Evidence use and generation – A learning scheme in the Ministry of Economy

In partnership with the Chilean Ministry of Economy, we will develop a learning scheme inside their Innovation Division, building and strengthening the capacities of their team and identifying evaluation opportunities. The Innovation Division at the Chilean Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism is in charge of the Innovation for Competitiveness Fund, which annually finances nearly 70 different innovation efforts across various government agencies inside the Ministry of Economy. Due to concerns regarding the way in which such funds should be distributed, and acknowledging the lack of a proper system of evidence generation and usage, the Innovation Division’s team reached out to J-PAL LAC. This project will work with the Innovation Division to identify and learn from relevant evidence, to develop plans for new evaluations, and to build capacity to implement evaluations.