Jyotsna (Jo) Puri is currently Deputy Executive Director and Head of Evaluation
at the International Initiative of Impact Evaluation (3ie). Jo is also adjunct faculty at
the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University,
New York, where she teaches development evaluation. She is currently advising
IFAD, WFP and AGRA on impact evaluations of programmes related to food
security and nutrition. Jo leads 3ie sector based work on themes such as social
norms, agriculture, nutrition, community engagement and environment. Jo has
more than 18 years of experience in policy research and development evaluation.
She has undertaken and led evaluation related work for UNDP, UNICEF, GEF and
the MacArthur Foundation. Her research has focused on analyzing poverty impacts
of policy and infrastructure investments in Asia and Latin America. Her other areas
of work include examining impacts of policies in the areas of environment, agriculture, health and climate change. As policy adviser at UNEP she has provided
thematic and strategic advice on program development and engaging governments
at various levels for effective delivery of outcomes for equitable, growth transitions. She is the lead author of a book on measuring and interpreting monitoring and
evaluation indicators prepared for the Human Development Report Office and
published by UNDP; Co-author of a book examining implications of Joint Implementation of Climate Change commitments for developing countries and led the
publication of a synthesis report on Forests in a Green Economy published by
UNEP. She sits on the board of Community of Evaluators, South Asia and the
Humanitarian Certification Initiative. Jo’s academic qualifications include a Ph.D.
and M.Sc. in Resource Economics and a Masters in Development Economics.
Issa Sawadogo is animal and pasture scientist with a doctoral degree in
agropastorlism for the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France. He is a
project officer at the International union for conservation of nature, program of
Burkina. His research work focuses on adaptation to climate change monitoring and
evaluation, pasture management and breeders’ practices.
Tonya Schuetz has 15 years of experience in change and results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, personnel and capacity development: five years in
the private sector focusing on process analysis and resource optimization, and ten
years in research for development projects and programs in over 20 countries in
Sub-Sahara Africa and Asia with substantial field experience on the project and
policy influencing level. She has worked across a range of sectors, including
agriculture, water, health and education for organizations like IFAD, CGIAR
Centers and Research Programs. Her cross-cutting experience includes institutional
analysis and assessment of their capacity, quality management, knowledge and
innovation management with hands-on skills in project/ program design, monitoring and evaluation of research projects for outcomes and impact, institutional and
organizational learning, conceptualization of adult learning. Currently, she works
as an independent consultant with different CGIAR Research Programs, like
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, on results-based management,
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at the International Initiative of Impact Evaluation (3ie). Jo is also adjunct faculty at
the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University,
New York, where she teaches development evaluation. She is currently advising
IFAD, WFP and AGRA on impact evaluations of programmes related to food
security and nutrition. Jo leads 3ie sector based work on themes such as social
norms, agriculture, nutrition, community engagement and environment. Jo has
more than 18 years of experience in policy research and development evaluation.
She has undertaken and led evaluation related work for UNDP, UNICEF, GEF and
the MacArthur Foundation. Her research has focused on analyzing poverty impacts
of policy and infrastructure investments in Asia and Latin America. Her other areas
of work include examining impacts of policies in the areas of environment, agriculture, health and climate change. As policy adviser at UNEP she has provided
thematic and strategic advice on program development and engaging governments
at various levels for effective delivery of outcomes for equitable, growth transitions. She is the lead author of a book on measuring and interpreting monitoring and
evaluation indicators prepared for the Human Development Report Office and
published by UNDP; Co-author of a book examining implications of Joint Implementation of Climate Change commitments for developing countries and led the
publication of a synthesis report on Forests in a Green Economy published by
UNEP. She sits on the board of Community of Evaluators, South Asia and the
Humanitarian Certification Initiative. Jo’s academic qualifications include a Ph.D.
and M.Sc. in Resource Economics and a Masters in Development Economics.
Issa Sawadogo is animal and pasture scientist with a doctoral degree in
agropastorlism for the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France. He is a
project officer at the International union for conservation of nature, program of
Burkina. His research work focuses on adaptation to climate change monitoring and
evaluation, pasture management and breeders’ practices.
Tonya Schuetz has 15 years of experience in change and results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, personnel and capacity development: five years in
the private sector focusing on process analysis and resource optimization, and ten
years in research for development projects and programs in over 20 countries in
Sub-Sahara Africa and Asia with substantial field experience on the project and
policy influencing level. She has worked across a range of sectors, including
agriculture, water, health and education for organizations like IFAD, CGIAR
Centers and Research Programs. Her cross-cutting experience includes institutional
analysis and assessment of their capacity, quality management, knowledge and
innovation management with hands-on skills in project/ program design, monitoring and evaluation of research projects for outcomes and impact, institutional and
organizational learning, conceptualization of adult learning. Currently, she works
as an independent consultant with different CGIAR Research Programs, like
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, on results-based management,
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