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Evaluation Reporting: A Guide to Help Ensure Use of Evaluation Findings

Alberta Mirambeau, Joanna Elmi, Jan Losby, Derrick Gervin

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 ... more

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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

Vanessa Corlazzoli, Jonathan White

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 ... more

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Utilization Focused Evaluation: A Primer for Evaluators

Ricardo Ramírez, Dal Brodhead et al.

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 ... more

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Collaborative Evaluations: Step-by-Step

Liliana Rodríguez Campos, Rigoberto Rincones Gómez

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 ... more

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Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation

Clara Hagens, Dominique Morel, Christina Way Alex Causton

Catholic Relief Services (CRS), revised ed. (2012), 133 pp.

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Quality Assurance Toolkit for Open and Distance Non-Formal Education

Colin Latchem

Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2012), ix, 99 pp.

"Quality assurance (QA) systems applied in educational contexts are generally concerned with inputs — how much money is spent, what staffing, resources and support are provided, what kinds of teaching and learning are involved, and so on. There is an assumption — not always fulfilled — that th ... more

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Introduction to Impact Evaluation

Patricia J. Rogers

Rockefeller Foundation (2012), 18 pp.

"This first guidance note, Introduction to Impact Evaluation, provides an overview of impact evaluation, explaining how impact evaluation differs from – and complements – other types of evaluation, why impact evaluation should be done, when and by whom. It describes different methods, approaches ... more

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Study on Communicating Evaluation Results

Peter da Costa

London: OECD Informal Network of DAC Development Communicators (DevCom Network) (2012), 25 pp.

"The main aim of this study is to examine and document the current state of how communicators and evaluators share results of development co-operation and specifically the outcomes of evaluations, including ‘negative’ or ‘sensitive’ results. Related to this, the study will shed light on the ... more

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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

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Introduction to Mixed Methods in Impact Evaluation

Michael Bamberger

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

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Evaluating Peacebuilding Activities in Settings of Conflict and Fragility: Improving Learning for Results

Paris: OECD (2012), 97 pp.

"This guidance aims to help improve programme design and management and strengthen the use of evaluation in order to enhance the quality of conflict prevention and peacebuilding work. It seeks to guide policy makers and country partners, field and programme officers, evaluators and other stakeholder ... more

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Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Michael Quinn Patton

Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2012), xxii, 461 pp.

"Based on Michael Quinn Patton's Utilization Focused Evaluation, this briefer and more condensed 'essentials' book provides both an overall framework and concrete advice for how to conduct useful evaluations that actually get used. This book integrates both theory and practice and is not only based ... more

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The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: A Complete Guide to Program Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, and Results
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Robert M. Penna

Hoboken, NJ: Wiley (2011), xxi, 356 pp.

"The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox identifies stages in the use of outcomes and shows you how to use specific facets of existing outcome models to improve performance and achieve meaningful results. Going beyond the familiar limits of the sector, this volume also illustrates how tools and approaches lo ... more

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Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use

Michael Quinn Patton

New York: Guilford Press (2011), xxi, 373 pp.

"Developmental evaluation offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a developmental evaluation framework. Patton draws ... more

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Impact Evaluation in Practice

Paul J. Gertler, Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand, Laura B. Rawlings, Christel M. J. Vermeersch

Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xvi, 244 pp.

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Impact: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Community Information Projects

Miami: Knight Foundation (2011), 37 pp.

"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

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Writing Effective Reports

In: Food Security Communications Toolkit

Rome: FAO (2011), pp. 140-193

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Project/Programme Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Guide

Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2011), 130 pp.

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Making Evaluations Matter: A Practical Guide for Evaluators

Cecile Kusters

Simone van Vugt; Seerp Wigboldus; Bob Williams; Jim Woodhill (contrib.)

Wageningen: Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research Centre (2011), 118 pp.

"Too often evaluations are shelved, with very little done to bring about change within organisations. This guide will explain how you can make your evaluations more useful. It will help you to better understand some conceptual issues and appreciate how evaluations contribute to empowering stakeholde ... more

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Impact Evaluation in Practice

Paul J. Gertler, Sebastian Martinez, Patrick Premand, Laura B. Rawlings, Christel M. J. Vermeersch

Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xvi, 244 pp.

"This book off ers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact evaluation and its practice in development. Although the book is geared principally toward development practitioners and policy makers, we trust that it will be a valuable resource for students and others interested in impact evalu ... ation. Prospective impact evaluations assess whether or not a program has achieved its intended results or test alternative strategies for achieving those results. We consider that more and better impact evaluations will help strengthen the evidence base for development policies and programs around the world. Our hope is that if governments and development practitioners can make policy decisions based on evidence—including evidence generated through impact evaluation—development resources will be spent more eff ectively to reduce poverty and improve people’s lives. The three parts in this handbook provide a nontechnical introduction to impact evaluations, discussing what to evaluate and why in part 1; how to evaluate in part 2; and how to implement an evaluation in part 3. These elements are the basic tools needed to successfully carry out an impact evaluation. The approach to impact evaluation in this book is largely intuitive, and we attempt to minimize technical notation. We provide the reader with a core set of impact evaluation tools—the concepts and methods that underpin any impact evaluation—and discuss their application to real-world development operations. The methods are drawn directly from applied research in the social sciences and share many commonalities with research methods used in the natural sciences. In this sense, impact evaluation brings the empirical research tools widely used in economics and other social sciences together with the operational and political-economy realities of policy implementation and development practice. From a methodological standpoint, our approach to impact evaluation is largely pragmatic: we think that the most appropriate methods should be identified to fit the operational context, and not the other way around. This is best achieved at the outset of a program, through the design of prospective impact evaluations that are built into the project’s implementation. We argue that gaining consensus among key stakeholders and identifying an evaluation design that fits the political and operational context are as important as the method itself. We also believe strongly that impact evaluations should be candid about their limitations and caveats. Finally, we strongly encourage policy makers and program managers to consider impact evaluations in a logical framework that clearly sets out the causal pathways by which a program works to produce outputs and influence final outcomes, and to combine impact evaluations with monitoring and complementary evaluation approaches to gain a full picture of performance." (Preface) more

The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: A Complete Guide to Program Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, and Results Key Guidance

The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox: A Complete Guide to Program Effectiveness, Performance Measurement, and Results
Key Guidance