The implications of COVID-19 on M&E practices

The escalation of the recent COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a global reimagining of how workplaces can and do function. An area markedly impacted by this change is in monitoring and evaluating interventions. This blog considers the lessons that can be learnt from a previous global health crisis, namely the Ebola Virus outbreak, in helping to improve monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practice during the current, and future, pandemics

Lessons from consumer financial education evaluations

In South Africa, a number of institutions offer Consumer Financial Education programmes. These programmes are aimed at equipping South Africans with the necessary knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions. DNA Economics has evaluated a number of these programmes and this blog unpacks some of the lessons from the evaluations.