Monitoring & Evaluation

Those with whom research is conducted are usually seen as sources, not users, of data. What happens when findings are shared with the participants of a research project?

Nonprofits deploy psychometric tools to measure impact and identify concerns. Here are five common mistakes they make while using these tools, and how these can be avoided.

Understanding a community's context needs to be at the core of life skills interventions and assessments. Here's why.

In the education sector, child learning data usually flows from teachers to policymakers and does not directly inform teaching practices that could lead to improvement in learning outcomes. How can this be changed?

Sustaining effective monitoring and evaluation systems can be difficult. Here are four ways in which nonprofits can optimise M&E efforts.

Pointers for nonprofits that want to capitalise on development impact bonds and other emerging financial instruments.

We tend to think that RCTs are expensive, time consuming, and can only be done at scale. Here’s why those assumptions are wrong.

A programme to improve school governance in MP was scaled up despite being ineffective. What can its perceived success teach us about improving public service delivery at scale?

Arun Maira speaks with Hari Menon and Vineet Rai about how the social sector and the investing world must move beyond numbers when it comes to measuring social impact.

Insights from a landscape study that looks at how young changemakers and organisations are changing the law and social justice space in India to make it more equitable.