CEDIL
Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning
| Type | Other |
|---|---|
| Website | cedilprogramme.org |
| Year founded | 2017 |
| Year discontinued | 2023 |
| Location |
London
 United Kingdom
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| Functions | Research |
| Funding sources | Foundations or grants |
| Tags | evaluation decision-making international development impact |
| Summary | The Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) was funded with UK aid from the UK government. CEDIL developed and tested innovative approaches to impact evaluation and evidence synthesis in low-income countries. Its primary objectives were to: Develop and test innovative methods for evaluation and evidence synthesis in international development contexts; and Build the evidence base on research uptake and use in decision-making. |
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CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 14 April 2023 English
In the last few decades, there has been an increasing use of, and demand for, high-quality evidence among decision makers in international development. Evidence from research leads to claims about …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 14 April 2023 English
The Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) develops and tests innovative methods for evaluation and evidence synthesis. Claims made in CEDIL studies are intended to inform socio-economic …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 14 April 2023 English
The Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) has recently funded several studies that use machine learning methods to enhance the inferences made from impact evaluations. These studies …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 14 April 2023 English
Humanitarian crises affect communities and people across the world, causing high levels of mortality and malnutrition, leading to the spread of diseases epidemics and health emergencies, and arresting economic growth. …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 14 April 2023 English
Middle-level theory (MLT) sits between project-level theory, which is specific to a particular context, and grand theory, which is too general to be empirically useful. By understanding the underlying causal …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 13 April 2023 English
Empowering adolescent girls through education has become a priority among numerous stakeholder. However, recent evidence suggests that education alone may not be suffcient if women remain in a low-empowerment equilibrium …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 13 April 2023 English
We study the medium-term impacts of the Skills for Effective Entrepreneurship Development (SEED) program, an innovative in-residence 3-week mini-MBA program for high school students modeled after western business school curricula …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 13 April 2023 English
Consider a policy maker choosing between programs of unknown impact. She can inform her decision using observational methods, or by running a randomised controlled trial (RCT). The proponents of RCTs …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 12 April 2023 English
There is scarce evidence on whether and how assistance in humanitarian emergencies and conflict settings impacts household well-being and behaviour. Conducting rigorous impact evaluations in such settings poses multiple challenges …
CEDIL: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning · 12 April 2023 English
The Gender-Sensitive Risks and Options Assessment for Decision Making (ROAD) to Support WiF-2 (ROAD migration project), a partnership coordinated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Australian National University, …