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Program Evaluation Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive Guide
New York; London: Guilford Press, 3rd ed. (2025), xxii, 631 pp.
"Covering both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume, this leading text is now in a revised third edition. It features additional evaluation approaches, such as the Indigenous paradigm; new examples, ranging from small to large and multi-site evaluations; and more. Instructors
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Evolution of Program Evaluation: A Historical Analysis of Leading Theorists’ Views and Influences
Education Quarterly Reviews, volume 8, issue 1 (2025), pp. 142-155
"Program evaluation has undergone significant evolution, shaped by diverse theoretical perspectives and influential scholars. This study provides a historical analysis of leading theorists’ views and their impact on the field, tracing key developments from early accountability-focused models to co
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Evaluation Terms of Reference
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 22 pp.
"This guidance note covers Terms of Reference (ToR) guidance for all levels and types of evaluation outlined in the Adaptation Fund’s Evaluation Policy, including baseline studies and midterm reviews. While the emphasis is on developing ToRs for evaluation purposes, the ToR guidance can apply to o
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Are We Making a Difference? Global and Local Efforts to Assess Peacebuilding Effectiveness
Deep Insights
Lanham et al.: Rowman & Littlefield (2024), xxvii, 320 pp.
"Sections of the book engage in critical reflection on what peacebuilding effectiveness is and who gets to decide, provide practical examples and case studies of the successes and failures of assessing peacebuilding work, and support innovative strategies and tools to move the field forward. Chapter
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Ex Post Evaluation
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 19 pp.
"Ex post evaluations and other post-project studies undertaken by multilateral and bilateral development agencies, as well as other international actors, vary widely in their scope and approach. This guidance note explains how ex post evaluations at the Adaptation Fund work in terms of approach and
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Commissioning and Managing an Evaluation
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 37 pp.
"Commissioning an evaluation and managing an evaluation are different but interrelated processes. Commissioning an evaluation encompasses the activities to initiate a Fund evaluation, largely focused on developing the evaluation's Terms of Reference (ToR) and recruiting and contracting the evaluator
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Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence
New York; London: Guilford Press (2023), xiv, 171 pp.
"From the founder of empowerment evaluation (EE), a framework uniquely suited to advancing social justice causes, this book explains the theories, principles, and steps of conducting EE from scratch or within a preexisting evaluation or work plan. David M. Fetterman describes how EE enables program
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Addressing Environmental Sustainability Through the OECD DAC Criteria for Evaluation of Development Assistance
Footprint Evaluation Initiative (2023), 9 pp.
"This document discusses how the six evaluation criteria of the OECD DAC (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development – Development Assistance Committee) can be used to get environmental sustainability on the agenda for evaluations and monitoring. These criteria are widely used in inter
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"Evaluations have two key functions: lesson learning and accountability. How well they can fill these tasks depends on the suitability of the evaluation design to address the evaluation questions of interest, and the quality of those evaluations. Unfortunately, many evaluations suffer from flaws whi
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Sustainability-inclusive evaluation: Why we need it and how to do it: A Footprint Evaluation Guide
Footprint Evaluation Initiative (2023), 62 pp.
"The guidance is intended to support people who are planning, managing or conducting evaluations, especially within national and sub-national governments, to include environmental sustainability, even when this is not a stated objective of the program or policy. Environmental sustainability includes
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Evaluation Roots: Theory Influencing Practice
New York; London: Guilford Press, 3rd ed. (2023), ix, 318 pp.
"Showing how evaluation practice looks when guided by theory, the third edition of the influential "theory tree" book is significantly revised with over 80% new material, including a greater focus on equity and theories over theorists. Chapters from leading authorities describe the goals of each the
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"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
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Footprint Evaluation Thought Experiments: Thinking Through How to Embed Environmental Concerns Into Evaluation
Footprint Evaluation Initiative; Better Evaluation (2022), 47 pp.
"The Footprint Evaluation Initiative aims to ensure that all evaluations consider environmental sustainability, regardless of whether this is an explicit objective of the project, policy or program being evaluated. This report describes four ‘thought experiments’ undertaken as part of this proje
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A Roadmap for Measuring Distance Learning: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Practices
Key Guides
USAID (2021), v, 79 pp.
"The purpose of this review is to support education practitioners, host country government representatives, donors, implementers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations, and other stakeholders in applying best practices to monitor and evaluate distance learning initiative
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Choosing an Evaluation Theory: A Supplement to Evaluation Roots (3rd Edition)
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, volume 17, issue 41 (2021), pp. 51-60
"Unlike scientific theories, evaluation theories are prescriptive: a set of actions and approaches that should be followed when conducting an evaluation. While evaluation theorists have offered a variety of writings describing their theories and approaches, few have offered a specific outline of wha
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Evaluating Interreligious Peacebuilding and Dialogue: Methods and Frameworks
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter (2021), vi, 230 pp.
"In the emerging fields of religious and interreligious peacebuilding, the question of monitoring and evaluation is a challenging, yet necessary process. The need to develop comprehensive yet fitting evaluation models for religious and interreligious peacebuilding is not only important for donor int
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