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Monitoring & Evaluation

Understanding how data can be used to make better decisions and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of nonprofit programmes.

two girls in school uniforms riding their bicycles on a road--outcomes-based financing
March 23, 2023
Outcomes-based financing: What do nonprofits need to know?
Pointers for nonprofits that want to capitalise on development impact bonds and other emerging financial instruments.
by Anushree Parekh, Rhea Miranda | 6 min read
A representative from Medha speaking with students_randomised control trial
October 14, 2022
Conducting a randomised control trial (RCT) on a budget
We tend to think that RCTs are expensive, time consuming, and can only be done at scale. Here’s why those assumptions are wrong.
by Christopher Turillo | 4 min read
Children in a file at school-school improvement
August 11, 2022
Why an ineffective school improvement programme was scaled up
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?
by India Development Review | 5 min read
A Gond painting with a white-spotted and a black-spotted rabbit and trees with moneys and birds behind them_social impact
August 3, 2022
Measuring social impact: Who decides what counts?
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.
by India Development Review | 6 min read
Illustration of people breaking through a brick barrier-law
July 29, 2022
Entrepreneurs shaping the law and social justice space
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.
by Meghana Parik | 8 min read
Shaila, an enumerator at Good Business Lab is standing in a garment factory and reading a report
April 19, 2022
Breaking the glass ceiling, one survey at a time
A day in the life of an enumerator from Karnataka who talks about the challenges of being a working woman and the value of good communication in data collection.
by Shaila Mahalamani | 6 min read
A researcher speaks to a local-research
April 15, 2022
Why we need to pay research participants
Despite their significant contributions to data collection, research participants are often inadequately compensated. Here’s why this must change.
by Douglas MacKay | 7 min read
Image of a sandcastle in the foreground-social impact-
September 29, 2021
‘Who determines what impact matters most?’
By incorporating participatory research into their programme evaluations, nonprofits can challenge inequality while also building more inclusive organisations.
by Katie Smith Milway, Lymari Benitez, Tanaya Jagtiani | 6 min read
A woman wearing an orange saree watching a girl wearing a mask operate a mobile phone. The article that funders in the social sector have an incredible opportunity and obligation to change our one-way relationship with data.
August 17, 2021
Funders, it’s time we change our relationship with data
Data should be used to empower frontline workers, governments, and communities to take smarter decisions, not just for donor reporting.
by Anantika Singh, Reshma Anand | 5 min read
Person looking at Data Dashboard-administrative data
February 17, 2021
India’s social sector has a data problem
Evidence-based policy-making in India will not improve until we make administrative data more reliable.
by Abhirup Bhunia | 4 min read
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