Effective assessment and monitoring of EBRD policy dialogue and reform engagements
The Institute for Development Impact is engaged by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to improve the Bank’s practices for assessing, monitoring, and evaluating the results and impact of policy dialogues and reform engagements. Namely, EBRD provides Technical Cooperation (TC) activities to government entities, sectoral standard-setting bodies, and associations thus supporting the policy and business environment […]
Municipalities for Youth in Kosovo Project
The Institute for Development Impact (I4DI) is pleased to announce the launch of our two-year contract with the Municipalities for Youth in Kosovo project that will run from March 2022 to January 2023. The World Bank-funded Municipalities for Youth project aims to improve cooperation and trust between youth and local governments by enabling local governments to address youth socioeconomic needs through better-targeted youth initiatives and services.
Provision of MEL E-Learning Materials for Heifer International
I4DI is creating 11 online training modules based on Heifer International’s new monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) system manual and ten linked guides. The manual and linked guides operationalize various aspects of Heifer International’s new MEL Plan Package (MPP). This MPP provides structure to how Heifer International conducts MEL activities across the organization. The set […]
Theory of Change Articulation – EBRD
I4DI is providing EBRD teams with strategic support in the development and refinement of Theories of Change for their Transition Qualities (TQs) and Policy Engagements and the development of an improved impact mesaurement and reporting system. Along with investments in countries of operations, EBRD delivers a large number of Technical Cooperation (TC) projects and activities […]
Designing, Creating, and Managing COVID-19 Dashboard – USAID Catalyze
I4DI gathered, integrated, and tracked data from readily available sources on the impact (and anticipated impact) of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health, real economy, financial markets, and Government policy. The development of this Dashboard was a component of the Engines of Growth (EoG) activity, which falls under USAID’s CATALYZE, a global, $250 Million, 8-year contract […]
Evaluation of the United Nations Cooperation Strategy (UNDCS) 2016-2020- UNDP Turkey
I4DI deployed a team to evaluate the overall performance of the UNDCS towards its development and humanitarian goals, based on the criteria of the OECD-DAC and the application of the principles underpinning the Human-Rights Based Approach, gender equality, Results-Based Management, capacity development, and sustainability. The evaluation applied a mixed-method approach and include the following methods: […]
Socio-Economic Study of Northern Kosovo- World Bank Group
I4DI conducted a socioeconomic study of Northern Kosovo with a special focus on vulnerable groups (IDPs, ethnic minorities, Roma, disabled, women etc.) to provide an assessment of the current status and challenges for social interaction, perceptions related to inter-ethnic cohesion, employment opportunities, and the legislative framework for business as it pertains to vulnerable populations. I4DI […]
Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education & Research for Development- NORHED
I4DI provided application evaluation services to the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (NORHED). As part of the engagement, our team evaluated proposals by providing scores, qualitative comments based on standard criteria, and specific recommendations for funding. I4DI also provided a summary of key observations and lessons learned from […]
Framework Agreement for Provision of Services- Dutch MFA
Framework Agreement for the provision of services related to Quantitative and Qualitative Effect evaluations between Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the consortium of SEO Economics, Onderzoek, COWI, Institute for Development Impact (I4DI) and EUROPE Ltd. I4DI is responsible for provision of services related to effect evaluation for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]
Country Programme Evaluation (2016-2020) – UNICEF Serbia
In 2019, I4DI completed an evaluation of the UNICEF Serbia Country Programme 2016–2020 (CP), which was commissioned by the UNICEF Country Office in Serbia and managed from UNICEF’s Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia. The main objective of this formative evaluation was to critically assess the strategies applied in the current Country Programme (CP) […]
Impact Analysis on Business Environment Reforms- International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) in its efforts to support the public-private sector collaboration in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) developed a project aiming to improve the business environment reforms implemented by local governments. Project envisioned work on 18 municipalities and 2 cantons in the period 2016- 2018. Baseline data collection was conducted by an independent […]
Best Management Practices in the Amazon- USAID/ Peru
On behalf of USAID/Peru, the Institute for Development Impact (I4DI) undertook a mixed-methods study to examine the conditions under which private industries become voluntary adopters of best management practices (BMPs) in hydropower, oil and gas, large-scale industrial mining, beverages, and road projects. With a particular focus on private industries working in Amazonia, Latin America, and/or […]