Use of impact evaluation results

This guidance note looks into several factors that contribute to effective evaluation use.

Since impact evaluations focus on results and what contributes to results, logically there should be a greater enthusiasm for making use of the findings. Impact evaluations also tend to cost more than other types of evaluation, implying that they should command significant follow up as well.

It turns out, however, that credible evidence and significant costs are not sufficient to ensure that impact evaluation findings are used...