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Evaluation in Conflict & Fragility Settings
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Nonprofit Organizations, NGOs
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Development Projects: Planning & Implementation
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Theories of Change
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Development Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Evaluation Methods: Using Communication Tools
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Gender in Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Health Campaigns: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Most Significant Change (MSC)
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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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Peace, Peacekeeping, Peace Building, Peace Movements
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Analysis
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Qualitative Analysis
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Behaviour Change Campaigns
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Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Participatory Videos & Community Filmmaking
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Donor Coordination, Funder Collaboration, Aid Harmonsation
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Donor Agencies
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Development Projects
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Information Products & Services
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Workshops & Seminars: Methods, Tools, Planning, Experiences
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Sustainable Development
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Evaluation: Managing Unfavourable Contexts & Conditions
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Evaluation Terminologies
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Organisational Development & Capacity Building: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Twitter & Microblogs
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Artificial Intelligence
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ICT Development Assistance
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ICT4D: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Infectious Diseases' Outbreak Communication
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Standards of Living
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Microcredits, Microfinance, Small-Scale Loans
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Nonformal Education
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Climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Adaptation
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Environmental Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Environmental Issues (General)
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Developmental Evaluation (Informing the Development & Ongoing Adaptation of an Initiative)
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Evaluation: Communication & Media
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Evaluation: Training
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Information Products & Services: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Mid-Term Reviews, Monitoring, Real-Time-Evaluations
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Outcome Harvesting (Evaluation Methodology)
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Outcome Mapping
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Developing Position Papers & Drawing up Recommendations
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Online Meetings & Workshops, Video Conferences, Hybrid Events
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Strategy Development & Strategic Planning
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Health Campaigns: Planning & Implementation
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Health Information Materials
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Mental Health Reporting & Media Representation
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United Nations (UN)
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Media Assistance: Journalism Education & Training
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Journalistic Quality
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Forced Labour & Human Trafficking
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Benchmarking
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Change & Process Management
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Organisational Assessment
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Organisational Learning
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Quality Management
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Quality Criteria, Quality Standards
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People with Disabilities (General)
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Assessment
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Local Ownership, Local Stakeholder Participation
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Needs Assessment
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Project Implementation
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Helplines, Hotlines
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Causal Analysis, Causal Chain Analysis
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Quantitative Analysis
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Delphi Method
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Low-Budget Research
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Participatory Action Research
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Observation (Research Method)
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Quantitative Research Methods: Big Data
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Survey Methods
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Research Report Writing
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Research Results
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Statistical Data: Collection, Analysis & Interpretation
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Rural Areas, Rural Communities, Rural Development
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Small-Scale Evaluation: Principles and Practice
Key Guidance
London et al.: Sage (2017), xvi, 214 pp.
"Evaluation research can assess the value and effectiveness of interventions and innovations involving people. While this has often been on a grand scale, this book focuses on small-scale projects carried out by an individual or small group, typically lasting for weeks or at most a few months, at a
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Evaluation Flash Cards: Embedding Evaluative Thinking in Organizational Culture
Top Insights
St. Paul, Minnesota: Otto Bremer Trust (2017), 28 pp.
"As part of our ongoing work to strengthen our support for communities, the trustees and staff of the Otto Bremer Trust engaged in a series of learning seminars on evaluation. In order to make the core concepts easily accessible and retrievable, we asked Michael Quinn Patton, who led the seminars, t
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Program Evaluation Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Guide
New York; London: Guilford Press, 3rd ed. (2025), xxii, 631 pp.
"Covering both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume, this leading text is now in a revised third edition. It features additional evaluation approaches, such as the Indigenous paradigm; new examples, ranging from small to large and multi-site evaluations; and more. Instructors
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Evaluation Essentials: Methods for Conducting Sound Research
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2nd ed. (2025), x, 198 pp.
"This nuts-and-bolts introduction to program evaluation is also applicable to evaluation of policies and evaluation of organizational performance. It is rich with over 40 examples from public policy, public health, non-profit management, social work, arts management, education, international assista
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The Evaluation Handbook: An Evaluator's Companion
Top Insights
New York: Guilford Press (2025), xvii, 606 pp.
"This pragmatic evaluator's companion from leaders in the field provides essential guidance for designing, implementing, and managing exemplary evaluations using established and emerging methods, designs, and analyses. With contributions from skilled experts, the Handbook has a unique focus on the c
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Evaluation Essentials from A to Z
New York; London: Guilford Press, 3rd ed. (2025), xiii, 330 pp.
"loved for its conversational style and reliable advice, this text is now in a revised and updated third edition, reflecting key developments in evaluation. It includes expanded coverage of equity and social justice issues, values and cost analysis, visualizing qualitative data with software, and mo
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Handbook on Evaluation
Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2024), xi, 408 pp.
"In this Handbook, Reinhard Stockmann and other esteemed experts in the field provide a systematic and comprehensive exploration into the planning, process, implementation and utilisation of evaluations. Covering the process and individual steps of evaluation in detail, in chronological order and in
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Are We Making a Difference? Global and Local Efforts to Assess Peacebuilding Effectiveness
Top Insights
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2024), xxvii, 320 pp.
"Sections of the book engage in critical reflection on what peacebuilding effectiveness is and who gets to decide, provide practical examples and case studies of the successes and failures of assessing peacebuilding work, and support innovative strategies and tools to move the field forward. Chapter
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Final Evaluation
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 29 pp.
"This guidance note outlines what is Final Evaluation at the Adaptation Fund, when does it occur, who is involved, and how to plan and implement them in accordance with the Fund’s Evaluation Policy. The accompanying annexes provide a general checklist for planning (Annex 1), common analytical appr
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Mid-Term Review
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 27 pp.
"This guidance notes outlines what is an MTR, when does it occur, who is involved, and how to plan and implement project MTRs. The accompanying annexes provide a general checklist for planning, illustrative inception and MTR report outlines, an illustrative evaluation matrix, and an illustrative man
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Evaluation Reporting
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 21 pp.
"The purpose of this guidance note is to support the preparation of evaluation reports, which is key in conducting reliable, useful and ethical evaluations, in accordance with the Adaptation Fund’s Evaluation Policy. It provides a foundation for reporting for all levels and types of evaluations ou
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Inception Report
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 17 pp.
"The remainder of this guidance note is structured by five intuitive questions answering what inception reports are, what their benefits are, and when and how should they be written. Annex 1 provides an outline and checklist of the recommended sections for Fund Evaluation Inception Reports, and Anne
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Evaluation Terms of Reference
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 22 pp.
"This guidance note covers Terms of Reference (ToR) guidance for all levels and types of evaluation outlined in the Adaptation Fund’s Evaluation Policy, including baseline studies and midterm reviews. While the emphasis is on developing ToRs for evaluation purposes, the ToR guidance can apply to o
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Evaluation Principles
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 18 pp.
"The evaluation principles identify the Adaptation Fund’s values, norms, and global best practice to guide evaluation practice. The Evaluation Policy introduces seven evaluation principles (see Figure 2) to reinforce the Fund’s values, niche, and the Paris Agreement to guide evaluation practice.
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Evaluation Budgeting
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 24 pp.
"This guidance note covers budgeting guidance for all levels and types of evaluation activity outlined in the Adaptation Fund’s Evaluation Policy. Because these activities include baseline studies that contribute to both evaluation and monitoring,1 this guidance note may be useful when budgeting f
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Commissioning and Managing an Evaluation
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 37 pp.
"Commissioning an evaluation and managing an evaluation are different but interrelated processes. Commissioning an evaluation encompasses the activities to initiate a Fund evaluation, largely focused on developing the evaluation's Terms of Reference (ToR) and recruiting and contracting the evaluator
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"The impact framework is a set of tools and guidelines that helps to define targets for, track, and assess the impact of activities under the supported media projects in a clear and organised way; it can also be used for other media projects. Its methodology embraces a user-centric approach, links p
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Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It
New York; London: Guilford Press (2023), xii, 299 pp.
"Is a given treatment, intervention, or program worth it? How can a program do more or better with less? Evaluating the costs of a program can be the missing link between a superficial evaluation and one that will get changes made and funding delivered. In accessible language and without complex for
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Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Why we need it and how to do it: A Footprint Evaluation Guide
Footprint Evaluation Initiative (2023), 62 pp.
"The guidance is intended to support people who are planning, managing or conducting evaluations, especially within national and sub-national governments, to include environmental sustainability, even when this is not a stated objective of the program or policy. Environmental sustainability includes
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