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SUMMARY:International Development - Where is the Evidence? - Speaker to be
  confirmed
DTSTART:20150306T173000Z
DTEND:20150306T190000Z
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CONTACT:Josh McTigue
DESCRIPTION:Humanitarian and development organisations are increasingly pr
 essured to show that their decisions are based on the ‘best available ev
 idence’ and that their interventions and programmes do have an impact. B
 ut where is the evidence for this\, how does it reach these organisations 
 and who decides what is ‘best’?\n\nJoin the "Cambridge University Scie
 nce & Policy Exchange":www.cuspe.org and "GivingWhatWeCan":https://www.giv
 ingwhatwecan.org/ as we debate this important topic from both a practice a
 nd research perspective.\n\n_Sign up "*here*_":http://www.cuspe.org/intern
 ational-development-where-is-the-evidence/\n\nThe lecture will be followed
  by a wine reception.\n\nSpeakers for this policy debate include:\n\n* *Pr
 ofessor Chris Whitty* - Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Int
 ernational Development UK\n* *Mr Ewen MacLeod* - Head of UNHCR’s Policy 
 Development and Evaluation Services (PDES)\n* *Dr Shailaja Fennell* - Univ
 ersity Lecturer in Development Studies\n* *Mr Alex MacGillivray* - Directo
 r of Development Impact at UK’s Development Finance Institution (CDC)\n\
 nCUSPE is generously sponsored by "Analysys Mason":http://www.analysysmaso
 n.com/\, "MedImmune":https://www.medimmune.com/\, "AstraZeneca":http://www
 .astrazeneca.co.uk/home and "Science":http://www.aaas.org/
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Hall Trinity College
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