#CEGABlog

More Data, More (Privacy) Problems CEGA launches the Data Privacy Lab and a new effort to enhance privacy protections and facilitate data sharing in LMICs to improve humanitarian aid.

💡 How CEGA is addressing the privacy risks arising from increasing data abundance.

A new #CEGABlog highlights CEGA’s Data Privacy Lab’s work to address real world privacy challenges in low- and middle-income countries.

📖 Learn more: go.cega.org/DPL-blog

An Underrated Development Investment That Can Double Returns: Trail Bridges A phased construction program that delivered 97 trail bridges over three years in Rwanda demonstrated an economic rate of return between 78 to 98%.

How can transportation infrastructure improve economic wellbeing?

A new #CEGABlog highlights how a footbridge construction program in Rwanda helped meaningfully improve economic wellbeing for rural households.

🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/footbridge-blog

Beyond Profit: Ethical Research on Consumer Data How consumer data is used by industry vs. researchers raises important ethical and practical questions.

🔍 What does ethical consumer research look like?

A new #CEGABlog highlights how CEGA, alongside the Institute for Business & Social Impact at UC Berkeley & @poverty-action.bsky.social, are promoting stronger standards for research on consumer data.

🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/consumerdata

How much peace can a dollar buy? Donors need to know how best to fund peace: Introducing CEGA's Peace Per Dollar Initiative

What would it cost to stop a war before it starts?

🔍 CEGA’s new Peace Per Dollar initiative is working to build standards, tools, and methodologies to measure the cost-effectiveness of conflict prevention intervention.

📖 Learn more in a new #CEGABlog: go.cega.org/ppd-blog

How will we ever learn? Towards a sustainable evidence infrastructure BITSS at CEGA and 3ie share the lessons they have learned when it comes to synthesizing evidence.

🚀 CEGA is proud to launch the Sustainable Evidence Infrastructure Commitment (SEIC) with 3ie!

In a new #CEGABlog, Executive Director Carson Christiano and BITSS Program Manager Jo Weech outline how SEIC will strengthen the global evidence pipeline.

Learn more and join here: go.cega.org/seic

Recalibrating After a Bumpy Ride for Global Development A year in review and CEGA’s 2026 strategic priorities

Over the past year, the global development landscape has undergone significant change, including the dismantling of #USAID.

In a new #CEGABlog, Director of Operations Lauren Russell reflects on the last year and introduces CEGA’s strategic priorities for 2026.

go.cega.org/2026-strategicpriorities

RCTs in Practice: What Happens When a Study Ends, and What Do We Owe Those Who Participate? Melissa Graboyes, the Principal Investigator of a National Science Foundation’s Ethical and Responsible Research grant, and colleagues Elyse St. Sauver and Mira Cross share what motivated the...

🔎 What happens when a study ends and should results be returned to participants?

A new CEGA initiative explores this question through the perspective of East African study participants and economists.

📖 Learn more in a new #CEGABlog: go.cega.org/RCTsinpractice

Closing the Loop: How Researchers Shared Study Findings Back to Syrian Refugee Participants Mansi Kalra shares how the Syrian Refugee Life Study returned results to study participants, as part of CEGA's commitment to stronger research ethics.

🔎 What happens when research findings are shared with study participants?

In a new #CEGABlog, Forced Displacement Research Manager Mansi Kalra explores how researchers shared results of CEGA’s Syrian Refugee Life Study with participants.

Learn more: go.cega.org/returningresults

State of the Evidence for Digital, Bundled Agricultural Services Bundled solutions may more holistically address farmers’ barriers and challenges in accessing profitable agrifood systems.

Digital, bundled agriculture services can improve the lives of small-scale farmers—but the evidence base is limited. A new #CEGABlog highlights promising trends from ongoing studies that help address this evidence gap.

📖 Learn more: go.cega.org/bundledservices

Africa Evidence Summit: Hope and Community Amid a Struggling Development Sector Director of Policy and Inclusion Maya Ranganath reflects on this year’s Africa Evidence Summit, held in Nairobi from June 23rd to 25th.

🌍 In an era of uncertainty in global development, the 2025 Africa Evidence Summit marked a critical step towards reimagining the future of foreign aid. In a new #CEGABlog, @mayaranganath.bsky.social reflects on key takeaways from the event.

📖 Read here: go.cega.org/AES25blog

What does it mean to be interdisciplinary? The case for collaboration across fields CEGA often talks about the interdisciplinarity of our research and network. But what does this really mean and why is it important?

Collaboration across disciplines matters.

A new #CEGABlog explores the benefits of interdisciplinary research, such as strengthening study design, generating nuanced insights, and improving cultural awareness.

🔗 Learn more: go.cega.org/interdisciplinaryBlog

Reconceptualizing the State: West Africa Workshop on Multi-actor Security Networks & Global Order CEGA & the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre hosted the “Workshop on Multi-actor Security Networks and Global Order: West Africa."

How is the future of West African security being transformed?

🌐 A new #CEGABlog explores how factors such as militarization, cross-border instability, multipolarity, and climate change are influencing the region’s future.

📖 Learn more here: go.cega.org/westafricasecurity

Meeting the moment: CEGA’s strategic priorities in a changing global development landscape CEGA priorities for 2025-2026

🌍 As the foreign aid landscape shifts, CEGA remains committed to advancing rigorous evidence.

In the year ahead, we’re prioritizing cost-effectiveness, nontraditional data methods, capacity-building programs, and more.

🔗 Learn more in a new #CEGABlog: go.cega.org/CEGAgoals2026

Biologists Meet Development: Leveraging Multimodal Data for Ecological Conservation and Community Benefit Insights from MeasureDev 2025

🌿 From tracking bat movement with weather radar to incorporating AI in biodiversity research, CEGA + the World Bank’s recent #MeasureDev conference convened experts to share insights shaping the future of conservation.

Learn more in a new #CEGABlog: go.cega.org/measuredev25

Why Farmers and Scientists Farm Differently: A Q&A with Kyle Emerick and Betty Sadoulet Since 2009, ATAI has facilitated 85 research investments contributing to a rigorous evidence base on poverty reduction and agricultural development. In this blog, Jenna Fahle, agricultural...

🌾 How can farmers protect crops from flooding? A breakthrough study offered a promising tool, but how has it performed over time?

CEGA’s Jenna Fahle talks with Kyle Emerick & Betty Sadoulet in a new #CEGABlog on their work on flood-resistant rice.

🔗 go.cega.org/ATAIinterview