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Using QuIP to assess the impact of World Food Programme food systems support in six countries
The World Food Programme (WFP) Bureau in Johannesburg used QuIP as an opportunity to evaluate the real impact of WFP’s interventions whilst actively working to reduce potential confirmation bias in their research. This guest blog is written by Ludovico Alcorta – Director of Research, Southern Africa, Forcier Consulting In 2021, following participation in QuIP...
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Cracking Causality in Complex Policy Contexts
This blog was originally written by Professor James Copestake for the Centre for Qualitative Analysis at the University of Bath, and is republished here with permission. James Copestake is a Director of Bath SDR, and the original Principal Investigator on the research which produced the Qualitative Impact Protocol. One way or another, we all struggle...
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Using qualitative interviews with young people
How old do you need to be to participate in a QuIP study? Bath SDR has often been asked this question and it has been a difficult one to answer. We don’t think it can be answered with a single number, but we would like to have a clear and helpful answer to help QuIP...
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Interviewing adolescent girls in Kenya: Feed the Children
We are grateful for this guest post from Rosemary Nyaga, M&E Manager at Feed the Children. Rosemary completed an online QuIP Lead Evaluator training course in 2020 and went on to use the approach independently to evaluate a nutrition programme in Kenya – specifically working with younger respondents, a cohort which poses some specific challenges...
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The importance of closing the feedback loop: a perspective from Uganda
A guest post by Moses Mukuru, QuIP Lead Researcher in Uganda Since 2016, when QuIP was first introduced in Uganda, seven studies have been conducted here to date, across diverse sectors such as: Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Agriculture Livelihoods Education Microfinance The QuIP process was designed to include an unblindfolding/validation workshop with respondents...
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Measuring economic empowerment in impact investing
We’re delighted to share this guest post written by Mollie Liesner, Senior Impact Manager at AgDevCo. AgDevCo is an impact investor supporting the growth of sustainable and impactful agribusinesses in sub-Saharan Africa. Challenges for impact investors measuring empowerment As impact investors and development finance institutions are gradually starting to apply a gender-lens to their...
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Financial inclusion: are we finally asking the right questions?
This post is written by Bath SDR Associate Aurelie Larquemin who has worked on a number of QuIP studies in the financial inclusion sector. Contributions were also made by Prof James Copestake. National and global statistics on changing access to financial services have improved greatly in the decade since the 2011 Maya Declaration on financial...
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Everyday puzzles in QuIP research: Is God an explanation?
Does every explanation of a change have to be a change itself? Can only changes explain changes? At BSDR and Causal Map Ltd we spend a lot of time battling with tricky conceptual questions and puzzles. Working here can seem more like being part of a philosophers’ holiday camp than a research team! Sometimes I...
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A family resemblance: Outcome Harvesting and QuIP compared
The proliferation of different methods and tools for organisational monitoring, evaluation, learning and accountability (MELA) can be a source of confusion and frustration. But the opportunity to compare and contrast their parallel evolution, and their strengths and weaknesses in different contexts can also be illuminating and useful. This has certainly been the case for me...
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