AI for Impact Evaluation: Practical Applications and Lessons Learned

This online interactive session, led by members of 3ie's Data Innovations Group, showcases practical AI applications across impact evaluations - from image classification of implementation sites to multilingual handwritten record digitization and qualitative transcript analysis. Targeting evaluators, researchers, and development practitioners, this program will teach participants how AI can unlock novel data sources, scale document analysis, and strengthen evaluation design. The session highlights both the gains and the rigorous quality safeguards essential to responsible AI use in international development contexts. Speakers: Geetika Pandya, Senior Research Associate; Devika Lakhote, Data Scientist; Fiona Kastel, Senior Research Associate; Sanchi Lokhande, Research Associate