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Jyotsna (Jo)Puri is currentlyDeputyExecutiveDirector andHeadofEvaluation at theInternational InitiativeofImpactEvaluation(3ie). Jo isalsoadjunct facultyat the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, NewYork, where she teaches development evaluation. She is currently advising IFAD, WFP and AGRA on impact evaluations of programmes related to food security and nutrition. Jo leads 3ie sector based work on themes such as social norms, agriculture, nutrition, community engagement and environment. Jo has more than 18 years of experience in policy research and development evaluation. Shehasundertakenand ledevaluation relatedwork forUNDP,UNICEF,GEFand theMacArthurFoundation.Her researchhas focusedonanalyzingpoverty impacts ofpolicyand infrastructure investments inAsiaandLatinAmerica.Herotherareas ofwork include examining impacts of policies in the areas of environment, agri- culture, health and climate change. As policy adviser at UNEP she has provided thematic and strategic adviceonprogramdevelopment andengaginggovernments at various levels for effective delivery of outcomes for equitable, growth transi- tions.Sheis theleadauthorofabookonmeasuringandinterpretingmonitoringand evaluation indicators prepared for the Human Development Report Office and published byUNDP;Co-author of a book examining implications of Joint Imple- mentation of Climate Change commitments for developing countries and led the publication of a synthesis report on Forests in a Green Economy published by UNEP. She sits on the board of Community of Evaluators, South Asia and the HumanitarianCertification Initiative. Jo’s academic qualifications include aPh.D. andM.Sc. inResourceEconomics and aMasters inDevelopmentEconomics. Issa Sawadogo is animal and pasture scientist with a doctoral degree in agropastorlism for the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France. He is a project officer at the International union for conservation of nature, program of Burkina.Hisresearchworkfocusesonadaptationtoclimatechangemonitoringand evaluation, pasturemanagement andbreeders’practices. Tonya Schuetz has 15 years of experience in change and results-basedmanage- ment,monitoringandevaluation,personnelandcapacitydevelopment:fiveyears in the private sector focusing on process analysis and resource optimization, and ten years in research for development projects and programs in over 20 countries in Sub-Sahara Africa and Asia with substantial field experience on the project and policy influencing level. She has worked across a range of sectors, including agriculture, water, health and education for organizations like IFAD, CGIAR CentersandResearchPrograms.Hercross-cuttingexperience includes institutional analysis and assessment of their capacity, quality management, knowledge and innovationmanagementwith hands-on skills in project/ programdesign,monitor- ing and evaluation of research projects for outcomes and impact, institutional and organizational learning, conceptualization of adult learning. Currently, sheworks as an independent consultant with different CGIAR Research Programs, like Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, on results-based management, 348 About theAuthors