Evaluation of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)’s strategy to scale research results : lessons and considerations for researchers and funders 2021

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2021

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The evaluation takes an exploratory approach, identifying practices, systems and processes that supported or hindered scaling efforts at IDRC during the five-year strategic period (2015-2020). IDRC’s Scaling Science approach focuses on scaling impact rather than actions. IDRC staff and grantees cited flexible funding as one of the most helpful tools to support their scaling efforts, which require enough time for impacts to be registered, as well as to accommodate rapid changes in technologies. Another consistent message from the evaluation is that partnerships and collaboration are essential for scaling.

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French version available in IDRC Digital Library : Évaluation de la stratégie du CRDI visant la mise à l’échelle des résultats de la recherche : leçons et facteurs à prendre en considération pour les chercheurs et les bailleurs de fonds

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RESEARCH TO POLICY, IMPACT, INNOVATION ADOPTION, SCALING UP, POLICY INNOVATION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION, IDRC, CANADA, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT, NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

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