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Evaluation
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Development Projects: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Indicators
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Development Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Participatory, Collaborative & Empowerment Evaluation
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Terms of Reference in Evaluation
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Data Analysis & Interpretation
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Commissioning Evaluations
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Evaluation in Conflict & Fragility Settings
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Utilisation-Focused Evaluation (Focus on Intended Use by Intended User)
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Advocacy & Empowerment: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Stakeholders, Stakeholder Analysis, Stakeholder Participation
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Theories of Change
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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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Self-Assessment, Self-Evaluation
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Peace, Peacekeeping, Peace Building, Peace Movements
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Research Methods
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Information Analysis
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Interviewing (Qualitative Research Method)
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Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Donor Coordination, Funder Collaboration, Aid Harmonsation
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Nonprofit Management, NGO Management, Management General
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Development Projects
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Development Workers & Experts
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Development Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Digital Ethics, AI Ethics, Social Media Ethics, Data & Information Ethics
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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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Budgeting, Cost Calculation, Financial Planning
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Validity
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Social Media Analytics, Web Metrics, User Data Analytics
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Behaviour Change Campaigns
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Development Aid Public Relations, Development Public Awareness Raising
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Nonprofit Public Relations: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Community Communication
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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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ICT Development Assistance
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Countering Hate Speech, Disinformation & Propaganda
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Poverty & Poverty Reduction
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Standards of Living
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Microcredits, Microfinance, Small-Scale Loans
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Open Educational Resources (OER)
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Nonformal Education
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Open, Distance and Digital Education (ODDE)
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Training Courses, Course Development
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Environmental Communication: Monitoring & Evaluation
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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 Methods: Using Communication Tools
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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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Most Significant Change (MSC)
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Outcome Harvesting (Evaluation Methodology)
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Outcome Mapping
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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Developing Position Papers & Drawing up Recommendations
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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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Forced Labour & Human Trafficking
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Accounting, Controlling, Financial Reporting
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Benchmarking
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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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Communication & Media Indicators
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Qualitative Analysis
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Low-Budget Research
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Participatory Learning and Action (PLA)
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Quantitative Research Methods: Big Data
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Research Report Writing
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Research Results
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Science Communication & Research Dissemination
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Networks & Networking
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"This book is written to provide detailed, rigorous guidance on how to conduct impact evaluations of government and nongovernment programs and projects. It covers all the leading quantitative impact evaluation methods, explaining the assumptions required for them to provide unbiased estimates and th ... more

Managing Evaluations in the Field: Step-By-Step Planning Guidance. Analysis and Evidence

Geneva: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2022), 17 pp.
"This guidance is useful for ICRC teams in the field managing different evaluation types that cover various interventions. Importantly, it is not an evaluation manual. Nor is it the only source to draw on when planning and managing an evaluation. It should be used in conjunction with other ICRC poli ... more

Tools for Designing and Conducting Social and Behavior Change Evaluations

Arlington: USAID Advancing Nutrition (2022), iv, 16 pp.
"Social and behavior change (SBC) is a key component of effective multi-sectoral nutrition activities. High-quality evaluations of SBC components are essential to identifying what went well, what could have been done differently, and how to improve future program design. The tools included here acco ... more

Guidelines for Applying the Climate and Ecosystems Health Criterion in the Commissioning, Design and Implementation of Evaluations

Republic of South Africa Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME);South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA) (2022), 25 pp.
"The guideline provides a roadmap, flagging at which points in the process of commissioning, implementing and managing evaluations CEH-related considerations could and should be taken into account. As such, it covers the steps involved in preparing for an evaluation; developing the terms of referenc ... more

How to harvest outcomes you notice in your day-to-day work

Manchester: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) (2022), 6 pp.
"In your day to day work you notice changes that others are making, influenced by WIEGO. How do you capture these to support WIEGO’s learning? This tool provides an explanation of what to look for, and a template for documenting outcomes, why they matter (their significance) and how WIEGO or WIEGO ... more

How to write an outcome statement

Manchester: Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) (2022), 14 pp.
"In your day to day work you notice changes that others are making, influenced by WIEGO. How do you capture these to support WIEGO’s learning? This tool provides an explanation of what to look for, and a template for documenting outcomes, why they matter (their significance) and how WIEGO or WIEGO ... more

Data Ethics Toolkit: A companion to the Data Ethics Guidebook

Oakland, Cal.: Informing Change (2022), 21 pp.

Engaging Stakeholders to Co-Design Rigorous and Relevant Research and Evaluation

Oxford; London: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) (2021), 14 pp.
"The framework for selecting appropriate methods of stakeholder engagement is presented here as five steps that can help people who are commissioning or conducting research or evaluations to orient themselves to their context, research purposes and, ultimately, options for stakeholder engagement. Th ... more

Evaluating Complex Interventions in International Development

London: Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) (2021), 103 pp.
"The aim of this paper is to provide guidance on the evaluation of complex interventions in international development. Our contribution to the literature is threefold. First, unlike other reviews on the same subject, our focus is exclusively directed to evaluations of development interventions. Seco ... more
"This timely and comprehensive textbook covers theoretical and practical issues related to evaluation of programs, particularly social programs and projects, with an emphasis on viewing evaluation topics through a social justice, diversity, and inclusive perspective. It provides students with an equ ... more

A Valuing Impact Toolkit for ICT Investment

NEF Consulting;Digital Impact Alliance (dial) (2020), 124 pp.
"ICT4D projects are known for having social, economic, and environmental impacts that are difficult to capture. Investments in digital infrastructure and innovation often have high up-front costs with largely medium-to-long-term benefits, not quick, short-term outcomes desired by policy makers. The ... more

Sida's Evaluation Handbook: Guidelines and Manual for Conducting Evaluations at Sida

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2020), 41 pp.

CEDIL Guidelines on Impact Evaluation that are Sensitive to Disability

Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) (2020), 5 pp.
"These are simple recommendations on the inclusion of data on disability for researchers conducting evidence syntheses and primary studies." (Page 1)