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Evaluation
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Using Evaluation Results, Learning from Evaluations
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Evaluation in Conflict & Fragility Settings
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Participatory, Collaborative & Empowerment Evaluation
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Utilisation-Focused Evaluation (Focus on Intended Use by Intended User)
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Evaluation: Managing Unfavourable Contexts & Conditions
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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Community Development
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Democracy Assistance
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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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Most Significant Change (MSC)
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Outcome Mapping
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Gender-Based Harassment, Intimidation & Violence
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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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People with Disabilities (General)
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Project Implementation
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Qualitative Analysis
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Low-Budget Research
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Quantitative Research Methods: Big Data
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Research Results
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Validity
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Science Communication & Research Dissemination
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"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

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

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)
"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

Collaborative Evaluations: Step-by-Step

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

Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation

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

Quality Assurance Toolkit for Open and Distance Non-Formal Education

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

Introduction to Impact Evaluation

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
"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

Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation

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
"This book offers 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 evalua ... more
"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

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

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