
BACKGROUND
The field of impact evaluation has grown rapidly over the last two decades, generating a wealth of evidence on whether development interventions work. But there are still substantial gaps in the field:
TEAM
The Centre’s work is led by a Directorate with research and programme management arms. Intellectual leadership, strategic direction and technical guidance is provided by a team based at the London International Development Centre. This team draws on the expertise of an Intellectual Leadership Team, which is composed of independent experts and five consortium partners:
- The International Initiative for Impact Evaluation
- The Campbell Collaboration
- The Centre for Evaluation at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- The Centre for the Evaluation of Development Policies at the Institute of Fiscal Studies
- The EPPI-Centre at University College London

CEDIL’S FUTURE
CEDIL was established in 2017 and is set to run until 2023. Given the scale and complexity of the challenges it seeks to address, the Centre aims to secure additional funding to become self-sustaining and continue its work in this area. For more information on CEDIL and its work, download our overview brief.