NEC 2024 - C7: Artificial Intelligence and the Opportunities it Brings to Evaluation

Despite the dramatic increase in the availability of evidence, policy makers still struggle to access, identify and utilize relevant evidence to inform their decisions.

The rapidly evolving Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) technology has the potential to convey large amounts of information present in evidence databases in a convenient way and allow humans to interact with it in a custom-made format, language, and level of complexity. It could possibly lower the transaction costs associated with accessing and understanding relevant evidence by presenting such evidence in a digestible manner.
This session illustrated how ethical AI can be implemented in real-world scenarios, offering practical insights and solutions.

Moderator:
Patrizia Cocca, Global Evaluation Initiative, Communications and KM Lead

Speakers:
Anish Pradhan, UNDP, ICT Specialist
Marco Segone, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Director, Evaluation Office
Lingrong Ying, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Research assistant
Thomas Kelly, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Director -- Evidence for Policy and Learning
Devika Lakhote, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, Data Scientist