Colombia consolidated its whole-of-government performance monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system (SINERGIA), making it one of the most advanced in the world. Using an elaborate series of ...

This 25-page handbook is written in a question-and-answer style and is a good starting point in understanding M&E. It provides an overview of some of the basic questions of project monitoring and ...

Ambitious, multi-sectoral, cross-boundary... there is no shortage of superlatives to qualify the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF). A multilateral ...

From the faltering of the Iraqi security forces in the face of the so-called Islamic State in 2014 to the current controversy surrounding U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, U.S. security sector ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Immunization Safety Office (ISO) is responsible for studying vaccine risks once vaccines are administered to the public. ISO was already a ...

A new study offers pathways to improve monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate-informed conservation while revealing how practitioners are currently monitoring conservation adaptation projects. A ...

In my last article for Forbes, I cited a quote from Melinda Gates that is telling for anyone who works in the development sector: "We cannot close the gender gap without first closing the data gap." ...

The lack of data and information on disability and the situation of persons with disabilities at the national level contributes to the invisibility of persons with disabilities in official statistics, ...