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News Archive: May, 2012

Is it working? Indicators, goal displacement and the case of the AusAID ARF.

Increasingly, organisations – including government departments – are looking to evaluate the impact of their actions and build an evidence-base around what works. It’s something that’s easy to say but a harder to do: this kind of work requires people to really think clearly about what they’re trying to achieve. Often, the next step is to define... Read More +

ACIAR publishes Sustineo report on assessing poverty reduction

The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) has published a report written by  Dr David Carpenter (Sustineo) and Professor Mark McGillivray (Deakin University) that presents a methodology for assessing the poverty-reducing impact of Australia’s international agricultural research. This report details a mixed method... Read More +