The Nobel prize-winning economist, Angus Deaton, has criticised the development impact community’s insistence on randomised controlled trials (RCTs) as the only source of credible evidence…
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Charlotte Cornforth
Charlotte Cornforth Outreach Manager CEDIL Directorate Charlotte Cornforth is Programme Coordinator for CEDIL. Her responsibilities include supporting the management and coordination of the centre; working…
Craig Bardsley
Craig Bardsley Programme Manager CEDIL Directorate Dr Craig Bardsley is the Programme Manager for CEDIL. He is responsible for the day to day management of…
Patrick Ward
Patrick Ward Programme Director CEDIL Directorate Patrick Ward is CEDIL Programme Director and has overall responsibility for the delivery of the programme, working closely with…
Research Uptake in Policymaking: From Papers to Policy
This paper is based on discussions which took place during a Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) workshop ‘Promoting the use of…
Stakeholder Engagement for Development Impact Evaluation and Evidence Synthesis
This paper investigates stakeholder engagement with decision-making and research for international aid and social development, to encourage decisions that are both evidence-informed and appropriate to…
Designing evaluations to provide evidence to inform action in new settings
Policy and interventions should be informed by the best available evidence, but evaluations are not always optimally designed to inform decisions about policies and interventions…
Evidence and gap map of studies assessing the effectiveness of interventions for people with disabilities
This report summarises findings from an evidence and gap map (EGM) commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) and undertaken by the Campbell Collaboration…
Effectiveness of transportation in LMICs - An Evidence and Gap Map
The map will cover all forms of transport, such as roads, railways, civil aviation, ports and inland water transport, and urban transport, and also cover…