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Keynote listeners report highlights from the 2017 Crawford Fund Conference

...solution. Data is valuable, and his approach is to collaborate and share data through goodwill, with open source data a better solution. In his case study presentation Dr Ken Street’s...

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Yes – infographics & data visualisation are different!

...depends on your communication / impact goal. If your goal is to highlight numbers, then data visualisation is for numbers. Data visualisation primarily concerns itself with a singular source, seeking...

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Selecting Research

...has collected data directly, or the data itself such as interview transcripts or survey data. Secondary sources are based on, interpret on comment on primary sources such as journal article...

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Autumn Webinar Series – Water footprinting of agricultural products: the relevance of the local data and local context

...of different water footprint methods, data sources, water use models, and scales of analysis on quantification of water footprints of milk production (dairy farming) in New Zealand, and two major...

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Why women must be visible in the measurement of SDG progress

...2030, when the international community evaluated global progress towards sanitation and hygiene for women and girls specifically, there will be no official data available – because collecting data that can...

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How To Write Evaluation Reports

...which discusses what the data means by making connections between the data or putting it into context. You might discuss what the data indicates about why outcomes were or weren’t...

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Some sources to start from 

International Development: Reference Sources Produced by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, this searchable international development guide provides links to references sources, article databases, core journals, grey literature, catalogs, data and...

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5 Types of Designers – Which one do you need?

So the project has been completed, the data has been analysed, and report has been written. Now, how will the findings be shared with the broader community? In the design...

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Australia invests in improving gender-sensitive data

...International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and will help to fill the data gap when it comes to intra-household inequality globally. Joanne Crawford...

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Measure What Matters Global Conference *EVENT CANCELLED*

...to showcase the value of gender sensitive data collected at the individual level, particularly data about poverty and inequality. It will also highlight global efforts to close gender data gaps...

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COVID-19 Resources

...M&E Approaches – effective solutions to continue monitoring and evaluation data collection We want to filter and reduce the noise produced by this sudden overload of information. Leadership Highlighting Migrant...

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Disability Inclusion 101

...how data on disability can be collected and used within programs. This practice note on Collecting and using data on disability to inform inclusive development, discusses making data collection processes...

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For Researchers & Online Content

...limited usage of the sources, permission does not need to be sought. Publication of research in any form (conference, research papers) voids this protection. This does not apply to artistic...

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M&E in the age of the COVID-19 Pandemic

...planned. International travel restrictions as well as local lockdowns present challenges to conducting primary research, including fewer field visits, and in-person data gathering. M&E activities have also had to address...

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How Change Happens in a post-data world

...of their silos and learn across sectors. Duncan adapted the idea of the ‘post-truth’ era by contending that in reality, we are entering a post-data’ world, where evidence and research...

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Transforming Lives and Livelihoods: The Digital Revolution in Agriculture

Big data represents an unprecedented opportunity to find new ways of reducing hunger and poverty, by applying data-driven solutions to ongoing research for development impact. The 2017 Crawford Fund Annual...

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Data visualisation & infographics

Get your message across quickly and effectively with a variety of people with visual content. Photo by 愚木混株 cdd20 on Unsplash...

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Locally-led development

...development researchers from the Global North, and researchers in the Global South who are engaged in field research. While local research assistants facilitate access to data, and contribute their context...

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Research Communication 101

To achieve effective action in international development, effective communication is necessary to reach decision-makers. Translating research data into a format accessible to non-experts can be a challenging task. There are...

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Ethics during a global pandemic

...researchers have faced data gaps in longitudinal studies, reduced sample sizes, among challenges to data gathering and analysis. This has heightened the importance of maintaining research integrity, for instance by...

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Unearthing research uptake: A survey for research users

...take? As a guide, we suggest the survey will take 25-30 minutes to complete. We value your time invested in helping us gather this important sector data! How will the...

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Why use a Theory of Change?

...including academic, community, qualitative, and quantitative information should be consulted to develop a wider understanding of the environment in which change is being sought. Furthermore, the data collection promoted by...

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AfrEA: Evaluation That Leaves No One Behind: Empowering Progress Towards the Africa We Want

...professionals. Importance of recognising and embracing the diversity of African evaluation communities and integration of these communities. Importance of data analysis and utilisation of big data to segregate information and...

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Intersectionality 101

...data. Attention should also be paid to ensuring that research communicates intersecting inequalities and influences policy to meet development challenges. However, intersectional approaches also unearth challenging issues where competing issues...

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Privacy Policy

...unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Your personal information will be stored on a password-protected electronic database, which may be on our database or a database maintained by a cloud-based hosting...

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Building social movements through Feminist Participatory Action Research: June update

...data was collected to understand participants’ perspectives of the current status of women’s climate justice movements in their communities. CJ-FPAR participants are now working with community members to undertake a...

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Building social movements through Feminist Participatory Action Research: February update

...Baseline evaluation data was also collected through interviews and observations. Partners then returned to their communities and conducted a pre-research consultation to develop the questions, area of focus and methodological...

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GUIDE | Enhancing Research Impact in International Development (ERIID)

...can prove to be very detrimental for the impact of a research project. It can even hinder the acquisition of data. Researchers need to be aware and acknowledge the power...

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COVID-19 and Challenges Facing Migration- A Roundtable Discussion

...refugee-related humanitarian work. Featured speakers from OECD, UNHCR, and refugee-focused GS Hubs will speak on issues ranging from big data and an uncertain economy, to how on-the-ground projects are being...

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Six Ways to Approach M&E

...from designing logic models, to planning MEAL activities, and collecting, analyzing and using data. A single case study is used throughout, which helps illustrate processes and methods such as logical...

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Research Communication 101

To achieve effective action in international development, communication is necessary to reach policy makers and stakeholders. Translating research data into a format accessible to non-experts can be a challenging task,...

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Urbanisation and its impacts: where is the evidence?

...out from June-August and will require a high level of skill in convening expertise from a range of sources, and working collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders. If you are...

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Event Support and Collaboration

...Network objectives Budget allocation requested, and relation to other sources of support Evidence of explicit or implicit benefit to the Network and its members Application process Please download and complete...

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How to Podcast 101

...quality equipment can vastly improve podcast quality. All sources below recommend Audacity as a free editing software. Having a basic understanding on how to monitor sound levels and trim clips...

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Planning & designing for Impact

The first steps to plan and design for impact might vary depending on where you are starting from. Finding quality sources is key for those looking to use existing evidence,...

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Copyright & Intellectual Property 101

An understanding of copyright is essential for development practitioners, both in order to understand the potential of output and to respect the prior work of others. The following sources outline...

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Skills for Development Impact

...here are a mix of RDI Network produced content, and resources from other reputable sources. This is not an exhaustive list, rather a starting point. If you have a suggested...

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SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals

...17.16 and 17.17. 17.16 Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement...

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Planning communication and engagement

The first steps to plan and design for impact might vary depending on where you are starting from. Finding quality sources is key for those looking to use existing evidence,...

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Selecting Research

...development, local capacity and sustainable transformation. – Considerations for development researchers when selecting sources of local knowledge. While local knowledge is pervasive, it is also uneven and situational. People within...

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Resources for Un-Knowing

...production of knowledge through the sharing of activism, research and inclusion approaches. Looking for a platform that favors non-western marginalised sources that aim to break the hegemonic cycle? Decolonial Subversions...

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Webinar Series: Best-practice across the research cycle

...participants. Implementation Phase: outlines strategies for promoting inclusion within data collection and analysis, and capacity building activities. Dissemination phase: outlines approaches to ensure research findings and forums are accessible to...

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New Visions for International Development Education

...that surrounds long-term shifts in the livelihoods and wellbeing of the poor, noting that while the aggregate data suggests continued overall improvements, some people’s wellbeing had become notably worse. This...

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Calling all research producers, translators and knowledge brokers!

...helping us gather this important snapshot of the sector! How will the data be used? Survey responses (with the exception of Questions 19-22, which are optional) will be used to...

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Consultancy opportunity: Research communications and uptake – snapshot of practice

...and requires advanced skills in data analysis, facilitation, survey development and written reporting. Details of selection criteria and how to submit an EoI can be found here. Completed EoIs must...

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Students offer innovative solutions to energy poverty in the Philippines

...total of 52 surveys were completed across nine barangays. The survey was semi-quantitative as it collected data on household demographics, level of understanding fossil fuels and renewable energy, and willingness...

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Feminist Participatory Action Research Workshop

...design, participatory data collection methods and analysis, ethics, and authorship. We hope that attendees will leave with increased curiosity, capacity and confidence to undertake FPAR in their work. There is...

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What’s your score?   

...other actors in the international development sector. All Australian based organisations and institutions are invited to get involved and ‘score’ themselves and send back their results. The data collected will...

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The Best & Worst Countries for Women: Measuring Equality with the WPS Index

...second edition includes several major innovations, including expanded coverage to 167 countries and assessment of data at the subnational level. Trends over time reveal important drivers of progress as well...

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POSTPONED | Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) Workshop

...safe and inclusive environment. With guided activities to share and develop our collective knowledge together, attendees will explore areas in FPAR design, participatory data collection methods and analysis, ethics, and...

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ANU Climate Update 2022

...Part 1 will summarise the latest climate research, including a snapshot of newly released data on how our climate changed in 2021. Part 2 will discuss the implications of the...

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Evaluating Public Health Interventions using epidemiological and economic methods

...data can be structured and analysed to evaluate health sector inventions using methods from epidemiology and economics. Outputs of such modelling include the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained or disability-adjusted...

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3rd APEA Conference & Evalfest 2022

...planning their join conference: 3rd APEA Conference & Evalfest 2022 to be held on 21-25 February 2022 in New Delhi India. Save the data and stay tuned for further information!...

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Researcher relationships

...especially if they are in a junior role, can be sidelined. Elevate capacity building to go beyond data collection training, rethink funding and governance structures to integrate local knowledge systems...

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Making research inclusive of people with disabilities

...create a more inclusive society, build skills and bolster local DPOs. Research is not just about evaluations and data-mining from the local community; research findings and recommendations can have huge...

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10 Ways for Engagement

...Assess, Promote These are the necessary steps to maximise research impact. Planning at the beginning, including identifying methodologies for data collection, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), sets a clear pathway...

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Adapting & Building Locally-led M&E Teams

...your programs aim to achieve this, and set up systems and processes that measure program effectiveness. Engage local people in data collection, as well as, analysis and communicating findings with...

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How to use visuals effectively

...audience that already knows the topic or issue. Depending on the artist or illustrator, more theoretical, data driven studies may be too complex to condense and make accessible in a...

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Developing Evaluations with Stakeholders

...Engaging stakeholders at this early stage also facilitates the rest of the evaluation. Developing stakeholder trust, can improve access for data collection, and the increased awareness of the evaluation builds...

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Podcasting Platforms

...upscaling based upon audience demand and uploads. Notable features of Podbean include a phone app to track audience data and their YouTube service, which simultaneously creates and uploads the podcast...

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Creating Meaningful Video Content

...sombre? Does this tone work well with anecdotes, or does data prove to compliment your research better? The linked Ted talks do a great job covering the breadth of different...

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Winners Announced: RDI Conference Photography Exhibition

...range of organisations across diverse organisations in the international development sector. This exhibition was made possible by the generous support of AgImpact, who specialise in the implementation of digital data...

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