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Managing Outcomes: A Practitioner's Manual for Analysis, Planning, Monitoring and Self-Evaluation Based on Outcome Mapping
Cologne: AGIAMONDO (2020), vi, 114 pp.
"Outcome Mapping was developed 20 years ago by the International Development Research Centre and for many in the development sector it has become a staple in planning, monitoring and evaluation toolkits. Countless organisations across the world have applied and adapted Outcome Mapping for their own
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Using Social Network Analysis in WASH Programs
USAID;Sustainable Wash Systems (2020), 5 pp.
"The relationships between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) actors are critical for improving and sustaining WASH services. Social network analysis (SNA) is a powerful tool for studying social systems that focuses attention on the complex relationships among actors in a system. Specifically, it
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Managing Outcomes: A Practitioner's Manual for Analysis, Planning, Monitoring and Self-Evaluation Based on Outcome Mapping
Key Guidance
Köln: Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Entwicklungshilfe (AGEH) (2019), 110 pp.
"Managing Outcomes is its generous contribution to our community, building on over ten years of experience with Outcome Mapping (OM). AGEH have taken the tools and principles of Outcome Mapping and adapted them to their institutional context, using the elements that work best for them, and offering
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Participation Tools for the Pacific
Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2019), 56 pp.
"Engagement of key stakeholder groups in operations financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) promotes good governance, transparency, innovation, responsiveness, and development effectiveness. Effective engagement of stakeholder groups, including civil society, project beneficiaries, and project-
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A Practical Guide to Design Thinking: A Collection of Methods to Re-Think Social Change
New Delhi: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2019), 107 pp.
"Design thinking is neither rocket science nor a panacea. But it can surely help us re-image an alternative world, and to tell a different story about life. We need to break out of our own work habits and project cycles and just start doing things differently." (Page 10)
The Design Thinking Playbook: Mindful Digital Transformation of Teams, Products, Services, Businesses and Ecosystems
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley (2018), 352 pp.
"By stepping back and questioning the current mindset, the faults of the status quo stand out in stark relief--and this guide gives you the tools and frameworks you need to kick off a digital transformation. Design Thinking is about approaching things differently with a strong user orientation and f
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Baselines
INTRAC (2017), 4 pp.
"To understand the changes brought about by a project or programme it is first necessary to understand what the original situation was. This is known as the baseline. Baselines can range from simple data collection exercises through to large, expensive surveys. They are an important part of many M&E
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Managing for Sustainable Development Impact: An Integrated Approach to Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Wageningen: Wageningen University & Research (2017), 236 pp.
Design Sprint: A Practical Guidebook for Building Great Digital Products
Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media (2016), xxvii, 240 pp.
"With more than 500 new apps entering the market every day, what does it take to build a successful digital product? You can greatly reduce your risk of failure with design sprints, a process that enables your team to prototype and test a digital product idea within a week. This practical guide show
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Social impact navigator: The practical guide for organizations targeting better results
Berlin: Phineo;Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2nd revised ed. (2016), 139 pp.
"The Social Impact Navigator provides an accessible introduction to the issue of impact orientation. We want to show you how with simple steps, you can plan and implement your project in an impact-oriented way and analyze your results. We present instruments suitable for everyday use that will give
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Emerging Practices in Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation for Education for Peacebuilding Programming: Practice Guide
Washington, DC: Search for Common Ground (2015), 59 pp.
Monitoring von Wirkungen (movie): Ein Manual zur wirkungsorientierten Planung und Durchführung von Friedensprojekten
Berlin: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), Förderprogramm zivik – zivile Konfliktbearbeitung, 2nd, compl. revised ed. (2014), 18 pp.
The Message Matrix: A Participatory Programme Design Tool
In: Learning with Community Media: Stories from the Commonwealth and Latin America
Ian Pringle; Ekta Mittal; Mónica Valdés (eds.)
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2012), pp. 99-111
"The message matrix facilitates local stakeholder groups and community members to take an active, empowered role in content development for an educational communication programme. The method enables active participation of target audiences and stakeholder groups in the identification, analysis and r
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A Guide to Assessing Needs: Essential Tools for Collecting Information, Making Decisions, and Achieving Development Results
Washington, DC: World Bank (2012), xvi, 299 pp.
"A Guide to Assessing Needs offers a much broader perspective than many texts on project management or evaluation. It presents needs assessment within a results framework that applies to international development projects equally as well as to a variety of other contexts. An exceptionally wide range
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Design Th!nking
Lausanne: AVA Academia (2010), 199 pp.
"Design is an iterative process and design thinking is present in each stage of the journey from client brief to finished work. Different solutions can be produced for any given brief and these can differ widely in levels of creativity, practicality and budget. This book aims to present an overview
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Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results
New York: UNDP (2009), x, 220 pp.
"This 2009 version of the ‘Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results’ aims to support UNDP in becoming more results-oriented and to improve its focus on development changes and real improvements in people’s lives. It replaces and updates the previous Handbook from
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Capacity Works: The Management Model for Sustainable Development
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2009), iii, 289 pp.
Developing and Using Program Logic in Natural Resource Management: User Guide
Commonwealth of Australia (2009), 58 pp.
"This guide outlines a step-by-step process for developing program logic in the context of Natural Resource Management (NRM). The guide is aimed at those who are developing a program logic for the first time and may also be helpful to other users in a range of contexts. Developing a program logic is
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Talking the Walk: A Communication Manual for Partnership Practitioners
Cambridge: International Business Leaders Forum;Partnering Initiative (TPI) (2008), ii, 110 pp.
"The first seven chapters in Talking theWalk look in detail at the realities of communicating in partnership. As well as narrative, each chapter contains a number of boxes and tables giving examples or “Practitioner Tips”. Near the start of chapter 7 (pages 58-59), you will find a diagram outlin
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Reflective Peacebuilding: A Planning, Monitoring, and Learning Toolkit
Notre Dame: Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies;Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2007), 73 pp.
