EcosystemSUMMIT & RESEARCH
Evidence library / Advanced Solutions for Development Delivery
AI for development · SELECTED MOMENT · 1:33

Workie distinguishes generating evidence from political will to act on it.

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Yemesrach WorkieExecutive Director · International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)LinkedIn ↗
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Workie distinguishes generating evidence from political will to act on it.

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Attributed contributors: Yemesrach Workie. “Workie distinguishes generating evidence from political will to act on it..” Advanced Solutions for Development Delivery. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 16 September 2026. Session time 57:31–59:04. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-42ca69c8130e

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Analyst synthesis. The recording establishes that a claim was made. It does not independently establish the claimed effect.

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Workie distinguishes generating evidence from political will to act on it.

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Yemesrach WorkieExecutive Director · International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)LinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Useful evidence still needs decision-makers willing and able to change.

Limit: The claim AI solves capacity is stronger than the evidence provided.

state capacityincentivesaccountability

Where it connects.

Better information changes outcomes only through people and institutions able and willing to act.

The event repeatedly names a missing step between producing an answer and changing a decision. Evidence may reveal conflicting priorities without resolving them.

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