Learning Days 2: Evaluation and Learning that Adds Up
Topic: EVALUATION AND LEARNING THAT ADDS UP
DfID & EGAP
Date: 6 November 2014
Venue: Surrey, UK
Agenda
08:30 | Arrival |
09:00 | Opening remarks |
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9:15 | Session 1: Cumulation. Chair: Peter Evans |
Topics: Introduction to the challenges associated with learning within and across research and evaluations, and highlighting why identifying and testing mechanisms matters. Panel: Dercon, Kurtz, Khan, Humphreys, Sandefur
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10:45 | Break |
11:15 | Session 2: Experimental and observational approaches to learning. Chair: Paul Atherton |
Topics: When are experiments appropriate and when not? Is there too much emphasis placed on them? Panel: Blattman, Humphreys, Sandefur, Torgerson
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12:45 | Lunch |
13:45 | Session 3: Mixing Methods. Chair: Kirsty Newman |
Topics: There is a lot of agreement that mixed methods research is important but much less clarity about what it means in practice. When is mixing methods important and what parts get mixed? Panel: Blattman, Brown, Humphreys
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15:15 | Break |
15:35 | Session 4: Practical steps for learning from research, data and evaluation. Chair: David Rider Smith |
Topics: How are research and evaluation agendas determined in DFID and other organizations? What are the institutional constraints? Roundtable: Introductory remarks (10 mins each) Panel: Brown, Hawkins, Khan, Kurtz, Torgerson
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16:45 | Closing words for the PDC: Anna Henttinen & Emily Poskett |
17:00 | Close |