Etienne Lwamba

Etienne Lwamba
Designation: Evaluation Specialist
Etienne supports the production of systematic reviews, evidence gap maps and contributes to the Development Evidence Portal. He is currently managing the production of a gender and peacebuilding systematic review.
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What works to empower women in fragile settings?

Will Ridlehoover, Etienne Lwamba, Meital Kupfer, Shannon Shisler 29 July 2021 blog  
Across the globe, women face tremendous challenges when it comes to equitable access to resources, exercising meaningful agency and decision-making power and aspiring to and accomplishing achievements. In fragile and conflict-affected settings, those challenges are often exacerbated, as women are particularly vulnerable and often left out of decision-making.

15 years after "Will we ever learn?": Well, did we?

Marie Gaarder, Etienne Lwamba 29 June 2021 blog  
Fifteen years ago, the Evaluation Gap Working Group published a report noting the absence of solid evidence on the effectiveness of development programming. This report, and the intellectual community behind it, drove a wave of work on impact evaluations in the development sector. So, did we learn?

A systematic approach to building the evidence base for gender equality and women’s empowerment in fragile contexts

Meital Kupfer, Will Ridlehoover, Etienne Lwamba, Shannon Shisler, Ada Sonnenfeld 03 February 2021 blog  
In 2020, 23 per cent of the world’s population lived in fragile contexts, including 76.5 per cent of all those living in extreme poverty. While women comprise about half of the population in fragile and conflict-affected contexts (FCAS), there are often major gaps in how interventions in these settings consider their inclusion and empowerment.