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Evidence-based decision-making needs decisions, evidence.. And?
Annie DufloInnovations for Poverty ActionApril 8, 2014
Discover effective solutions
Effective solutions
adapted at scale
Theory of Change?
OVER 400 STUDIES IN 50 COUNTRIESOver 400 studies in 50 countries
Discover effective solutions
• Partners take action
• Other organizations adopt evidence
• Shift in debate• Increased
evidence-based culture
Better programs, improved outcomes
Intermediary Impacts
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Get buy-in, Make it easy Ask the right questions, and prepare for scale: • Involve partners• Train partners• Find the right partners
Evaluate rigorously, and get buy-in: • Test proofs of concept• Refine applications of concepts • Test scalability
Mobilize for the use of evidence: • Compile and disseminate • Advocate for effective solutions • Support their application
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Involve partners
Setting the agenda
Academically exciting research
Policy relevant research
Maximize the intersection. Think conference planning
Working with governments
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Takeaways • Cant go from B to D without A and C
–Especially at the local level
• It’s boots on the ground, time consuming, and harder to define
• Need the right questions, right partners
– “Path to Scale” research
– Governments
• Requires a collaborative, iterative research process