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Defining and Refining Good Practice in Ex-post Impact Assessment - Synthesis Report

Meeting of the CGIAR Center Impact Assessment Focal Points and the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment of the CGIAR Science Council held at the Alvaro Bracelos Conference Room, Embrapa Headquarters, Brasilia, Brazil, 10-11 November 2008

Year of publication 2009

Pages 44

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Natural Resources Management and Environment Department)

Publisher The Science Council of the CGIAR encourages fair use of this material provided propoer citation is made. ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The meeting on ‘Defining and Refining Good Practice in Ex-post Impact Assessment’ was jointly planned and organized by the impact assessment focal points (IAFPs) of the international centers and the Challenge Programs, and the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) as a follow up to a similar meeting held in Nairobi in 2006. The objectives of the meeting were to: 1. Foster communication among CGIAR centers on ex-post impact assessment. 2. Contribute to a community of practitioners to sha re knowledge on impact assessment of international agricultural research. 3. Receive feedback on SPIA ongoing activities. 4. Make recommendations on future priorities for system level impact activities by SPIA or for joint impact assessments across centers.

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