Constanza Gonzalez Parrao

Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
Designation: Senior Evaluation Specialist
Constanza leads the production of systematic reviews, rapid evidence assessments, and evidence gap maps on different sectors of international development, including education, governance, energy and climate change.
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Recent and fast-growing evidence on sustainable energy interventions, but gaps remain

Constanza Gonzalez Parrao, Cem Yavuz, Zafeer Ravat 20 May 2024 blog  
Progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – to ensure universal access to energy and clean cooking, the adoption of renewables and an increase in energy efficiency – has been mixed. While electricity access has improved in select countries, clean cooking remains a prevalent issue for one in three people globally.

Towards SDG 7: Mapping evidence of access to sustainable energy in L&MICs

Cem Yavuz, Constanza Gonzalez Parrao 04 August 2023 blog  
With the slowing down of progress towards SDG 7, we move into the second phase of the 2030 agenda with more urgent questions about what interventions are effective to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the war in Ukraine aggravated the global energy crisis resulting in the scaling back of even basic electricity access around the world

Mapping evidence gaps on good governance and political competition

Etienne Lwamba, Constanza Gonzalez Parrao, Lina Khan, Cem Yavuz 24 November 2021 blog  
Political decisions for the common good and political accountability are important drivers of development and stability. These are enabled by good governance and political competition. Although an increasing body of evidence highlights the importance of institutions and good governance for development, the number of free countries, according to the Freedom House Barometer, has reached its lowest level in 15 years,

What do we know about the impacts of aquaculture?

Constanza Gonzalez Parrao, Shannon Shisler, Kirthi Rao 12 August 2021 blog  
Our systematic review finds that aquaculture interventions improve productivity and income for fish farmers in most contexts. However, we need more and more rigorous measurement of impact, particularly on nutrition and women’s empowerment outcomes. While many aquaculture programmes target low- and middle-income countries, there is an overall lack of rigorous impact studies. The studies that could be included also had an overall high risk of bias and do not usually allow for subgroups analysis.

The impact of aquaculture on productivity, income, nutrition and women’s empowerment: A call for evidence

Cem Yavuz, Shannon Shisler, Constanza Gonzalez Parrao 19 January 2021 blog  
Although aquaculture production has seen increased growth in recent decades, the evidence around the impact of aquaculture programmes on the welfare and health of participants in the aquaculture value chain remains scarce. If you know of any studies, published or unpublished, that evaluate aquaculture interventions with a gender lens, do share these papers and supplement our search.