3ie co-hosted an event with ​the ​William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, which convened development leaders to reflect on the current state of impact evaluation and offered diverse perspectives on its future to propose how we can learn more to improve policies and programmes. Watch highlights from the ​t​he​​ future of impact evaluation for international development ​event ​ which ​was ​organised ​​during 3ie's Washington Evidence Week​ in April 2015.

T​he future of impact evaluation for international development - event highlights

In this video Miguel Jaramillo talks about the Peruvian think tank, Group for the Analysis of Development's experience with impact evaluation and its evolving relationship with public policy in the country. He discusses the inroads impact evaluation has made towards acceptance and influence, what factors have contributed to its advancement and what obstacles remain. This presentation was made at the ​​ future of impact evaluation for international development ​event during 3ie's Washington Evidence Week​ in April 2015. Read the 3ie working paper Impact evaluation and policy decisions: where are we? A Latin American think-tank perspective: http://bit.ly/1FKxhax

From impact evaluation evidence to policies

Neil Buddy Shah talks about the importance of ‘decision-focused evaluations’ which​ ​are driven by implementer demand, tailored to implementer needs and constraints and embedded within implementer structures.​ This presentation was made at the ​ ​ future of impact evaluation for international development ​event ​during 3ie's Washington Evidence Week​ in April 2015. Read the 3ie working paper which was commissioned by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to provide a perspective on the future of impact evaluation, based on IDinsight’s work using rigorous impact evaluation as a practical decision-making tool for policymakers and non-governmental organisations in developing countries: http://bit.ly/1VpLpx2

Evaluations with impact: decision-focused impact evaluation as a practical policymaking tool