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Using Causal Impact Evidence When Scaling Agricultural Innovations: The Promise of Private Partnerships
In their feedback to the OneCGIAR Research Strategy, SPIA emphasized the need to have rigorous causal impact studies provide feedback loops in ea...
A Place for Foresight and Trade-Offs
As policymakers across the world grapple with the possible trade-offs from shutdowns to decrease what some are calling the third—and hopefully ...
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Reflection on the CRP 2020 Review: A Time to Harmonize Data and Definitions
As we finalize the last cohort of the CGIAR Research Program 2020 Reviews, CAS reflects on CRP data quality and its role in assessing the effecti...
Why Bibliometrics Matter for Assessing Quality of Science
As the CGIAR Research Program 2020 Reviews reach their halfway point, Paolo Sarfatti (CAS Senior Technical Advisor) and Max Rünzel (CAS Evaluati...
Remote Sensing for Impact Evaluation: Reflections on a Workshop
Over the last decade, there has been a growing interest in the use of remote sensing methods for impact evaluation purposes. Increased satellite ...
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Taking A National-Level Approach to Impact Assessment in Ethiopia
SPIA Member, J.V. Meenakshi, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Health Economics at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Indi...
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SPIA Small Grants: Studies on Agricultural Innovations in Ethiopia
SPIA is offering small grants to students and early-career researchers for studies on agricultural innovations in Ethiopia. We encourage the subm...
A Distinctly Empirical Search for Evidence of Diffusion: SPIA’s Country-level Approach in Ethiopia
Last week, the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) published ‘Shining a Brighter Light: Comprehensive Evidence on Adoption and Diffusion...
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Shining a Brighter Light on Adoption and Diffusion of CGIAR-Related Innovations in Ethiopia
Taking a Country-Level Approach to Documenting Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Ethiopia Shining a Brighter Light: Comprehensive Evide...
Evaluative Reviews: A Streamlined Approach to Accountability and Learning
In the first in a series of blogs on the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) 2020 Review Process, Svetlana Negroustoueva, Senior Evaluation Manager, CAS...
ISDC and SPIA Feedback for One CGIAR Draft Research Strategy
The chairs of ISDC and SPIA welcome the opportunity to review the draft CGIAR 2030 Research Strategy. The drafting committee is congrat...
The State of the Literature on Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Intensification
The projected increases in global demand for agricultural products over the coming decades – for food, for livestock feed, and use in industry ...
