Twende Mbele Partner Governments Conduct Rapid Evaluations for Faster Evidence Generation
July 2023 In 2019, the Twende Mbele partnership began an initiative to explore rapid evaluations to provide a means to fill time-sensitive gaps and reduce late access to intervention performance information by decision-makers. While rapid evaluations are timely and cost-effective, they may lack rigor and compreh…
eVALUation Matters - Volume 2 2023
Twende Mbele partner governments conduct rapid
evaluations for faster evidence generation
In 2019, the Twende Mbele partnership began an
initiative to explore rapid evaluations to provide a
means to fill time-sensitive gaps and reduce late
access to intervention performance information
by decision-makers. While rapid evaluations are
timely and cost-effective, they may lack rigor and
comprehensive data when not sufficiently triangu-
lated. Some reasons for conducting rapid evalua-
tion are to respond to an unplanned demand for
urgent information by decision-makers. To date,
Twende Mbele partner countries have conducted
eight rapid evaluations, with another three in the
pipeline. This article presents the implementation
and findings of rapid evaluation approaches on
projects in some Twende Mbele partner countries
notably Ghana, Niger, South Africa and Uganda. It
further outlines recommendations for ensuring
relevant and usable rapid evaluations.
July 2023
In 2019, the Twende Mbele partnership began an initiative to explore rapid evaluations to provide a means to fill time-sensitive gaps and reduce late access to intervention performance information by decision-makers. While rapid evaluations are timely and cost-effective, they may lack rigor and comprehensive data when not sufficiently triangulated.
Some reasons for conducting rapid evaluation are to respond to an unplanned demand for urgent information by decision-makers. To date, Twende Mbele partner countries have conducted eight rapid evaluations, with another three in the pipeline. This article presents the implementation and findings of rapid evaluation approaches on projects in some Twende Mbele partner countries notably Ghana, Niger, South Africa and Uganda. It further outlines recommendations for ensuring relevant and usable rapid evaluations.
Report NameTwende Mbele Partner Governments Conduct Rapid Evaluations for Faster Evidence GenerationAuthorDr Ayabulela Dlakavu, Parfait Kasongo and Amanda DuecharsPartnerIDEV CategoriesGovernment, Publications, Rapid Evaluations, Twende, Twende Mbele Share