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Participatory Impact Assessment: A Design Guide

Somerville: Feinstein International Center (2013), v, 57 pp.
"Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) facilitates a learning process in which people in the real world apply evaluation findings and experiences to their work. The focus is on intended users. UFE does not prescribe any specific content, method, or theory. It is a guiding framework, rather than a met ... more

Four Essentials for Evaluation

Washington, DC: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) (2012), 32 pp.
"When done well, evaluation for learning can help grantmakers, their grantees and their partners improve outcomes on the ground in real time. But doing it well requires that we work with key stakeholders to develop the leadership, the strategies and the systems that facilitate true learning. 1. LEAD ... more

Introduction to Mixed Methods in Impact Evaluation

InterAction;Rockefeller Foundation (2012), 38 pp.
"Mixed methods (MM) evaluations seek to integrate social science disciplines with predominantly quantitative (QUANT) and predominantly qualitative (QUAL) approaches to theory, data collection, data analysis and interpretation. The purpose is to strengthen the reliability of data, validity of the fin ... more
"This guide will take you through the essential steps for designing an evaluation of your community information project. These steps explain what to do and consider at different stages of the evaluation process: 1. Describe your project and identify your target audience. 2. Identify the evaluation ... more

A User’s Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project (2009), 22 pp.
"Although the argument for evaluating advocacy is convincing, advocacy has long been considered “too hard to measure,” and so far relatively few advocates, funders, or evaluators have taken on the challenge. But this is now changing. Interest in advocacy evaluation is surging and cutting-edge ad ... more

Hiring M&E Staff: Guidelines and Tools for Locating and Hiring Strong Monitoring & Evaluating Candidates

Baltimore; Washington, DC: Catholic Relief Services (CRS);American Red Cross (2008), iv, 50 pp.

Participatory Impact Assessment: A Guide for Practitioners

Medford, MA: Tufts University, Feinstein International Centre (2008), 63 pp.
"This guide aims to provide practitioners with a broad framework for carrying out project level Participatory Impact Assessments (PIA) of livelihoods interventions in the humanitarian sector. Other than in some health, nutrition, and water interventions in which indicators of project performance sho ... more

Guidance on Evaluation and Review for DFID Staff

Department for International Development (DFID) (2005), 86 pp.
"This handbook can stand alone as a guide on how to design and construct a results-based M&E system in the public sector. It can also be used in conjunction with a workshop developed at the World Bank entitled “Designing and Building a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System: A Tool for Pub ... more

Guidelines for Outcome Evaluators

New York: UNDP Evaluation Office (2002), 27 pp.
"This publication, Guidelines for Evaluators, is the first in the companion series to the Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluating for Results. The Handbook provides an overall context for results-based monitoring and evaluation and reviews tools and techniques for planning and managing monitoring and ... more

Mapa-Project: A Practical Guide to Integrated Project Planning and Evaluation

Lucinia Bal (collab.)
Budapest: Open Society Institute (OSI);Institute for Educational Policy (IEP) (2001), 132 pp.
"The most important point for all types of workshops is that the participation of the representatives of all relevant stakeholder groups is ensured. This goes beyond mere discussion: at some stage there is always the necessity to make binding decisions. At this point, the workshop participants must ... more

Evaluation Handbook

Battle Creek, MI: Kellogg Foundation (1998), 109 pp.
"Written in an easy language, this manual offers the reader clear action steps to be taken: the planning phase (identifying stakeholders, developing evaluation questions, budgeting, selecting an evaluator), the implementation (determining data-collection methods, collecting data, analyzing and inter ... more