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Impact SPIA
Posted on May 18, 2026
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Can AI Actually Understand Independent Evidence? We Put Three Platforms to Test

Widespread AI use without organizational clarity could be a manageable problem for low-stakes tasks. However, what happens when the outputs carry

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Posted on Feb 26, 2026
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Honest Assumptions: Why SPIA Uses Ranges for ROI Estimates

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Posted on Nov 27, 2025
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Recipes for Success: Evaluative Evidence about Strategic Ways of Working

Like every good recipe, CGIAR must continue to source fantastic ingredients and match these with a solid method to bring those ingredients together

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    Director
Advisory Services IAES
Posted on Nov 11, 2025
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Independent Insight in Sync: ISDC and Evaluation Advising CGIAR’s Portfolio

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    Lead, ISDC Secretariat
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Posted on Oct 22, 2025
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Can Reach Count as Impact?

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    Senior Officer, SPIA Use of Evidence
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Posted on Oct 15, 2025
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Can Impacts Really Travel?

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    Senior Officer, SPIA Use of Evidence
  • Astewale Bimr Melaku

    Post Doctoral Fellow, SPIA Causal Impact Assessment
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Posted on Oct 15, 2025
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SPIA's Meeting Highlights in Cali: Strengthening Collaboration and Innovation

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Posted on Oct 14, 2025
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Six Years of Science Leadership: A Conversation with Outgoing ISDC Chair Holger Meinke

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    ISDC Chair 2019-2025
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Posted on Oct 01, 2025
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SPIA Welcomes New Panel Member: Shilpa Aggarwal

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Posted on Sep 22, 2025
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SPIA Welcomes New Research Officer in Data Systems for the SPIA Country Studies

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Posted on Sep 16, 2025
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Remote Sensing for impact evaluation of Agricultural Innovation: Insights from Ethiopia, Vietnam and Bangladesh

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    Remote Sensing Specialist, SPIA Country Studies
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Posted on Aug 20, 2025
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Science in Bloom: ISDC Visits the James Hutton Institute in Scotland

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    Secretariat Officer, ISDC
  • Lesley Torrance

    ISDC Chair
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Posted on Aug 08, 2025
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Strengthening Impact Assessments within CGIAR - IAFP Focal Point Meeting at AAEA 2025

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    Senior Officer, SPIA Use of Evidence
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