This database of publications comprises outputs from our team and partner organisations that are relevant to the areas of work in which CDI aims to be active.
January 2019
While contribution analysis provides a step-by-step approach to verify whether and why an intervention is a contributory factor to development impact, most contribution analysis studies do not quantify the ‘share of contribution’ that can be attributed to a particular s...
January 2019
Financial inclusion is presently one of the most widely recognised areas of activity in international development. Financial inclusion initiatives have built upon donors’ experience with microfinance, but have displaced and superseded microfinance interventions in recen...
November 2018
Background: Mobilising investment for sustainable development is a priority for manyAfrican governments and their international allies. There are many claims about the socialimpact of investments in small and growing businesses, and yet these mostly focus on goodnews st...
August 2018
Mixed methods approaches are widely used in impact evaluations, but all too often a ‘methodological gap’ emerges between broad, large-scale surveys and in-depth, small-scale qualitative investigation that can be difficult to bridge. In this CDI Practice Paper by Jeremy...
February 2017
This report highlights the paradox within impact investing: the prioritisation of ‘social impact’ without prioritising ‘impact evidence’.