Identifying Biases Using Data Analysis

How bias affects policy  All policies have unintended or unacknowledged consequences. Unforeseen outcomes can happen for several reasons, including faulty or incomplete assumptions and planning that is not sufficiently rigorous, but a major source of unintended consequences is bias.  While biases may be explicit, the result of identifiable ass
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Are you collecting the right data?

Collecting data about your projects isn’t just about gathering as much as possible, it’s about collecting the *right* data. To maximise the beneficial outcomes of your policies and to make the most effective use of your organisation’s resources you need to have accurate data about the causes and effects of the problems your organisation is […]
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What Are Funders Looking For in Impact Evaluation?

Finally, it’s finished. After months of hard work from you and your team you’ve finished the Big Project. But it’s not time to celebrate just yet, you still need to evaluate the impact of the project. Your funders want to know that their money is being used as effectively as possible – and that’s where […]
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Looking to The Future

We’ll soon be celebrating two important business milestones – our 10th year since we set up GtD in London and our fifth year since we started or first project in the US. In our recent summer newsletter, we reflect on the business’ developments over the last decade, and we also look forward to the future, […]
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