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Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Mass Media Interventions for Child Survival in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Journal of Health Communication, volume 19, issue suppl. 1 (2014), pp. 190-215
"Through a systematic review of the literature, this article summarizes and evaluates evidence for the effectiveness of mass media interventions for child survival. To be included, studies had to describe a mass media intervention; address a child survival health topic; present quantitative data fro
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Evaluating Health Communication Interventions
In: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 352-367
"The BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework prompts you to think about a series of key questions. It is important to consider all these issues, including reporting, at the beginning of an evaluation. The Framework can be used to plan an evaluation or to locate information about particular types of metho
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The Political and Ideological Dimension of the Measurement of Freedom of Information: Assessing the Interplay Between Neoliberalism and the Freedom of the Press Index
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 6 (2014), pp. 505-527
"By illustrating the rise of neoliberalism as a case in point, the study hypothesises a neoliberal influence on the measurement of freedom of information. To test such assumption, the work describes three ideal typical models of freedom of information – the liberal, egalitarian and neoliberal mode
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ICTs for Monitoring and Evaluation of Peacebuilding Programmes
Search for Common Ground (2014), 43 pp.
"The paper focuses on exploring the application of the following ICTs: mobile technology, social media, big data, the digitization of surveys, and tools to better visualize data. Each section outlines a series of resources and some advantages and drawbacks to utilizing the new technology for M&E pur
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Results-Oriented Evaluations: Their Uses, Their Limits and How They Are Driving Implementers‘ Coping Strategies
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 19 pp.
"A results-oriented culture of performance and service has been enforced since the 1990s in the EU. Evaluation systems have been a powerful catalyst in driving the transition from media support to media development and in making the latter more independent from broadcasters and donors. In recent yea
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Field Guide for Data Quality Management
Washington, DC: Pact (2014), 57 pp.
"Data quality is a cornerstone of accountability in program reporting. In the international development sector, although we are often focused on reporting, ensuring the quality of the data that we report is critical for our partners, our donors, and our beneficiaries. In addition, Data Quality Manag
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Evaluation Reporting: A Guide to Help Ensure Use of Evaluation Findings
Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2013), 18 pp.
"There are various aspects of evaluation reporting that can affect how information is used. Stakeholder needs, the evaluation purpose, and target audience should be considered when communicating results. Evaluation reporting should not only identify what, when, how, and to what extent information sh
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Practical Approaches to Theories of Change in Conflict, Security, and Justice Programmes. Part II: Using Theories of Change in Monitoring and Evaluation
London: Department for International Development (DFID); Search for Common Ground (2013), 29 pp.
"The goal of this document is to improve the effectiveness of DFID programmes and the measurement of their impacts by providing DFID Advisers with the practical skills to develop high quality theories of change, to understand the role they play in programme design and assessment. It is intended for
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Planning Evaluability Assessments: A Synthesis of the Literature with Recommendations
London; Glasgow: Department for International Development (DFIP) (2013), iv, 48 pp.
"[...] Amongst those agencies the following OECD DAC definition of evaluability is widely accepted and has been applied within this report: “The extent to which an activity or project can be evaluated in a reliable and credible fashion”.
Eighteen recommendations about the use of Evaluability Ass
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Collaborative Evaluations: Step-by-Step
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2nd ed. (2013), xi, 249 pp.
"Liliana Rodríguez-Campos and Rigoberto Rincones-Gómez present their Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) with its six major components: identify the situation, clarify the expectations, establish a collective commitment, ensure open communication, encourage effective practices, and follow sp
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Participatory Impact Assessment: A Design Guide
Somerville: Feinstein International Center (2013), v, 57 pp.
Measuring Impact: The Art, Science and Mystery of Nonprofit News
Washington, DC: American University, School of Communcation (2013), 22 pp.
"This report seeks to answer the two-pronged question, “What is ‘impact,’ and how can it be measured consistently across nonprofit newsrooms?” A review of recent, relevant literature and our informal conversations with experts in the field reveal growing ambitions toward the goal of developi
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Die Gruppendiskussion als Evaluationsmethode: Entwicklungsgeschichte, Potenziale und Formen
Zeitschrift für Evaluation, volume 12, issue 1 (2013), pp. 23-51
"Der Artikel beabsichtigt, den derzeitigen Diskussionsstand zu Theorie und Praxis der Gruppendiskussion bezogen auf das Feld der Evaluation zusammenzutassen, die Stärken und Grenzen von Gruppendiskussionen in evaluativen Vorhaben zu skizzieren und eine weitere Fundierung der Gruppendiskussion in de
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Evaluating Democracy Assistance
Boulder, Colo.: Rienner (2013), x, 241 pp.
"A comprehensive, practical guide to the on-the-ground tasks of evaluating and monitoring democracy assistance programs, from planning and implementation to preparing and presenting evaluation reports." (Publisher description)
Utilization Focused Evaluation: A Primer for Evaluators
Penang: Southbound (2013), xii, 114 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
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Deepening Engagement for Lasting Impact: A Framework for Measuring Media Performance & Results
Learning for Action (2013), 53 pp.
"The guide has been formatted to be useful to people at all levels of familiarity with media evaluation. The next section begins by presenting a core framework: four “building blocks” that distill a diverse set of evaluation frameworks into a straightforward process you can use to plan a new mea
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