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by Gugerty (Author)
The recent push for impact measurement has been positive, but it has also led to wasted resources and often misleading data about what works. In The Goldilocks Challenge, Mary Kay Gugerty and Dean Karlan put forth four key principles to guide organizations of all sizes to create strong, "right-fit" data collection systems.
Author Biography
^bMary Kay Gugerty^r is the Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Nonprofit Management at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington and the Faculty Director of the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy. Her research focuses on evaluation and impact measurement in the social sector; advocacy, accountability and voluntary regulation programs among nonprofits and NGOs; and agricultural and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa.
^bDean Karlan^r is the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University. His research focuses on evaluation of efforts to reduce poverty around the world. He is President and Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action, a nonprofit dedicated to discovering and promoting solutions to global poverty problems; and President and co-Founder of ImpactMatters, a nonprofit dedicated to guiding donors to evidence-based and cost-effective nonprofit organizations. He is also on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the M.I.T. Jameel Poverty Action Lab.
