ODI   [to 15 March 2014]
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Review of evaluation approaches and methods used by interventions on women and girls’ economic empowerment
Publication – Research reports and studies – 14 March 2014
Georgia Taylor and Paola Pereznieto
There is substantial work currently being done by the international development community to empower women and girls economically. This review assesses the quality and effectiveness of evaluation methods and approaches used to analyse the effects of programmes or projects on women and girls’ economic empowerment (WGEE).
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Measuring women’s empowerment and social transformation in the post-2015 agenda
Publication – Research reports and studies – 11 March 2014
Caroline Harper, Keiko Nowacka, Hanna Alder and Gaelle Ferrant
As the development community continues to discuss what should replace the MDGS in 2015, ODI and OECD researchers propose that most effective approach for achieving social transformation for women and girls is to focus on tackling discriminatory social norms. Progress should then be measured through transformative indicators, both under a dedicated gender goal and mainstreamed throughout all other goals.
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The technical is political: understanding the political implications of sector characteristics for the delivery of sanitation services
Publication – Research reports and studies – 11 March 2014
Nathaniel Mason, Richard Batley and Daniel Harris
The characteristics of service delivery sectors have political and technical implications. These characteristics, relating to market, task and demand as well as the type of good produced, can be applied to sanitation services in order to explore and respond to some of the problems of individual and collective action that affect the sector.
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Rapid Review of DFID’s Humanitarian Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
Publication – Research reports and studies – 11 March 2014
Steven A Zyck
In January 2014, ICAI sent a small team, led by Commissioner Mark Foster, to assess and provide prompt and timely feedback on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the UK Government’s response to Haiyan.
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What’s behind the demand for governance? An assessment of people’s views
Publication – Research reports and studies – 10 March 2014
Gina Bergh, Alina Rocha Menocal and Laura Rodriguez Takeuchi
This paper analyses emerging data from the United Nations’ MY World survey of people’s priorities for the future and how they have voted on governance-related issues. We compare this with a review of available evidence from global perception surveys and participatory research on people’s views and experiences relating to governance.