The publication
A decentralized evaluation by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) assessed an integrated resilience package across 20 priority communes in Mali, covering 2018 to 2024. The final report is dated December 2025.
The evaluation combined qualitative and quantitative methods across seven evaluation questions, applying WFP and United Nations Evaluation Group ethical standards.
Disclosed, not hidden
The use of Evidano (previously AILYZE) was named directly in the report's data analysis methods, alongside the team's coding system and codebook. This reflects the kind of transparent, citable AI use that holds up to methodological scrutiny.
How Evidano fit the workflow
The publication describes a content analysis workflow built around themes, sub-themes, and a researcher-built codebook.
- 1Raw qualitative data
Interviews, focus groups, and written interview notes.
- 2Coding and structuring
A codebook and coding system organized the material into themes and sub-themes, including gender questions.
- 3AI-assisted analysis with Evidano
Interview notes were analyzed using Evidano as part of the qualitative process.
- 4Triangulated findings
Qualitative insight was triangulated with survey data to strengthen the reliability of conclusions.
“The evaluation team wrote interview notes, which were also analyzed using the AILYZE analysis software.”
Why researchers look at this
Notes and transcripts coded by hand. Slow to compare across many interviews and groups. Hard to trace each theme back to evidence quickly.
Themes and codes surfaced faster across large qualitative datasets, with researchers reviewing and interpreting the output and the tool named transparently in the methods.
Move interviews, focus groups, and notes toward themes and codes.
Transcription and translation in 100+ languages for multilingual fieldwork.
Use your own codebook and review every output. AI assists; you decide.
End-to-end encryption, no third-party data sharing, no use of your data for AI training.
About Evidano (previously AILYZE)
Evidano is AI-assisted qualitative data analysis software for interviews, focus groups, open-ended survey responses, and documents. It supports AI-assisted thematic analysis with your own or an AI-suggested codebook, transcription and translation in 100+ languages, clickable quotes and citations, and exportable visual reports. End-to-end encryption, no third-party data sharing, and your data is not used to train AI. From USD 50/month for unlimited analysis.
Run the first pass in days, not weeks
Keep the judgment with you. Let Evidano do the heavy lifting on your interviews, focus groups, open-ended responses, and documents.
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