Douglas Glandon

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Former, Chief - Strategic Initiatives, 3ie

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Douglas guides and implements 3ie's strategic direction, with an emphasis on technical innovation and efficient, high-quality delivery of services to our partners. He also heads 3ie strategic initiatives, including in data innovations, cost evidence, and training.

Blogs by author

Word cloud on Evidence_frameworks: For Illustrative purpsose only

02 July 2024

Using evidence in decision-making: Moving from commitment to practice by distinguishing evidence from any old data

The importance of evidence for decision-making is widely acknowledged, and an increasing number of organizations are stating this officially. This type of organizational signaling can be an important…

26 June 2024

Open technical questions in geospatial impact evaluations and why they matter

Geospatial impact evaluations offer deeper insights but also come with their unique set of challenges. As part of the GeoField community of practice, we are finding ways to unpack and address these…

Using the intelligence of a laptop to interact with artificial intelligence

06 June 2024

Generative artificial intelligence: Addressing five common misconceptions

You’ve probably heard or read about generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) and its revolutionary potential. Having productive conversations with a chatbot, something that was painful (at best)…

04 June 2024

New 3ie handbook for measuring cost-effectiveness in impact evaluation

Leaders and practitioners across the international development space have emphasized, re-emphasized, and re-re-emphasized the importance of integrating rigorous costing in evaluation research…

31 January 2024

Expanding the frontiers of heterogeneity analysis: application of a machine learning method to a gender attitude change…

At 3ie, we recently tested a machine learning technique on a previously completed randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a school-based gender attitude change program in Haryana, India to answer this…