Hnin Ei Lwin

Integrating Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) into climate-resilient WASH means thinking beyond infrastructure and understanding who has access, who makes decisions, who benefits, and who pays. Hnin Ei Lwin #Monitoring #Evaluation #Reporting #Research #MEARL #social #development #humanitarian #publichealth    A collection of my Research and MEARL insights is available at:  https://hnineilwinnotes.blogspot.com .

Let me share this as a this-week reading if you are interested in portfolio evaluation. The key advantage of portfolio evaluation, in my opinion, is that it provides a better opportunity to understand systemic impacts and explore synergies as well as trade-offs across interventions.  Compared with evaluating individual projects separately, it can also create efficiencies by sharing resources and data, while making it easier to see the bigger picture on complex and cross-cutting issues such as climate change, gender equality, and localization. Link to the doc: https://erc.undp.org/api/cms/asset?location=/document/ck_editor_pdf_1769785570347.pdf Hnin Ei Lwin #Monitoring #Evaluation #Reporting #Research #MEARL #social #development #humanitarian #publichealth    A collection of my Research and MEARL insights is available at:  https://hnineilwinnotes.blogspot.com .

M&E is changing, and I think we are seeing a shift beyond simply measuring individual projects or programs. In short, M&E is entering a new phase that seeks a deeper understanding of systems, power relations, context, and mechanisms and patterns of change. Hnin Ei Lwin #Monitoring #Evaluation #Reporting #Research #MEARL #social #development #humanitarian #publichealth    A collection of my Research and MEARL insights is available at:  https://hnineilwinnotes.blogspot.com .

If you are interested in how GESI is being integrated into climate action, this report is definitely worth a read. It provides a useful overview of progress across countries and the gaps that still need attention. Developed under UNDP’s Climate Promise by the Pledge to Impact Program, the report takes stock of how countries supported through UNDP’s Climate Promise integrated GESI into their NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) planning and implementation between 2019 and 2024. NDCs are national climate plans that set out countries’ efforts to reduce emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change. They reflect national priorities, capacities, responsibilities, and climate risks. This stocktake looks at how GESI has been integrated into the policies, tools, processes, and systems used for NDC planning and implementation through UNDP’s climate policy support. It highlights how countries are addressing structural inequalities and gender gaps while also identifying areas where c...

Monitoring tracks ongoing implementation and progress and provides the team with timely updates to help address emerging challenges. Evaluation examines the results achieved, explores the factors that influenced those results, and draws lessons to inform future programming. Hnin Ei Lwin #Monitoring #Evaluation #Reporting #Research #MEARL #social #development #humanitarian #publichealth    A collection of my Research and MEARL insights is available  at :   https://hnineilwinnotes.blogspot.com .

Research methodology is like a roadmap for research.   Hnin Ei Lwin #Monitoring #Evaluation #Reporting #Research #MEARL #social #development #humanitarian #publichealth  A collection of my Research and MEARL insights is available at:  https://hnineilwinnotes.blogspot.com .

The report, Quantifying the Nexus Between Climate and Gender, produced by The Equality Institute with financial support from the Gates Foundation and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, examines how climate change can deepen gender inequalities, and I highly recommend reading it. Drawing on existing evidence, country case studies, and expert interviews, this report highlights gaps in current climate and gender metrics and calls for more intersectional, gender-responsive, and locally grounded indicators that reflect people’s lived realities, not just policy discussions. On the one hand, current metrics often miss how different forms of marginalization overlap, including the experiences of Indigenous and other marginalized groups. They also tend to overlook how climate impacts are connected to broader issues such as land rights and resource extraction, which are not always reflected in existing measurement frameworks. On t...

Evaluation is a key component of a learning and accountability system, whether in a project, an organization, or our personal lives.  It helps us reflect on what we have done, learn from our experiences, and hold ourselves accountable for how we can improve. Hnin Ei Lwin #Monitoring #Evaluation #Reporting #Research #MEARL #social #development #humanitarian #publichealth    A collection of my Research and MEARL insights is available at:  https://hnineilwinnotes.blogspot.com .

S tatistical power depends on factors such as sample size, expected effect, participation, and variation in outcomes. Larger samples and stronger effects increase power, while low participation, unequal group sizes, and cluster randomization can reduce it.  The guide published by  t he Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)  provides  six ‘rules of thumb’ that affect sample size and statistical powe r. In brief ,  this guide   explains that sample size should be determined based on the expected effect, outcome variation, participation, and study design .  Consequently, cluster-based studies usually require a larger total number of participants to achieve the same level of statistical power. Link to the doc:  https://www.povertyactionlab.org/sites/default/files/research-resources/2018.03.21-Rules-of-Thumb-for-Sample-Size-and-Power.pdf Citation:  The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), 2018.   Six rules of thumb for deter...