Accomplishments
Three decades of evidence, methods, and capacity — built by hand, at institutional scale, under real field conditions.
Evidence and Evaluation
Since 1990, GIDE has completed more than fifty impact evaluation studies for governments, multilateral development banks, United Nations bodies, bilateral agencies, and civil society. Our work spans systematic reviews of what works, mid-term reviews, and performance evaluation of projects, programs, and policies — including Results-Oriented Country Strategy Evaluations undertaken on behalf of the African Development Bank and the World Bank — alongside environmental and social impact assessment and environmental audit.
Methodological Tools and Frameworks
Between 2013 and 2021, GIDE developed a body of measurement tools and frameworks that are now applied at institutional scale across multilateral development portfolios.
Gender Transformative and Rights Based Approach (GTRBA) — GIDE’s foundational approach to assessing development interventions through both a gender transformative and a rights based lens, underpinning the tools and frameworks that follow.
Gender Transformative Tool (GTT) — GIDE’s tool for assessing and measuring gender transformative change in projects and policies, later customized for the African Climate Change Fund at the African Development Bank as the Gender Transformative Measurement Tool (GTMT), where it is used to score projects across the Fund’s portfolio.
Scalability and Replicability Analysis Tool (SRAT) — GIDE’s tool for assessing whether development interventions can be scaled and replicated beyond their original setting, later customized at ACCF/AfDB as the Scalability and Replicability Analytical Model (SRAM).
Results Measurement Frameworks — including Theory of Change (ToC) and Logical Framework (LF) design — the architecture through which interventions define, track, and evidence their intended results.
Climate and Environmental Analysis
GIDE pioneered quantitative analysis of greenhouse-gas emissions across industry, agriculture, and transportation, linked to model-based predictions of climate change — work that informed multilateral environmental and trading agreements including the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol. This sits alongside our physical and monetary accounting in environment and natural resource management.
Building African and Asian Capacity
Through the 1990s, the Institute delivered a Masters and PhD program for African scholars in partnership with a consortium of fourteen universities worldwide and the United Nations Environment Programme, focused on environment and natural resource economics and household (gender) economics. That commitment continues today through training for graduate students and for policymakers, practitioners, and consultants across Africa and Asia.
Partners and Clients
Our work has been commissioned by multilateral development banks — including the African, Asian, Inter-American, and Islamic Development Banks, and the World Bank — alongside the United Nations, bilateral agencies, non-governmental and international organizations, and the private sector.
The Next Chapter: ScaleX Labs
Together these instruments form the methodological foundation that ScaleX Labs now scales through Responsible AI — every platform built on a proven analogue, developed at GIDE and tested at institutional scale under real field conditions. GIDE and ScaleX Labs share one conviction: AI must strengthen the development professionals of the Global South, never replace them.
Examples of GIDE's accomplishments in inclusive green growth through impact evaluation and related capacity building from 1990 - 2014 are summarized below:
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Lesotho Highland Water Project, the Katse Dam. [Courtesy of Photobucket]. The Katse Dam - One of the largest infrastructural projects for which GIDE has accomplished Environmental Impact Assessment. It is a major international undertaking and is now the highest dam in Africa with a height of 185m. It is also one of the world's largest concrete arch dams in terms of volume, with a capacity of nearly 2 billion cubic meters and a surface area of 38.5 square kilometers (1998/99).
Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) - Environmental & Social Safety Guards
Environmental Impact Assessment - Training Manual: Flowers School of Management & Technology, Germany
EIA of Meki Irrigation and Rural Development Project, (Ethiopia, JICA)
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of Leopard Rock Lodge, Meru National Park, (KENYA, IFC)
Analysis of environmental laws, policies and instruments in Kenya (OECF)
Assessing the Cost of Greenhouse-induced Sea-level Rise Effects on the East African Coast: Assessment of Externalities (ABI-UNEP/UNFCCC).
Analysis of green-gas emissions in various industries in Kenya (JICA).
Elaboration of Two Numeric “Green” Accounting Models Linking Emissions and Natural Resource Accounts to GDP: Tools for Evaluating Development Impacts (ABI-UNEP)
Evaluation of the Environmental and Social Impacts of the damage by EI Nino floods on Tana Delta Irrigation Project (Kenya, (OECF)
EIA of the Smallholder Irrigation Project in the Foothills of Mt. Kenya, (Kenya, Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock Development, JICA)
EIA of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase 1B, (Lesotho, Government of Lesotho/African Development Bank/World Bank).
EIA of the Kurasini Export Processing Zone (EPZ), (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Government of Tanzania/African Development Bank).
EIA of the Mwea Irrigation Development Project, (KENYA, National Irrigation Board, Kenya/OECF).
Environmental Audit of the Dagoretti Slaughter houses, (KENYA, The Netherlands).
Environmental Audit of Water, Sanitation/ Waste Management in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, (Kenya, UNDP)
EIA of the Horticultural and Traditional Food Crops Development Project (Kenya, AfDB)
Environment and Social Impact Assessment of the Malaria and Schistosomiasis Control Methods in Mwea Irrigation Scheme: A Study of Insecticide Impregnated Mosquito Nets and Papyrus Mats, (Kenya, UNICEF)
EIA of the Malaria and Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) Control Methods in the Kibimba Rice Scheme: A Study of Insecticide Impregnated Mosquito Nets and Papyrus Mats (Uganda, UNICEF)
Environmental and Health Impact Assessment of using Insecticide-impregnated Mosquito Nets in Irrigation Schemes in Selected African Countries, (UNICEF & WHO)
EIA of Integrated Irrigation Project, (The Seychelles, AfDB)
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of the Agricultural Marketing & Processing Infrastructure Project, (ZAMBIA, AfDB)
Assessment of the Country Environmental Profile of Kenya (JICA
Assessment of the Country Environmental Profile of Kenya (OECF)
Assessment of the Country Environmental Profile of The Seychelles (AfDB)
Assessment of the Regional (African) Environmental Profile (AfDB)
Environmental Assessment of the Suitability of a Bell 206 (Jet Ranger) Helicopter for the Strategic Control of Armyworm in Primary Outbreak Areas of Kenya
The Environmental Impact Study of Tana Delta Irrigation Project. Final Report to Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund for Japan (OECF)
EIA of the Community-based Smallholder Irrigation Project for Promotion of Horticultural Production in the Foothills of Mt. Kenya (JICA)
Environmental Impact and Economic Potential of Slaughterhouse and Fish Processing Wastes in Kenya. (Government of The Netherlands)
EIA of the Mwea Irrigation Development Project (Nippon Koei Engineers)
Environmental Impact Assessment Horticultural/Traditional Food Crops Project, Kenya (AfDB)
EIA: Agricultural Marketing/Processing Infrastructure Project, Zambia (AfDB)
Assessment of the Impact of Endod Plant (Phytolacca dodecandra) for Controlling Malaria and Schistosomiasis in East Africa (UNICEF).
Executive Director Explains in 1995, GIDE's 20 Year-Vision of Inclusive Green Growth
Systematic Reviews (SRs) - Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
• Evidence Based Practice: Closing the Gap between Evidence and Policy in Social and Economic Development of Africa
• A systematic Review of How Network Marketing Contributes to Inclusive Development and Women’s Economic Empowerment? Synthesis of Evidence and Lessons
Capacity Building - Impact Evaluation
Systematic Reviews: Meta Data Analysis and Narrative Synthesis - Training Manual: Flowers School of Management & Technology, Germany
Environmental Impact Assessment - Training Manual: Flowers School of Management & Technology, Germany
Evaluation and Mainstreaming Regional Integration in National Development Plans - Training Manual: Flowers School of Management & Technology, Germany
Training Modules II/IV: Mainstreaming Crosscutting Issues (gender, environment, poverty) in Sectoral and the Project Cycle (AfDB) – delivered training for AfDB staff
“Easy Reference Guide” for Mainstreaming Crosscutting Issues(gender, environment, poverty) in Sectoral/ Project Cycle (AfDB) - delivered training for AfDB staff
Masters and PhD Program on Environment & Gender Studies, Kenya (DAAD) – delivered lectures to students & supervised graduate thesis/dissertation research in collaboration with respective collaborating universities where students enrolled
Environmental Impact Assessment in Eastern and Southern Africa: Kenya, Botswana Djibouti, Lesotho, Mozambique, Somalia and Zimbabwe – conducted “hands-on” workshops for government staff.
GIDE’s Accomplishments are Attributed Largely to Management Working Closely with the Board of Directors in Implementing its Strategic Plan Relating to its Policy Studies and Capacity Building Program including the Masters & PhD Program in Environmental Economics & Household Economics.
Managing for Development Results (MfDRs) - Performance Evaluation of Projects, Programs & Policies
· Construction and use of Results and Indicator Frameworks and Theory of Change (ToC) at AfDB and UNECA.
· 2016 - 2017: Validated 17 Project Completion Reports [prepared 17 Project Completion Report Evaluation Notes (PCRENs) in 20 African countries, and a Synthesis Report with lessons learnt and recommendations on knowledge dissemination] on infrastructural Agriculture & Environmental Projects (IDEV, 2016/17).
· 2015 – 2016: Evaluated and Mapped out African Climate Technology Centers, National Climate Funds and Potential Public/Private Sector Champions, and Developed a Roster of Experts in the area of Climate Change Technology Transfer in Energy and Water Sectors in 48 SSA Countries (ONEC.3, 2015/16).
2006 -2010:
· Development and application of Knowledge, Monitoring & Evaluation (KM&E) System/Plans for Project including MultiDonor/Multi-Year Projects in Africa including AfDB projects.
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Blantyre/Shire Highlands and Namwera-Mangochi Rural Development, Malawi (AfDB)
Evaluation of Sub-regional Capability in Monitoring and Managing Environmental Aspects of Pesticides in East and Southern African countries (USAID)
Assessment of Improvement of Pesticide Management in East and southern Africa: The Potential Role of NGOs (USAID)
Evaluation of the Role of NGOs in the implementation of AGENDA 21 of UNCED in Africa (UNEP & IUCN)
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Sidamo-Gamo Gofa Peasant Agricultural Development Project, Ethiopia (AfDB)
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Impact on African Development Bank (ADB) Operations of the Environmental Management Training of Bank Sector Specialists, Cote D'Ivoire (AfDB/USAID)
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Uganda Poverty Alleviation Project – Microfinance Support Centre (AfDB)
Assessment of Opportunity Costs and Trade-offs in Natural Resource conservation in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania (UNEP)
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Agricultural Production and Marketing in Lake Victoria Crescent, Uganda (JICA)
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Institutional Training Programme for Environmental Management of the AfDB (USAID)
Mid Term Review of the Environment and Sustainable Development Programme of the African Development Bank in Africa (ADB) (Abidjan, Cote D'ivoire, AfDB).
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Increased Food Production Aid by Japan (2KR) in Kenya for 1992/93 and 1993/94 Crop Years (JICA).
Mid Term Review of the African Biodiversity Institute’s Africa-wide Masters and PhD Program (DAAD, Germany)
Assessment of the Water Resources and Activities of Donors and NGOs in Water Development and Community-Based Water Supply in Kenya (the Government of Kenya/JICA)
End of Project Performance Evaluation of the Japanese Government X-ray Project in Kenya (JICA)
Evaluation of Impact of Insecticide Impregnated Mosquito Nets for Malaria Control in Botswana's Endemic Areas. (UNICEF/ESARO)
Biodiversity Prospecting: Evaluating the Economic Potential of Ocimum Plants (Ocimum basilicum L) as a Community-based Tool for Malaria control in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. (IDRC).