The Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank recently released an evaluation of the World Bank's Support to Carbon Finance. The evaluation aimed to answer the following overarching question:

Effective and inclusive monitoring and evaluation systems are essential for assessing the effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of any programming, and are particularly critical in conflict-affected areas.

Improving International Development Evaluation through Geospatial Data and Analysis is an article written by Malte Lech, German Institute for Development Evaluation, DEval; Juha Ilari Uitto, Global Environment Facility, GEF; Sven Harten, German Institute for Development Evaluation, DEval; Geeta B

Evaluation 2018: Speaking Truth to Power by the American Evaluation Association held its annual conference.

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On october 2^nd, 2018 the International Insitute for Environment and Development (IIED) hosted a webinar

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Tech's conference will be held September 5-7, 2018 at the Academy Hall of FHI 360 in Washington, DC. September 5 will be dedicated towards pre-workshops and the main conference dates are September 6 to 7.

From 5 to 7 September 2018, the Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) of the African Development Bank will host its Development Evaluation Week 2018 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire under the theme Strengthening Development Impact. 

The American Evaluation Association (AEA) will hold its annual conference from October 29 - November 2, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The theme of AEA 2018 will be on 'speaking truth to power'.

Do you want to find out why promoting gender equality and women's empowerment can help deliver better environmental outcomes and to figure out how you can do it?