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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Peace, Peacekeeping, Peace Building, Peace Movements
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Information Analysis
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Campaigning: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Evaluation: Managing Unfavourable Contexts & Conditions
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Development Aid Public Relations, Development Public Awareness Raising
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Community Communication
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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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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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Most Significant Change (MSC)
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Outcome Harvesting (Evaluation Methodology)
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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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United Nations (UN)
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Forced Labour & Human Trafficking
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People with Disabilities (General)
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Helplines, Hotlines
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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 Results
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A Short Primer on Innovative Evaluation Reporting

Gibsons: Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation (2017), 113 pp.
"This book presents a number of innovative ways of reporting, including different options for presentations, narrative summaries, presenting findings visually and making use of digital outputs. Kylie also discusses how to make sure your messages get through to your audience - including using a layer ... more

Uso de conceptos de sistemas en el diseño de una evaluación

Lima: ECOSAD - Consorcio por la Salud, Ambiente y Desarrollo (2017), 68 pp.
"El poder atribuir los cambios a nuestra intervención es el principal desafío de los evaluadores. Conceptos como eficacia, eficiencia e impacto ocupan la atención de los evaluadores. Pero ¿este es el único enfoque para evaluar los cambios y las trasformaciones vinculadas a nuestras intervencion ... more

Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Toolkit: User Guide

Chapel Hill: Measure Evaluation PIMA;USAID (2017), v, 74 pp.
"The Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Assessment Toolkit (MECAT) is a set of tools that guide organizations1 through a process to assess their current monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity, identify gaps, and plan ways to strengthen their M&E systems. MECAT uses four methods and supporting tool ... more
"Robust monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning (MERL) are critical components of successful programming. The MERL components enable program stakeholders to monitor progress and evaluate the achievement of expected results. Reporting processes and timelines should be clearly defined and tail ... more

Norms and Standards for Evaluation

New York: United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) (2016), 32 pp.
"The 2016 Norms and Standards, now consolidated into one document, are interrelated and mutually reinforcing. The ten general norms should be upheld in the conduct of any evaluation; the four institutional norms should be reflected in the management and governance of evaluation functions. The associ ... more
"This one-of-a-kind book fills a gap in the literature by providing readers with a systematic approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training for programs and projects. Bridging theoretical concepts with practical, how-to knowledge, the authors draw upon the scholarly literature, applied resour ... more

Impact Evaluation: A Guide for Commissioners and Managers

London: Bond;Big Lottery Fund;Comic Relief;Department for International Development (DFID) (2015), 32 pp.
"[...] the purpose of [this guide] is to support managers and commissioners of impact evaluations to better manage the entire process from drawing up terms of reference, selecting contractors, steering evaluations and utilising evaluation results. The guide also argues that relying only on tradition ... more
"This Evaluation Handbook is a practical handbook to help those initiating, managing and/or using gender-responsive evaluations by providing direction, advice and tools for every step in the evaluation process: planning, preparation, conduct, reporting, evaluation use and follow up. The primary audi ... more

Monitoring & Evaluation Guidebook

Incheon: Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT-ESCAP) (2015), 58 pp.
"The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation provides tools for managers and evaluators to address questions about the performance of public and nonprofit programs. Neatly integrating authoritative, high-level information with practicality and readability, this guide gives you the tools and process ... more
"A practical guide to managing and leading evaluation efforts, this module is designed for use in evaluations within your organization and among your partners. Increasing local capacity to conduct and manage good program evaluation is a key goal of the Results and Measurement team at Pact ... Each c ... more

Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications

San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2nd ed. (2014), xxxiii, 766 pp.
"The book begins with an overview of the evaluation field and program evaluation standards, and proceeds to cover the most widely used evaluation approaches. With new evaluation designs and the inclusion of the latest literature from the field, this second edition is an essential update for professi ... more

Using the Better Evaluation Rainbow Framework

Better Evaluation (2014), 2 pp.
"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 ... more

Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide

Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press (2013), x, 467 pp.
This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to running randomized impact evaluations of social programs. Drawing on the experience of researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, which has run hundreds of such evaluations in dozens of countries throughout the world, it offer ... more
"This book has been written largely as a result of the success of the Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Projects, Products and Services (2010) and in response to suggestions made by stakeholders to produce a compact primer. For many, the Smart Toolkit represents a major work that, despite its ... more

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)

Participatory Impact Assessment: A Design Guide

Somerville: Feinstein International Center (2013), v, 57 pp.