Genuine Evaluation

The trials and tribulations of trials

Posted by Katherine Hay on October 6th, 2011

Katherine Hay continues her guest blogging on evidence and evaluation.

Ben Goldacre in The Guardian wrote that UK politicians “are ignorant about trials and they’re weird about evidence.” He contrasts this with international development where he talks about the “amazing work testing interventions around the world with proper, randomised trials.” He goes on to

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The Rise and Risk of Evidence

Posted by Katherine Hay on October 4th, 2011

Our guest blogger this week is Katherine Hay, a senior member of the Evaluation Unit of the International Centre for Development Research. Based in New Delhi, India, she is an expert on the role of evaluation in development in South Asia. She promotes approaches that assess how women and other marginalized groups benefit from development

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