"Our hope is that CIFF’s journey will be useful for all
who aim to make development more impactful."

Leila Davids is Performance Measurement and Effectiveness Analyst, based in London. Prior to joining CIFF, Leila worked at the NSPCC evaluating Childline and national child protection programmes; and at the Arts Council England monitoring and evaluating the regularly funded portfolio of 870 organisations receiving in total about £350million per annum. Her work in South Africa included managing outcomes based evaluations in education, early childhood development, HIV/Aids, and child survival. At the Children’s Institute (the leader in child policy research and advocacy in South Africa), Leila helped establish Children Count, an interactive child-centred statistics and indicator database. Leila holds a Masters in Research Psychology (with Monitoring & Evaluation and Statistics) and a BSocSci (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Cape Town; and has served as a Board member for the Magnet Theatre Trust.