Powering Agriculture: Summative Evaluation
Abstract
Grand Challenge programs are intended to support the creation and diffusion of innovative solutions that can have transformational impacts on major international development problems. These programs assume that a wide circle of talented individuals from around the world who have not previously been engaged in international development can be tapped to invent or improve new solutions. Grand challenges provide an opportunity to test out a range of solutions as part of a cohort to determine which solutions are most effective and efficient towards driving development impact. Grand Challenges that focus on market solutions attempt to tap a large pool of entrepreneurs who can be encouraged to bring those solutions that work to market and rapidly expand sales to reach a large number of households. The purpose of this summative evaluation is to take stock of what one Grand Challenge program, Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC or Powering Agriculture),has accomplished, to identify the factors that have contributed to the successes and failures of the program, and to provide recommendations for subsequent Grand Challenge programs, especially the successor program to PAEGC: Water and Energy for Food (WE4F).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1136664
Entities
People
- Brian Zuckerman
- Emma Thrift
- Keith Crane
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses