Special thanks to our speaker natalia-galat who discussed the interlinkages between climate change and agrifood systems with the participants of the “The Paris Agreement on Climate Change as a Development Agenda” online course.

There’s no climate action without agrifood systems!

How I silenced the 'your n is too small' critics

A manifesto for defending qualitative research

Qualitative researchers face criticism about small sample sizes.

Here's how to address these concerns effectively:

Overview of effectiveness evidence across the 17 Sustainable Development Goals using data from 3ie's Development Evidence Portal.

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It is difficult to celebrate #Christmas when children are killed every minute in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, the Sahel, Myanmar, Eastern DRC and too many other places.

But we must continue to hope that the peacemakers will prevail over the men with guns.

Charlotte Lee The PhD Place Wishing you all the best. Perhaps this might of use:

The academic writing system that never fails you:

1. Read broadly, closely, and profoundly.

2. Develop a reliable writing habit.

3. Request feedback frequently.

4. Maintain consistency.

You don't rise to the level of your goal.

You fall to the level of your system.

Use it

Your PhD is about the evolution of your mindset.

It proceeds through personal research experience, mentorship and development of key skills.

This is why PhD in STEM:

- is NOT about a thesis (very few people will read it)
- is NOT about finish your advisor’s project
- is NOT

Most researchers take many years to improve their academic writing skills.

But, some simple changes can transform your writing to a publishable level.

Here are 10 easy tips that you can use in your next dissertation:

🔷Opportunity within World Food Programme's Office of Evaluation
🔷Deputy Director, Evaluation
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I have almost 30k citations and millions in research funding.

But almost 20 years ago, I just wrote my first research paper.

I had no writing support during grad school & I want you to have it better.

Here are secret actionable writing tips for 6 sections of your paper. ↓

Poster of Kiev Book Fair 2023 💙💛

When I was viva prepping for my PhD in Psychology I added sticky index tabs to my thesis, did a mock viva with my supervisors (extremely helpful), but I also searched the internet & collated potential qu. I am not an expert but in the hope it could help others here are some qu 🧵

I urge all financial institutions to present public, credible & detailed plans to transition their funding from fossil fuels to clean energy.

To those institutions already doing this shift I say:

Do not relent in the face of attacks on progress.

You are doing the right thing.

Latest M&E jobs Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Food and Agriculture Organization
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Monitoring Evaluation Learning and Accountability Specialists Food and Agriculture Organization
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Evaluation Officer World Food Programme
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Children make up nearly half of the 349 million people facing extreme hunger today.

School feeding programmes connect students most at risk with access to nutritious food and help them stay focused on what matters. #ISMD2023

👀 Watch our #Evaluation Practice Exchange Seminars

- Using Case Study and Case Based Methodology in Evaluation
- Evaluating in a #Pandemic
- Engaging with #Children and #Young People
- Communicating evaluation findings

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Supporting the 2014 United Nations Resolution, the evaluation function of World Food Programme is working with countries & partners across the globe on national evaluation capacity development

🗺️A new digital report captures the lessons

➡️Read it HERE: wfp.org/evaluationcapa…

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“Incremental change is not enough; we need transformational change. Evaluation can assess the progress made and provide recommendations to improve.

Evaluation ensures systems are resilient enough to change course quickly in response to the challenges of our times.”

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World Food Programme Director of Evaluation, Andrea Cook, live at the National Evaluation Capacities Conference in Turin:

'It is in times of crisis, when truth and objectivity are often lost, that evaluation must shine a light so that our leaders can make the best possible decisions'.

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UN Evaluation Group stocktaking study on the utility of peer review on evaluation function:

▪️contributes to positive changes
▪️influence on independence, credibility and utility
▪️recommendations to #UNEG on how to enhance the utility of peer reviews

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