Impact Evaluation In The Time Of A Pandemic
Tuesday 19 May
Covid-19 has caused massive disruption to social and economic life. What does it mean for researchers, and impact evaluation in particular? Do we just have to shelve our plans or can we respond proactively? Can data collection proceed by other means or using other data sources? How do we use the opportunity to get evidence “into the system” at a point at which donors redirect their resources? What can we learn from evidence from past pandemics? And how can impact evaluators respond to the challenge of real time evaluation of interventions to address the effects of the virus and responses to it?
These questions will be addressed by a panel comprising:
Chair: Howard White, CEDIL Research Director and CEO Campbell Collaboration
Presenters:
Joerg Faust, Director, DEVal
Imran Matin, Executive Director, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, and Country Director, IGC Bangladesh
Marie Gaarder, Executive Director, 3ie
Edoardo Masset, Deputy Director, CEDIL
Slides from the Presentation:
Marie Gaarder’s slides: Link to slides
Edoardo Masset’s slides: Link to slides
Related links mentioned in the panel session:
Blog post: implications-covid-19-pandemic-impact-evaluation-activities-east-africa
Blog by World Bank on Adapting evaluation designs during covid 19
3ieimpact blog on phone surveys in developing countries need abundance caution
Development Evidence from 3ie Impact
3ie blog on how to get people to wash their hands
3ie/ACE Evidence Synthesis response to the ongoing global crisis
Research should continue, else we may end up with another evidence gap crisis.