Advancing Responsible AI: Evaluating AI4D Investments for Impact and Equity

AI’s potential to transform development is immense—but without rigorous evaluation, it risks reinforcing inequalities and misallocating resources. This project fills a critical gap by embedding evaluation into AI4D’s design and implementation, helping identify “good bets” in AI for development and ensuring that technologies benefit marginalized populations.

The project consists of three core pillars:

• co-developing a strategic learning agenda aligned with AI4D program’s goals;
• conducting targeted evaluations of AI4D-funded projects to assess their social impact, effectiveness, and scalability; and
• facilitating knowledge sharing across the AI4D Funders Collaborative and broader ecosystem. 

Key Resource

Applying AI to improve your program? Look out for its risks and unintended consequences | IDinsight