Other CEDIL Seminars
Presentation: Malawi Country Evaluation Map
Date: 4 April 2023
Time: 13.00 BST (14.00 CAT)
Vulnearability to Natural Shocks: Assessing the Short-Term Impact of Consumption and Poverty of the 2015 Flood in Mozambique
Speaker: Dr Ricardo Santos
Date: 3 April 2019
Time: 12.30 – 14.00 GMT
Location: Tavistock Place, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Room: Weston Room, LG4
About the Seminar
Mozambique is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. In the paper, we assess the short-term impact of the 2015 floods on household consumption and poverty levels. The literature on the effect of natural disasters is rich but rarely based on surveys of panel of households before and after natural events. In this paper we exploit a unique household dataset and make a contribution to the literature on the short-term economic effects of natural disasters in developing countries.
You can listen to a live recording by clicking on this link
About Ricardo Santos
Ricardo is a UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, stationed in Maputo, Mozambique, as Technical Advisor to the Centre of Economics and Management Studies at the Faculty of Economics of Eduardo Mondlane Unitersity. His previous work in the development field includes voluntary work for one year with a Portuguese NGO as Program Manager for Timor-Leste and Angola, and Edputy Executive Officer of the same NGO.
Evidence and Gap Maps Seminar
Speaker: Dr Ashrita Saran
Date: 21 March 2019
Location: London
About the Seminar
Evidence and Gap Maps (EGMs) provide a visibly accessible overview of evidence from systematic reviews, impact evaluations and primary studies. They highlight the availability of the evidence, as well as certain characteristics, such as confidence ratings of the systematic reviews. A defining feature of EGMs is that they are structured around a framework (matrix) designed to reflect the relevant interventions and outcomes associated with a particular area. When the framework is populated with available studies and reviews, it highlights ‘absolute gaps’, where few or no studies exist. The main uses for an evidence and gap map are to guide policy makers and practitioners to evidence to support decision-making, and to inform research priorities in order to fill evidence gaps. An important point to note is that, evidence and gap map informs us what evidence is available but does not summarize what the evidence says.
In the talk, discussion will be based on what are evidence maps, how are they used and initiatives by Campbell Collaboration in this area.
Slides for the talk can be downloaded on this link
About Ashrita Saran
Ashrita has been working as an Evidence Synthesis Specialist with Campbell Collaboration since three years. She has led the development of Campbell discussion paper on Evidence and Gap Map. She is the lead author and co-author for various published and on-going Campbell evidence and gap maps and systematic reviews such as Mega Map on child welfare and evidence and gap map on people with disabilities. She is an Epidemiologist by background and is trained in systematic reviews and information science and has over 5 years of experience in public health research and management. Her research areas of interest include education, child welfare and international development.