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Our year in review

2023

Our proudest efforts this year have centered around people, as we do our part to revolutionize the role data plays in improving their lives, both from the bottom up and the top down.

Marc Shotland

Research, Evaluation, and Data Director

Esther Hsu Wang

Co-Founder

Interim Executive Team

Improving equity in

healthcare

with data and evidence

This year, we have seen how data and evidence can strengthen national and local health systems and improve equity in access to health resources.

In the Philippines, our health literacy survey was designed to represent all citizens, including those living in remote, rural areas. In these places, health literacy is the lowest, and yet health promotion outreach is limited. The data and insights we bring to policymakers feature the voices of underserved people, to ensure that their needs are considered in decision-making processes.

Aya Silva

Interim Regional Director and Southeast Asia Lead, DataDelta

Working to achieve equitable

learning

outcomes

Data-driven transformation is at the heart of our mission in West and North Africa. From establishing a robust Monitoring and Evaluation system for Early Childhood Education in Morocco – to quantifying the remarkable impact of Luminos Fund's program in Liberia – and optimizing reproductive health approaches in Togo through evidence-based analysis, our region exemplifies the power of informed decision-making.

We take pride in steering initiatives that not only collect data but translate it into tangible, positive outcomes, fostering a future where every data point contributes to lasting impact and equity.

Estelle Plat

Torben Fischer

Director

Economist II

Co-Interim West & North Africa ​Regional Directors

Shifting how we think about

gender equity

This year we have seen significant strides in our collective ​progress towards advancing gender equity through data ​and evidence.

From work to strengthen research methods that use a ​gender lens and conducting formative research – to ​supporting partners to use data and evidence to highlight ​the shortcomings in women’s advancement in finance, ​economics, health, and public office – we see opportunities ​to identify both gaps in knowledge and improve upon what ​we know works to advance women’s equity.

This work has entailed working with governments including ​parliaments, feminist social movements, non-profits, and ​funders, with the acknowledgment that it will take a whole-​of-society multi-pronged approach to make advances in ​gender equality.

Frida Njogu-Ndongwe

Regional Director, East & Southern Africa

IDinsight partnered with the Ellen Sirleaf Johnson Presidential Center for Women and Development to build a comprehensive database of leadership positions in 14 East African countries to identify gaps in women’s governance.

IDinsight co-hosted a fireside chat with Madam President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during a side-event at UNGA and published an article in Devex, examining evidence-based strategies to propel women’s public leadership on the African continent forward.

IDinsight conducted research to address data and knowledge gaps regarding the representation of women in economics and financial services in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and Nigeria.

The study highlighted the need to create stronger policies and systems to prioritize equitable work environments, e.g. to ensure that formal sexual harassment complaint avenues are effective, as well as promising interventions that support social relationships and more mentorship and networking opportunities.

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IDinsight is partnering with World Bicycle Relief (WBR) to conduct a randomized controlled trial of the Mobilized Communities program, designed to support communities to improve livelihoods and increase access to education and healthcare. The evaluation will estimate the causal impact of WBR’s Mobilized Communities program on livelihood and economic outcomes, including household consumption, income, savings, improved productivity, and empowerment measures. Data from this evaluation will guide WBR’s program decisions and potential future scale-up. It is one of the first evaluations to rigorously measure the impact of bicycle distribution on livelihoods, and it will inform the sector on this innovative approach to helping remote rural communities gain better access to economic opportunities.

The study includes 1570 participants from livelihoods groups (e.g. cooperatives and savings groups) and community service workers. A key focus of the evaluation is the impact of giving bicycles to women on rural livelihoods: 66% of study participants are women, and differences in impact estimates for male and female bicycle recipients will be examined. The baseline data collection was conducted in May 2023 while the endline will be conducted in May 2024.

We are working to improve our research methods to be gender sensitive. Depending on the project and context this may include: collecting additional data to be statistically powered to differentiate impacts by gender, including more than one voice within a household to understand how programs affect households more holistically, and enhancing our quantitative findings with qualitative interviews with women to more deeply document gendered experiences. To support this work, we are aggregating a team of local gender experts to ensure that the questions we ask and the results we get are contextually relevant. This work to incorporate gender-sensitive research practices across more projects is supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

This year we launched our Gender Sensitive Education Fund to support service providers and policymakers in their work to improve gender equity and develop research practices that can be used to more deeply understand barriers to girls’ education.

The evolution of

building

state capacity

In the past year, we developed innovative tools and ​methods to empower government leaders to use ​data and evidence for improving welfare outcomes ​across health, nutrition, women's economic ​empowerment, and education. These range from ​pioneering a complex survey of 61,000 households ​in partnership with a southern Indian state to ​developing HR management tools for civil servants ​in different states and districts around the country.

These experiences brought us closer to our vision ​of improving public service delivery and making ​governance more citizen-centric in India. We are ​excited to scale these innovations in the coming ​year.

Karan Nagpal

India Regional Director

In India, we continue to support the Government of India’s ambitious program to build the capabilities of its 3 million civil servants. We expanded our scope this year to support state and district-level pilots and generated early evidence that these performance management approaches can improve citizen-level outcomes.

By drafting key performance indicators, designing a measurement strategy, and a constructive feedback mechanism, we are creating systems that can transform government personnel-based decisions and enhance public service delivery across various departments and regions. Working with a State government, one of our projects is focused on providing a holistic view of civil servants' performance to establish accountability, reward strong performers, and motivate improvements - strengthening their ability to serve the citizens in their district.

Our

Initiatives

DataDelta enables social sector leaders to draw ​authentic insights directly from communities to ​improve their policies and programs

Dignity

is part of everything we do

We help partners live up to their values and ​commitments to treat people with respect and ​uphold their dignity.

Through IDinsight funding and several committed donors, ​we allocated $804,650 to high-impact projects from the ​Catalytic Fund. Learn more about how to contribute.

To our partners, supporters, and colleagues:

Thank you

for your commitment to impact this year.

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