Anca Dumitrescu

Anca Dumitrescu
Designation: Lead Evaluation Specialist
Anca manages the West Africa Capacity-building and Impact Evaluation (WACIE) program. She also supports membership activities with 3ie’s francophone members, contributes to business development initiatives and provides technical support for other Washington Office programs. Anca has over a decade of international work experience in monitoring and evaluation, primarily in West Africa.
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Mutual health insurance and the digitization of healthcare services in developing countries: Experience of the ISPV- Africa project in Togo

Bio Bertrand Mama, Anca Dumitrescu, Charlotte Lane, Binta Ndiaye 21 August 2024 blog  
Universal health coverage remains a global concern, particularly in developing countries where health systems have many weaknesses.

Open technical questions in geospatial impact evaluations and why they matter

Fiona Kastel, Sanchi Lokhande, Anca Dumitrescu, Devika Lakhote, Douglas Glandon 26 June 2024 blog  

Geospatial impact evaluations offer deeper insights but also come with their unique set of challenges. As part of the GeoField community of practice, we are finding ways to unpack and address these by collaborating with individuals and organizations working across sectors. To that end, 3ie, AidData, and DevGlobal recently co-hosted a workshop with GIS experts to address key issues and best practices in response to technical questions received from participants before and during the session.

Déterminer ce qui fonctionne pour améliorer la nutrition maternelle : début d'une nouvelle évaluation au Bénin

Charlotte Lane, Anca Dumitrescu, Dislène Senan Sossou 04 January 2024 blog  
3ie, en partenariat avec le gouvernement du Bénin, lance l’évaluation d'impact d'une initiative révolutionnaire : un programme de nutrition pratique et évolutif pour améliorer les résultats en matière de santé maternelle et infantile.

Determining what works to improve maternal nutrition: Beginning a new evaluation in Benin

Charlotte Lane, Anca Dumitrescu, Dislène Senan Sossou 04 January 2024 blog  
3ie, in partnership with the Government of Benin, is launching an impact evaluation of a groundbreaking initiative: a practical, scalable nutrition program to improve maternal and infant health outcomes.

Seven ideas for rapid evidence that is both rigorous and actionable

Anca Dumitrescu, Paul Thissen 20 September 2023 blog  
When policymakers come to us for rapid response evidence, they want it to be immediate, actionable, and reliable, drawing on findings from high-quality evaluations. These requirements can sometimes seem to be at odds – often there are details of a specific policy situation that have not yet been addressed by rigorous research. So how do we balance the competing needs to be both actionable and rigorous?