Building a Culture of Evidence: Limestone’s Role in World Vision Canada’s Citrus Collaboration
How can economic evidence transform global development? Through its multi-year Citrus collaboration, World Vision Canada partnered with Limestone Analytics to embed rigorous economic analysis into its decision-making, from project design to strategy.
Limestone played a central role in strengthening World Vision’s capacity as an evidence-informed organization. Its work spanned technical analysis, systems integration, and staff training, laying the foundation for smarter, data-driven investments.
Limestone’s contributions:
- Developed organizational standards for cost-benefit analysis (CBA), ensuring consistency and transparency across evaluations.
- Designed and implemented 14 customized CBA models to assess the economic impact of World Vision Canada’s investments in the organization’s core program models.
- Delivered presentations of high-level insights to internal teams to support strategic learning and program refinement.
- Produced short summaries and key data points of key findings and lessons from CBAs to inform organizational reporting.
- Innovated a quantitative tool to move from CBA results to the prioritization of knowledge and evidence gaps for the organization.
- Integrated CBA tools into World Vision’s data systems, enabling faster, lower-cost impact estimation.
- Provided in-depth training to staff on principles and applications of economic evaluation, empowering teams to use findings in day-to-day decision-making.
- Analyzed monitoring data to identify trends in program delivery and recommend improvements in classification and comparability.
- Advised on commercial contracting opportunities, offering rapid analysis to guide investment and implementation choices.
- Offered tailored recommendations to support institutional change toward evidence-based planning and evaluation.
Why it matters: Through Citrus, World Vision Canada and Limestone Analytics proved that investing in analytical capacity isn’t just about accountability—it’s a catalyst for innovation and impact.
For details, contact: Rachel Bahn
