CLEAR South Asia Conducts Impact Evaluation Training with NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s Public Policy Think Tank

Conducted October 11-November 4, this course is a part of CLEAR SA’s long-term partnership with India's Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO), to support country-led and country-owned efforts to improve monitoring, evaluation, and evidence use. DMEO is an attached office of NITI Aayog, mandated to build the M&E ecosystem in India.  

This series was developed to provide participants a thorough understanding of impact evaluation methods to facilitate evidence-informed policymaking. Topics included randomized evaluations, quasi experimental methods, gender and evaluations, and how data and evidence can inform policies and programs. About forty participants, including young professionals, M&E leads, and senior staff at NITI Aayog, attended.

Speakers included CLEAR South Asia staff members like Megha Pradhan (Director CLEAR SA), Dr  Harini Kannan (Research Scientist, CLEAR SA) and researchers including Ajinkya Keskar (Postdoctoral Researcher, J-PAL SA), Gaurav Chiplunkar (University of Virginia), and Sandip Sukhtankar (University of Virginia).