This blog, written by Channing Arndt, Shenggen Fan and Nick Austin, is cross-posted from the IFPRI website. The post first appeared on the Thomson-Reuters Foundation News site. On Sept. 23, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the European Commission, Switzerland, Sweden, and Germany announced commitments of more than >> Read more Source: Malawi Strategy Support Program
New study looks at early effects of Africa RISING Program in Malawi
[Originally posted on the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets website.] “Agricultural (research) programs without rigorous impact evaluation tend to focus on rapid testing (and rollout) of technologies with high-probability adopters to provide swift feedback to donor constituencies. Such programs also tend to favor numeric accomplishments over a deeper understanding of complex development […]