Think Pieces

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 30 - July 2026

Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of 2025 ILO evaluation reports, with a focus on the value of participatory approaches

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 29 - June 2026

  Artificial intelligence is only as good as the knowledge behind it: Lessons from building the artificial intelligence features of i-eval Discovery

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 28 - October 2025

  Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of 2023-24 ILO evaluation reports, with a focus on the value of participatory approaches

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 27 - December 2024

  Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of 2023 ILO evaluation reports (reviewed in 2023)

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 26 - November 2023

  Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of ILO evaluations, 2022
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 25 - October 2023

  Impact evaluation: Ex-post review and way forward

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 24 - June 2023

  Assessing strengths and challenges of RBSA-funded interventions: A meta-analysis of ILO RBSA-funded interventions, 2018-22

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 23 - March 2023

  Assessing the effectiveness and results of ILO’s work: Key proxies of performance. A methodological review
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 22 - September 2022

  Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of ILO evaluations, 2021

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 21 - November 2021

  Results and reflections from a quality appraisal of ILO evaluations, 2020
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 20 - October 2021

  The ILO contribution to SDG 8 in the time of COVID-19

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 19 - December 2020

  Quality assessments of ILO decentralized evaluations: Key results of the quality appraisal 2019 and way forward for the integration of gender equality and empowerment of women considerations into evaluation

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 18 - December 2020

  Drivers of decent work results and ILO effectiveness: A review of results for 2019-2020, and trends in the effectiveness of ILO development cooperation interventions since 2013

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 17 - December 2019

  Quality assessments of ILO project evaluations: Sustaining recent improvements
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 16 - December 2019

  Drivers of decent work results and ILO effectiveness: A meta-analysis of ILO RBSA interventions 2013-2017
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 15 - April 2019

  A brief history of evaluation in the ILO
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 14 - December 2018

  Improving ILO evaluation methods to better capture ILO’s specific normative and social dialogue mandate
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 13 - June 2018

  ILO Evaluation Quality: Challenges and potential strategies - Reflections beyond the Quality Appraisal
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 12 - December 2017

  Evaluation quality assessment methodology in the UN system and changes to the ILO’s quality appraisal methodology

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 11 - December 2016

  Applying evaluative thinking towards an effective ILO contribution to the implementation of the SDGs

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 10 - February 2016
  Quality assessments of ILO project evaluations: What are the next steps to better evaluations?

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 9 -November 2015

  Common issues affecting monitoring and evaluation of large ILO projects: Strategies to address them

• i-eval THINK Piece, No.8 - December 2014

  External Quality Appraisal: Implications for evaluation quality and utilization
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No.7 - October 2014

  Delivering decent work results: Implications of a meta-analysis of ILO Decent Work Country Programmes

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 6 - October 2014

  Impact evaluation in the ILO: Stock-taking of current practice

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 5 - February 2014

  Improving Results-Based Management in the ILO: Challenges and opportunities
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 4 - February 2014

  Leveraging appraisal findings to improve evaluation quality
  

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 3 - January 2013

  Ratings Systems in International Evaluation

• i-eval THINK Piece, No. 2 - June 2012

  National Evaluation Systems: Engaging ILO Social Partners