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Tue, 07/29/2008 - 11:10 — Cristina Sette
  • Lilja, N., P. Kristjanson, Watts, J. (2010). "Rethinking Impact: understanding the complexity of poverty and change - overview." Development in Practice 20(8): 917-932.
    Abstract: The international workshop ‘Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change’ (Cali, Colombia, 26–28 March 2008) explored the challenges inherent in evaluating agricultural research-for-development efforts, identifying lessons and approaches for sustainably improving livelihoods. Use-oriented research which links knowledge with action has greater welfare and development impacts. Researchers must help to link diverse stakeholders in order to create and share knowledge for effective, sustainable action. The legitimacy of such boundary-spanning work needs to be recognised and rewarded, and sufficient resources dedicated to it. Traditional economic-impact assessment does little justice to complex poverty-related activities, which require a diversity of methods and enhanced capacity.
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  • Watts, J., Horton, D., Douthwaite, B., La Rovere, R., Thiele, G., Prasad, C.S., Staver, C. (2008). "Transforming Impact Assessment: Beginning the quiet revolution of institutional learning and change." Experimental Agriculture 44: 21-35.
  • Abstract: Scores of assessments of the impacts of agricultural research have been carried out over the years. However, few appear to have been used to improve decision making and the effectiveness of research programmes. The Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative emerged within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), with the goal of strengthening learning from experience and using lessons to improve pro-poor innovation. It is testing approaches for expanding the contributions of impact assessment and evaluation to learning, decision making and improvement.

 

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