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UNDP’s Latin America and Caribbean evaluation used AI-assisted qualitative coding

An independent evaluation team for the United Nations Development Programme used Evidano to code and theme interviews, open-ended survey responses, and documents. Human experts reviewed every interpretation.

The study used Evidano, then published as AILYZE.

103
informants engaged
70+
key informant interviews
26
Country Offices surveyed
4
subregions covered
The study

Final Evaluation of the UNDP Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean 2022–2025

An independent, mixed-methods evaluation commissioned by UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean and published on the UNDP Evaluation Resource Centre, where it received a Satisfactory quality rating. In the data analysis section, the team disclosed using Evidano for structured content analysis of its qualitative data: more than 70 key informant interviews, open-ended responses from a survey of all 26 Country Offices, two deep-dive case studies, and document reviews.

Transparent, traceable, human-led

The publication reports that Evidano use “enhanced the reliability and transparency of the qualitative analysis by ensuring consistent data treatment and traceable coding logic,” while helping to manage evaluator workload. Spanish-language transcripts were translated and human-verified before analysis, and researchers kept full control of interpretation.

How Evidano fit the workflow

The publication reports that Evidano moved raw qualitative data toward structured, traceable analysis.

  1. 1
    Unstructured data in

    Interviews, open-ended survey responses, case study inputs, and documents.

  2. 2
    Systematic coding and themes

    Pattern recognition, theme clustering, and identification of emerging insights across sources.

  3. 3
    Focused tagging

    Specific tagging of issues related to gender, inclusion, partnerships, and performance.

  4. 4
    Reviewed by human experts

    Analytical judgments, synthesis, and interpretations stayed the sole responsibility of the evaluation team.

“...the Evaluation employed AILYZE, an AI-assisted qualitative analysis platform that enabled systematic coding and thematic categorization of extensive unstructured data.”
— From the publication, data analysis section (AILYZE is now Evidano)
“AILYZE facilitated pattern recognition, theme clustering, and the identification of emerging insights across interviews and documents, while allowing specific tagging of issues related to gender, inclusion, partnerships, and performance.”
— From the publication, data analysis section
“Its use enhanced the reliability and transparency of the qualitative analysis by ensuring consistent data treatment and traceable coding logic, while also helping to manage evaluator workload given the breadth and scale of information reviewed.”
— From the publication, data analysis section
“All analytical judgments, synthesis, and interpretations remained the sole responsibility of the Evaluation Team.”
— From the publication, data analysis section

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