Abeba Taddese is a senior program director and practice lead for Evidence for Decision-Making at Results for Development (R4D), where she leads a portfolio of activities aimed at strengthening evidence use by enhancing policy processes, improving evidence systems, and fostering collaborative learning approaches. She designs and facilitates learning communities and partnerships, provides strategic advice on evidence-informed policymaking to partners, and supports research and other efforts to strengthen knowledge translation.
Ms. Taddese led the Partnership for Evidence and Equity in Responsive Social Systems (PEERSS), which brought together 13 country teams across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and the Middle East to advance evidence-informed policymaking, with a focus on social policies and sustainable development goals. She currently leads the Africa LEEPS Partnership (Learning together to advance Evidence and Equity in Policymaking for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals). The partnership brings together leading African evidence organizations to learn from each other, exchange knowledge and experiences, and jointly problem-solve as they strengthen evidence-informed policymaking to accelerate progress toward the SDGs.
Previously Ms. Taddese was the executive director and co-founder of Results for All, an initiative funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. There Ms. Taddese led and supported research and collaborative learning activities aimed at strengthening the use of evidence in government decision making.
Before her work at Results for America, Ms. Taddese was a program officer leading health systems strengthening initiatives at R4D.
