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Evaluating an Information Project: A Letter to a Project Manager

The Hague; Wageningen: International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR);Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2003), 47 pp.
"This is a practical guide to evaluation and impact assessment of information projects, written in the form of an informal letter to a project manager. It does not elaborate on theory but proposes nine "how-to" steps instead. Short and to the point, it includes worksheets for use by managers and oth ... more
"This book provides a detailed introduction to the process of developing monitoring and evaluation systems which will provide a foundation on which to develop personal and organisational learning. It is based on INTRAC’s research, consultancy and training work and is rooted in real experiences. Th ... more

Outcome-based evaluation

New York; London: Kluwer Academic, 2nd ed. (2002), xvi, 271 pp.
"This book is the product of 30 years of experience with program evaluation. During this time, both service recipients and educational and social programs have experienced major cultural and political shifts in service delivery philosophy, including a focus on quality, mainstreaming, deinstitutional ... more

Guidelines for Outcome Evaluators

New York: UNDP Evaluation Office (2002), 27 pp.
"This publication, Guidelines for Evaluators, is the first in the companion series to the Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluating for Results. The Handbook provides an overall context for results-based monitoring and evaluation and reviews tools and techniques for planning and managing monitoring and ... more
"The DAC Working Party on Aid Evaluation (WP-EV) has developed this glossary of key terms in evaluation and results-based management because of the need to clarify concepts and to reduce the terminological confusion frequently encountered in these areas. Evaluation is a field where development partn ... more

Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluating for Results

New York: UNDP Evaluation Office (2002), 140 pp.
"This publication addresses the monitoring and evaluation of development results. It is intended to support country offices in aligning their monitoring and evaluation systems with results-based management (RBM) methodology—specifically in tracking and measuring the performance of UNDP interventio ... more
"Peu d'acteurs du développement, que ce soient des ONGN, des bailleurs de fonds publics, des institutions du Sud ont une idée claire de ce qu'est une évaluation. Peu connaissent la grande variété des évaluations, que ce soit au niveau des finalités, des différents acteurs concernés ou encor ... more

Standards für Evaluation

Köln: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Evaluation, 2nd ed. (2002), 51 pp.

Évaluer: Apprécier la qualité pour faciliter la décision. Six notes pour contribuer à l'efficacité des évaluations

Paris: Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET) (2001), 93 pp.
"L’évaluation, enfin considérée comme un outil irremplaçable pour améliorer la qualité des actions, devient une pratique courante dans les milieux du développement. Mais elle reste un exercice délicat, et génère souvent plus de frustrations que de progrès. Comment en accroître l’effi ... more

Outcome Mapping: Building Learning and Reflection into Development Programms

Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2001), 139 pp.
"This manual is intended as an introduction to the theory and concepts of Outcome Mapping and as a guide to conducting an Outcome Mapping workshop. Although Outcome Mapping may be appropriate in various contexts, it has primarily been tested by development research organizations and programs working ... more

Mapa-Project: A Practical Guide to Integrated Project Planning and Evaluation

Lucinia Bal (collab.)
Budapest: Open Society Institute (OSI);Institute for Educational Policy (IEP) (2001), 132 pp.
"The most important point for all types of workshops is that the participation of the representatives of all relevant stakeholder groups is ensured. This goes beyond mere discussion: at some stage there is always the necessity to make binding decisions. At this point, the workshop participants must ... more

Practical Guidelines for the Monitoring and Evaluation of Capacity Building: Experiences from Africa

Oxford: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) (2001), 42 pp.
"Este manual intenta proporcionar a los administradores de proyectos y a los analistas de políticas las herramientas necesarias para evaluar el impacto de los proyectos. Está destinado a lectores con conocimientos generales de estadísticas. Para algunos de los métodos estadísticos más profundo ... more

Prüfen und lernen: Praxisorientierte Handreichung zur Wirkungsbeobachtung und Evaluation

Bonn: Verband Entwicklungspolitik deutscher Nichtregierungsorganisationen (VENRO) (2000), 83 pp.
"Dieses Arbeitsheft ist eine empfehlenswerte Einführung für alle, die sich erstmals mit Evaluierung im Entwicklungsbereich beschäftigen. In klar abgegrenzten Schritten beschreibt die Broschüre die Voraussetzungen für eine Erfolgskontrolle von Projekten, die Planung und die Durchführung von Eva ... more

Small-Scale Evaluation

Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi: Sage (2000), xi, 154 pp.
"This book is the most comprehensive and accessible short guide to evaluations available. It explains clearly what evaluations are, how they can be used most effectively, and outlines the strengths and pitfalls of different evaluation methods. Each chapter comes with tasks to demonstrate the practic ... more
"This is a common publication of 14 ecumenical Southern and Northern NGO's which focuses on key characteristics of PME and on "guidelines for good practice". A case study from Bangladesh shows how PME can be implemented in practice, and there is a helpful glossary of key terms." (commbox)

Formulación y evaluación de proyectos

San José (CR): Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública (ICAP) (1999), 217 pp.

Evaluation Handbook

Battle Creek, MI: Kellogg Foundation (1998), 109 pp.
"Written in an easy language, this manual offers the reader clear action steps to be taken: the planning phase (identifying stakeholders, developing evaluation questions, budgeting, selecting an evaluator), the implementation (determining data-collection methods, collecting data, analyzing and inter ... more