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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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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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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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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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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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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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. Please also see: Measuring the women’s economic empowerment generated by impact investing; testing the QuIP method on an investment in Uganda’s cotton sector,...
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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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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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