How, why, and when should RCTs be used to inform decisions about scaling up innovations? Some reflections based on an evaluation of @GlobalInnovFund 's first five RCT-related innovations. globalinnovation.fund/news/c…
GIF's new impact report is out! Read about the extraordinary returns to investing in innovation already achieved, with greater prospects in sight.
Big news! We're delighted to share with you our latest Impact Report. Find out ⤵️ how our #investments are improving the lives of the world's poorest people💡
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Really fascinating talk arguing that ecological interventions could avert viral spillovers and prevent pandemics oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos…
Don't miss the CEDIL conference on innovation in impact evaluation. Free online 21-24 Feb. cedilprogramme.org/cedil-202…
GIF just opened its Singapore office! Looking forward to supporting impactful innovators in Southeast Asia and beyond. globalinnovation.fund/global…
Some thoughts on how to measure the impact of investments on climate adaptation and resilience, on a single yardstick. globalinnovation.fund/the-im…
GIF is investing in cutting edge climate-related innovations in the developing world – particularly re adaptation. Lots of exciting work to be done in developing and applying impact metrics. Come join the analytics team!
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Big thanks to Mark @NMH_London for an entertaining & informative tour of the Museum’s astounding Spirit Collection of #biodiversity specimens dating back to Darwin’s Beagle, including #archiethegiantsquid
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Our #EarthDay 🌍 blog highlights routes that harness innovation to drive both climate resilience and poverty reduction globalinnovation.fund/earth-…
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Could you be our next Director, Analytics? We're pleased to announce applicants are invited to join our dynamic analytics team. bit.ly/3zkUBbp
🌍Location: London, Nairobi Or Washington DC
📅 Deadline to apply: 12 October 2021 #Analytics #hiringalert #impactinvesting
See the neat paper, of heightened relevance now, by @vvalatas et al on the impact of celebrity Twitter messages on immunisation knowledge economics.mit.edu/files/1650…
Study kami dengan @Ben_Olken @cindypaladines , Arun Chandrasekhar dan Markus Mobius tentang experimen melalui twitter tentang pengaruh selebriti dalam menggugah pentingnya imunisasi yg kami lakukan beberapa tahun yang lalu dikutip New York Times
Kudos to @MarshallBBurke and colleagues for their magisterial summary of the state of the art on satellite imagery for sustainable development science.sciencemag.org/conte… Proud that @GlobalInnovFund has contributed to their work on satellite monitoring of smallholder productivity
Can isolation of COVID cases and contact tracing halt epidemic growth? Plug in your assumptions about epidemiology and intervention efficacy into this cool Shiny app and see. bdi-pathogens.shinyapps.io/c…
What kinds of interventions reduce COVID transmission at low costs to livelihoods and food security in low-income countries? @mushfiq_econ foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/10…
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Some exciting news to announce for AtlasAI (atlasai.co/), a company I helped found that's using satellites and computers to better understand and improve livelihoods around the world.
Hey @AerLingus. Will you kindly deliver my lost-for-two-days bag so that I have something to wear to my son’s wedding tomorrow? The bag supposedly arrived MSP 15 hrs ago but no word from you
The Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning will be issuing a call for proposals for research projects addressing 3 areas of innovation in evaluation. Pre-announcement at cedilprogramme.org/wp-conten…
GIF is hiring! - 2 development economists. They will join deal teams in diligencing investments; track investments’ performance; and help develop new methods for impact assessment. Based in London or Washington DC. For details and to apply: globalinnovation.fund/who-we…
People have played chess and go for thousands of years. Given only the rules, the AlphaZero program taught itself to play chess better than any human in 4 hours. Go is harder; it took 30 hours. science.sciencemag.org/conte…
RfP for GIF's Independent Evaluation: Deadline for proposals by evaluators extended to Nov 16. Details at globalinnovation.fund/gif-in…