Generating and using evidence is imperative to enhance both the development and the global impact of public and aid spending. [...] Our recent CGD Working Group on New Evidence Tools for Policy Impact spotlighted areas of significant progress in the evaluation and evidence ecosystem to better harness the value of evidence, including growing interest from policymakers in using evaluation evidence to inform programs and policies; a growing global community of researchers, organizations, and partnerships conducting evaluations; a. [...] CGD’s Working Group on New Evidence Tools for Policy Impact offers specific recommendations to enhance the policy value and use of this type of rigorous evidence for global development, including designing evaluations that start from the policy question and decision space available, advancing locally grounded evidence-to-policy partnerships to develop and shape these studies, and enhancing incenti. [...] CGD and others have long discussed the role of multilateral institutions like the World Bank in taking a GPG approach to tackling global challenges like climate change and pandemic preparedness, which defy borders and disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable. [...] Specifically, the bank needs a range of evaluation structures to work with country partners to inform policy and lending operations to make timely adjustments and generate and sustain policymaker demand for evidence, while also protecting the integrity and independence of the research to remain high-quality and credible.
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