Transforming Development through Measurement of Results Based Management of Development Initiatives.

Vision

Improving lives through evaluating development outcomes   

Mission

Increase development effectiveness by supporting the production and use of the most credible evidence from impact evaluations of projects and programs. This will improve policy and program design and implementation and achieve Sustainable, Inclusive Green Growth in developing countries.

Mission Statement

GIDE’s mission, as set out in our Bylaws, is to improve inclusive green growth success as follows:

  • Produce new evidence on what works, when, why, and at what cost to improve the lives of vulnerable populations

  • Summarize and disseminate this evidence

  • Undertake performance evaluation of projects, programs, and policies

  • Perform environmental impact assessment and environmental audits of development actions

  • Promote better policies through evidence-based decision

  • Increase capacity to undertake impact evaluation

  • Engage with governments, CSOs, and other country-level institutions

Strategies

  • The heart of our mission is to improve lives in developing countries and some developed countries by supporting the following impact evaluation systems:

    • Systematic Reviews: the production, use, and dissemination of evidence on what works, when, why, and what it costs.

    • Performance evaluation of projects, programs, and policies

    • Environmental and Social Impact Assessment/Environmental and Social Safeguards

  • GIDE enhances the national capacity of policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and CSOs to assume ownership of impact evaluation

  • GIDE responds to increasing demands of policymakers for better evidence and improves development effectiveness in social and economic development, agriculture, and environment and natural resources.

  • GIDE works closely and seeks collaboration with stakeholders, bilateral and international agencies, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), policy research, and knowledge-based institutions such as 3ie, Campbell Collaboration, Cochrane Collaboration, Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD), and Harvard University, which promote related work to achieve our mission and give a high priority to what works.

  • Beyond Scientific Publication: GIDE believes that disseminating key findings upon project completion is a crucial step.