ACED is a think-and-do tank. All our interventions are science-based and evidence-informed. To achieve the greatest impact from our interventions, ACED adopts a non-linear approach, combining research, action and policy.…
Influencing policies is at the core of our interventions and an important channel to impact in our work. ACED has explicit mechanisms to influence policies. These include a platform on…
Evidence is essential to inform, frame, and guide interventions (policies, plans, programmes, and projects) that structure community development. At the local level in Africa, local authorities are experimenting with decentralization…
ACED’s work is focused on some of the most pressing development issues for Sub-Saharan African countries, such as food security, nutrition, climate change and environment protection. Climate change adaptation is…
Recent research by ACED indicated that local policymakers are aware of the usefulness and importance of evidence for better decision making, including informing social dashboards, budget planning, developing community programs…
Broadly speaking, “evidence” refers to any body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. Its exact meaning and implications vary with disciplines (law,…
Evidence-informed policymaking (EIP) is a nonlinear and iterative process in which we engage policy and decision-makers in improving their culture of evidence use. However, often those we work with are…
As our work is focused on agriculture and food security issues, climate adaptation is a cross-cutting issue that is mainstreamed in our interventions. We summarize below some key climate adaptation…