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When (some of) the world converged in Bath
It’s been an incredibly busy summer for Bath SDR, over the months when typically those of us in the Northern Hemisphere tend to try to take holidays, which makes a rush of projects all culminating at the same time even more difficult than it would be at any other time! So, a big thank you...
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Causal Map wins award from SAGE publishing
We are really pleased to share the news that our sister company Causal Map has been announced as winner of the 2022 SAGE Publishing Concept Grant. This grant is awarded to software tools in the early stages of development which offer useful application in academia, to enable concept testing and software development. Members of staff...
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Exploring alignment between QuIP and SROI principles
This blog celebrates the publication of a joint Social Value UK/Bath SDR paper comparing the key similarities and differences between QuIP and Social Return on Investment, an approach used widely across the world. Anyone who works in monitoring & evaluation knows that this is a world peppered with methods, approaches and acronyms. With QuIP we...
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QuIP training award
Bath SDR is pleased to be launching an award scheme to enable greater access to QuIP training and linked software, Causal Map. We propose to fund a limited number of free places for applicants who wish to attend one of our online QuIP Lead Evaluator courses, and subject to successful completion of an accreditation assignment...
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New translated QuIP guidelines!
We are very pleased to share our updated QuIP guidelines which have been translated into the following languages (click on the link to access): Spanish QuIP Guidelines French QuIP Guidelines Portuguese (Mozambique) QuIP Guidelines Portuguese (Brazil) QuIP Guidelines English QuIP Guidelines Friends and colleagues have kindly proofed these for us, but we are always open...
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Losing our way, learning how others explain change, and planning a new book…
Much has changed since we published the book Attributing development impact, reflecting on lessons learnt conducting QuIP studies up until the end of 2017. There’s been Covid-19, the relentless digitalisation of our lives and climate change drama. Black Lives Matter has injected new energy into ‘decolonising’ international development practice or whatever remains of it. Meanwhile,...
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Using tech to untangle complexity in impact evaluations
The impact evaluation world is always looking for improved ways of managing data, with many temptations out there in the form of sentient learning and clever algorithms. At BSDR we have embraced technology as an enabler throughout our QuIP journey, but with the caveat that it should always help us highlight complexity, not hide it...
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Housing Microfinance QuIP in Southern India
Guest blogger, QuIP-Accredited Consultant Max Nino-Zarazua I recently returned from the 6th Asia-Pacific Housing Forum hosted by Habitat for Humanity in Hong Kong. The forum addresses housing challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and I was invited to present the results of a housing microfinance impact study I led in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, India. The...
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Global to Local: Adapting QuIP for the UK voluntary, community and social enterprise sector
The UK’s voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector spends around £40bn (NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac – https://data.ncvo.org.uk) on delivering services to some of the UK’s most marginalised communities and individuals. Like their counterparts in the global development sector, organisations in the UK voluntary sector face challenges in understanding their contribution to change and...
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