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A Q+A with Evaluation Experts Amy Jersild and John Gargani: Learning from the IDEAS 2025 Multi-Dimensional Evaluation Conference, Italy

Terms of Reference: Summaries of Learning on CGIAR’s Ways of Working

The Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES), through its Evaluation Function (EF), is executing four summaries of learning that address five of CGIAR’s Ways of Working (WoWs), as...

ISDC’s Northern Summer Assignment: Inception Report Reviews

What Gets Measured Matters: Integrating Gender in Agriculture Development Research

Considerations and Practical Applications for Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Evaluations

This Technical Note provides grounded, forward-looking guidance for evaluators seeking to explore the role of Artificial Intelligence—particularly generative AI—throughout the evaluation lifecycle. It...

Le rôle des évaluations indépendantes et du conseil d’administration du Partenariat intégré dans la promotion d’un changement positif au sein de CGIAR.

Comunicar la verdad al poder: El papel de las evaluaciones independientes y la Junta de la Alianza Integrada para impulsar un cambio significativo en el CGIAR.

SPIA Participation at the 2025 AAEA Annual Meeting

From the Field: Insights from SPIA Country Studies Virtual Event

Can AI Help Us Evaluate Better? Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges

Agricultural innovations during economic transformation: Insights from SPIA country studies

This brief shows Phase 1 if SPIA country studies (Uganda, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, Viet Nam) in the process of structural transformation using the de Janvry and Sadoulet (2020) framework.

Terms of Reference: Evaluation Reference Group

The CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES) supports and facilitates CGIAR’s independent advisory services, comprising the Independent Science for Development Council (ISDC), the...

Sophia Salzer

Sophia is a pre-doctoral researcher based in UC Davis’s Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, where she completed her M.S. degree in 2024. She is interested in agricultural and...

SPIA Welcomes New Use of Evidence, Senior Officer

Milcah Kirinyet

Milcah Kirinyet joined the CGIAR Standing Panel on Impact Assessment in 2025 as Research Officer - Data Systems. She advances impact assessment through transparent data practices, leading data...