Title: Evaluation Conference in Mexico

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Section/SPIG: International Health

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David Fitch, PhD E-mail

 

“When Will We Ever Learn? Improving Lives through Impact Evaluation” is a 2006 report of the Evaluation Gap Working Group, assembled by the Center for Global Development.  The three-person Evaluation Gap Working Group included Ruth Levine, the current person in charge of evaluation at USAID.  The advisory group included Raj Shah, now USAID administrator.  The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) grew out of this report.  It seeks to improve the lives of poor people in developing nations by summarizing evidence of what works, when, why and for how much.  They, with others, are sponsoring a Conference "Mind the Gap: From Evidence to Policy Impact," in Cuernavaca, Mexico, from June 15 -17, 2011.  More information on 3ie and the conference can be found here.  I would be pleased to communicate with others interested in evaluation.