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Evaluation of a Portfolio of Technologies: Wind Energy
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| Rosalie Ruegg,
TIA Consulting Inc,
ruegg@ec.rr.com
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This proposed presentation will report on assessment of a portfolio of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) wind energy technologies, including those that have moved into distributed-scale and utility-scale applications. The presentation will focus on the approach and findings of Phase 1 of a planned two-phase evaluation of DOE wind energy technologies. Phase 1 uses interview, document review, network analysis, and citation analysis to trace from the portfolio to applications, and also assesses the feasibility of following the Phase 1 tracing study with a Phase 2 benefit-cost analysis of the same portfolio. An emphasis of the study will be on issues and challenges encountered by the evaluation due to taking a portfolio approach, and on the approaches taken to deal with the issues and challenges.
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Rethinking Impact Evaluation: Lessons from International Agricultural Research and Development
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| Jamie Watts,
Bioversity International,
j.watts@cgiar.org
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| Nina Lilja,
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research,
n.lilja@cgiar.org
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| Patti Kristjanson,
International Livestock Research Institute,
p.kirstjanson@cgiar.org
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| Douglas Horton,
Independent Consultant,
d.horton@mac.com
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International agricultural research must increasingly account for its relevance and impact on reducing poverty in developing countries, and thus impact evaluation is a topic of much interest. As understanding increases about the numerous, dynamic and inter-related factors thought to cause rural poverty in developing countries, and the contribution of agricultural research to poverty reduction, impact evaluation is also being rethought. This paper presents the results of an international workshop that addressed three themes: cases where agricultural research contributed to poverty reduction, methodologies to evaluate the impact of agricultural research on poverty reduction, and institutionalizing new approaches to research and impact evaluation. From those experiences conclusions were derived for future impact evaluation for agricultural research for poverty reduction and for research planning.
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