Giel Ton

#Certification system help to communicate what consumers want. No child labour for example. We distinguish seven different value chain governance modalities to discuss children's hazardous work in African agriculture. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/display/book/9…

¿Qué tal funcionó la política municipal para mejorar el cumplimiento de medidas COVID-19 en los mercados tradicionales de Perú? Usando datos de cientos de mercados y entrevistas cualitativas exploramos esta pregunta en un nuevo paper con @tongiel y @fortunafort en @JDevStudies

#OpenAccess content in @EvaluationJour1 Jan 23 issue: @tongiel of @IDS_UK et al address the challenges of evaluating the impact of business coaching programmes with a varied portfolio of firms working across sectors and countries doi.org/10.1177/135638…

New in #JDevStudies: @tongiel @maurespin & @fortunafort use surveys + qualitative interviews to unpack govt incentives to reduce COVID-19 exposure & increase food safety in Peruvian markets 🇵🇪 @IDS_UK @GRADEperu @WUR #openaccess tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Aligning group and individual interests in collective action is not easy. We highlight the importance of effective governance mechanisms and financial support measures to improve food safety and public health in urban food markets. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Often the only credible way to know whether one factor in a configuration of factors makes a difference is (simply) to ask it to the ones that know their complex environment best! Read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… @OECD_EVALNET @3ieNews @CEDILProgramme

Contribution Scores as a simple trick for complex evaluations? Our new paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13… presents a way to assess the impact in contexts where firms face many influencing factors, not just business coaching. @IDS_UK @WUReconomic @EES_Eval @CDevImpact

@JosephineCumbo Aged 59, I worked five years in the UK system - according to the USS model, the change results in a 20% lower pension.

#USS members, if you used the #USS pension modeller, for the April 2022 changes, please tell me what the % and £ value losses were for you, and your age and salary range (if you wish).

In two weeks I will be in the Realist2021 virtual conference. looking forward to it.

Just published: Value Chain Governance: Entrance Points for Interventions to Address Children’s Harmful Work in Agriculture. Read at: 👉 ids.ac.uk/publications/v… By @Jodie_Thorpe Giel Ton, Irene Egyir and Carolina Szyp #Agriculture #ValueChains #Governance

🍅 "I worked often on the farm in holidays (e.g. in spring there was work on the celery, in summer on tomatoes, & in winter on lettuce), but generally had the power to say no" 🌱 #ACHAResearch childhood work mini-essay @KeetieRoelen @ISEALalliance 👇 bit.ly/2Beoths

Finding the real impact of agricultural innovation support shar.es/1a1ruk via @SciDevNet