teams look like?
The IEU’s Learning Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment ... mandate to enhance capacity and support the learning of Direct Access Entities (DAEs) accredited with the Green ... but also the commitment from the local government bodies in terms of contributions and identifying potential ...
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Designing an M&E System for Impact Evaluation: Tips for Program Designers and Evaluators!
... just been invited to the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU)’s Learning-Oriented Real-Time Impact Assessment ... and measurement capabilities, the IEU will select six of these projects to provide better and timely impact ... Is it for developing a body of evidence?) ☑Identify intermediate outcome and potential impact indicators across ...
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What the Green Climate Fund can teach us about multilateral organizations
The Green Climate Fund is a good example of an institution whose built-in learning structures and ... colleagues and I at the Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) of the GCF spend a lot of time thinking about the ... countries would establish their own priorities and determine how best to access the GCF. "All of these are ...
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Bridging the Gap between Academia and Policymakers for SDG Implementation Now
“Today, only 15% of the SDG targets are on track, and many are going in ... to the IGEE was chosen as the activity for the month’s IEU Interns’ Day programme [2] collectively by me and ... economic recovery and GDP growth from 2020 to 2021. In terms of the GDP growth rate in the post-COVID-19 era, the ...
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Evaluations and research during crisis?
... happens and there are weeks when decades happen.’ One of the unsung and first casualties of humanitarian crisis ... types of crises. One insight: cash transfers may have long-term beneficial consequences that had been ignored ... Fund: @GCF_Eval Dr. Jyotsna Puri (Jo): @Jo_Puri #IEUinthenews Be sure to also check out Jo's video interview ...
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Guidelines for the effective functioning of the Independent Evaluation Unit
The Board requested the IEU to present the detailed guidelines and procedures for the effective operation of the IEU in decision B.24/15. The Guidelines are developed based ...
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