Best of UNICEF Research and Evaluation 2020

In 2020, the UNICEF Evaluation Office launched its second Most Influential Evaluations study. As part of this study, UNICEF evaluation staff from across all seven regions, and the Evaluation Office itself, were invited to submit high-quality and highly influential evaluations. The 45 submissions were assessed for the highest level of influence achieved, both at the national and global level, as well as within UNICEF.

Eight finalists were identified as firstrate examples of influential evaluation, from which the Influential Evaluations Team – a panel of three international experts, two external and one internal then selected the three final winners. The submissions covered evaluations conducted in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

n the current global political climate, evidence, facts and objective assessment are needed more than ever to help enhance the rights and well-being of the world’s children and to ensure that we achieve maximum value for money for children with every UNICEF dollar spent. Researching the changing world around us and evaluating progress towards a better world are two sides of the same coin, both critical to reimagining the future. The Best of UNICEF Research 2020 finalists consist of 10 research pieces originally published in English, French and Spanish. They cover diverse goal areas of UNICEF programming around the world, from health, education and child protection to social policy.