Jos Vaessen

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• Evaluation use in multilateral development institutions with Dr. Jos Vaessen

  In this webinar, Dr Jos Vaessen, Evaluation Advisor at the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, discussed how independent evaluation is organised in multilateral development institutions.

• Leveraging imagery data in evaluations: Applications of remote-sensing and streetscape imagery analysis

  This paper discusses using imagery data in evaluations and the advantages and limitations of relevant methodologies.

• Machine learning in evaluative synthesis: Lessons from private sector evaluation in the World Bank Group

  An exploration of the potential to use machine learning techniques to enhance the efficiency of analyzing, classifying, and synthesizing extensive amounts of text in evaluation research.

• The rigor of case-based causal analysis: Busting myths through a demonstration

  This paper focuses on the utilisation of case-based designs for conducting causal analysis and dispelling two misconceptions about their use in the context of evaluation.

• Structured literature reviews: Building transparency and trust in standards of reporting evidence

  An overview of the use of structured literature reviews to promote greater reliability when using and reporting on evidence in evaluations.

• Poverty mapping: Innovative approaches to creating poverty maps with new data sources

  This guide provides an overview of the use of both traditional and novel data sources in generating poverty maps and the related methodological implications.

• Advanced content analysis: Can artificial intelligence accelerate theory-driven complex program evaluation?

  This paper presents the methodology and results of an assessment of the applicability and utility of artificial intelligence for advanced theory-based content analysis.

• Delphi technique: Predicting emerging opportunities and challenges in renewable energy

  This paper outlines the Delphi forecasting method and its use in collecting, aggregating, and analysing inputs from a panel of global experts on renewable energy (RE).

• Using qualitative comparative analysis to explore causal links for scaling up investments in renewable energy

  This paper illustrates how qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) was used to identify causal pathways for scaling renewable energy to meet sustainable development and climate goals.

• Evaluation of international development interventions: An overview of approaches and methods

  This guide, produced by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group, aims to provide the reader with an accessible reference to evaluation approaches and methods used in international development contexts.

• The core of evaluation: Evaluative thinking

  This AEA365 blog by Tom Grayson provides a list of quotes from notable evaluation colleagues about the importance of evaluative thinking.

• Understanding the role of the World Bank Group in a crowded institutional landscape [Network analysis example]

  In this example, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG - part of the World Bank Group) have used a network analysis to gain a better understanding of the role of the World Bank Group's policy interventions in the health sector in Liberia in