As leaders across the social sector adopt the collective impact approach to problem solving, an important question looms in many people’s minds: Given how complex and unpredictable the work is, what ...

Results matter to nearly all types of donors, but especially grant makers. For nonprofits that are new to tracking and analyzing the effectiveness of programs, the vocabulary can be a little ...

Over the past year, development impact bonds, or DIBs—international development’s newest hot trend—have generated a tremendous amount of buzz from champions and detractors alike, along with some ...

A couple of seminal studies published almost 20 years ago found that conservationists needed to start examining whether their actions were actually causing the desired effects. Assessing conservation ...

Andrew Gunn receives funding from Worldwide Universities Network, the British Council (administering the Newton Fund), the UK Higher Education Academy, the United Kingdom Political Studies Association ...

Reliance on blunt quality metrics that do not reflect important dimensions of care; Limited access to data on what occurs during prenatal care; and Empirical challenges to evaluating the impact of ...