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SUMMARY:International Development- Where is the Evidence?  - Professor Chr
 is Whitty- Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for International De
 velopment UK\; Mr Ewen MacLeod - Head of UNHCR’s Policy Development and 
 Evaluation Services (PDES)\; Dr Shailaja Fennell - University Lecturer in 
 Development Studies\; M
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CONTACT:Elizabeth Brown
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’?\nJoin the Cambridge University Science
  & Policy Exchange and Giving What We Can as we debate this important topi
 c from both a practice and research perspective.\nThe lecture will be foll
 owed by a wine reception.\nSpeakers for this policy debate include:\n\n* P
 rofessor Chris Whitty - Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Int
 ernational Development UK\n* Mr Ewen MacLeod - Head of UNHCR’s Policy De
 velopment and Evaluation Services (PDES)\n* Dr Shailaja Fennell - Universi
 ty Lecturer in Development Studies\n* Mr Alex MacGillivray - Director of D
 evelopment Impact at UK’s Development Finance Institution (CDC)
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Hall\, Trinity College (online map @ http://ww
 w.acs-cam.org.uk/CRSS/venue/venue_CRSS.html)
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