Evidence and Evaluation Specialist
Leandro Echt is a political scientist with over 17 years of experience at the intersection of research, international development, and public policy. His work focuses on enhancing the use of evidence and knowledge in decision-making across diverse national and international organisations, including global networks, donors, philanthropic organizations, CSOs, think tanks, universities, and government agencies. Leandro has held PMEL positions, led evaluations, designed MEL frameworks, facilitated strategy reviews and development, and supported learning processes and policy engagement in a range of fields including sexual and reproductive health and rights, civil society engagement, education, women economic empowerment, unpaid care work, rural development, and decent work. He also brings expertise in incorporating gender and equity perspectives into organizational strategies and evaluation initiatives.
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Selected publications:
- A narrowed perspective - Knowledge (in)equities in economic advisory work in the Global South
- Context Matters: A Framework to support knowledge into policy
- Context Matters Framework case study: Supporting organizational change to improve the use of evidence in environmental protection in Ghana
- Using evidence diagnostics to think and work politically: SEDI's experience
- Understanding the demand and use of evidence through a 'political economy +' approach: the SEDI experience in Ghana, Pakistan and Uganda
- The political economy of evidence use in Ghana, Pakistan, and Uganda: What SEDI learned
- Online course promotes the use of knowledge and evidence in policy
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning
Associates
Gender