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Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: A Practical Approach
Los Angeles: Sage (2016), xliv, 429 pp.
"Recognizing that complexity calls for innovative, conceptual, and methodological solutions, Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation offers practical guidance to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive evaluations that can b
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Social impact navigator: The practical guide for organizations targeting better results
Berlin: Phineo; Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2nd revised ed. (2016), 139 pp.
"The Social Impact Navigator provides an accessible introduction to the issue of impact orientation. We want to show you how with simple steps, you can plan and implement your project in an impact-oriented way and analyze your results. We present instruments suitable for everyday use that will give
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M&Excel: A Practical Guide to Building Results Monitoring Tools in Excel
Eschborn: energypedia consult (2016), 22 pp.
"This guide shows, besides other things, how to implement the traffic light function of Excel. Aside from this function, it is in general very easy to visualize information with Excel. In this respect, the progress of indicators along the results chain of a project, but also the cash flow can be gra
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"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
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Using Social Media for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation in the MENA Region: World Food Programme Case Study
London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2016), 42 pp.
"This report presents an evaluation of the utility of social media for conducting research, monitoring and evaluation in the MENA region, using a case study approach. The Twitter based reaction to the reported cancellation/reduction of food provision by World Food Programme (WFP) for Syrian Refuges
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Measuring Empowerment Toolkit: Using the Commonwealth of Learning’s Three-Dimensional Empowerment Framework
Burnaby: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2016), vii, 35 pp.
"This toolkit is designed for development practitioners, government officials, academics, monitoring and evaluation specialists, and researchers who are interested in measuring empowerment. The learning objectives of this toolkit are: Users gain a general understanding of empowerment and empowerment
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The Use of IVR to Support Monitoring and Evaluation of Media Interventions: A Case Study of the VOTO System in Rwanda
Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) (2016), 21 pp.
"This report described a pilot study using the VOTO Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform to 1) distribute content and 2) collect quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation data regarding a media program in Rwanda. In addition to showing that the VOTO system worked well as a distribu
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Impact Evaluation in Practice
Key Guides
Washington, DC: World Bank; Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 2nd ed. (2016), xxviii, 335 pp.
"This book offers an accessible introduction to the topic of impact evaluation and its practice in development. It provides practical guidelines for designing and implementing impact evaluations, along with a nontechnical overview of impact evaluation methods . The approach to impact evaluation in t
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Evaluating Behavior Change in International Development Operations: A New Framework
Washington, DC: World Bank (2016), ix, 78 pp.
"This paper on behavior change constitutes one of two methodology papers (the other being on service delivery) that establish a new lens through which to understand the World Bank’s portfolio in IEG (Independent Evaluation Group) evaluations. The paper outlines the economic and psychosocial theori
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Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 4th ed. (2015), xl, 864 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
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Good Practice Study on Principles for Indicator Development, Selection, and Use in Climate Change Adaptation Monitoring and Evaluation
Climate-Eval Community of Practice (2015), viii, 87 pp.
"This study identifies and addresses key challenges concerning M&E for climate change adaptation (CCA). It does so by documenting good practices and good practice principles on the development, selection, and use of indicators used in the M&E of adaptation interventions. The study also looks at the
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How to Manage Gender-Responsive Evaluation: Evaluation Handbook
New York: UN Women (2015), iii, 162 pp.
"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
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Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice. The Definitive Text of Qualitative Inquiry Frameworks and Options
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 4th ed. (2015), xxi, 806 pp.
"Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today.
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Cómo gestionar evaluaciones con enfoque de género: Manual de evaluación
New York: ONU Mujeres (2015), iii, 168 pp.
"In the end, impact assessment comes down to a dialogue—about goals; how news informs, connects and engages communities; and how best to maintain journalistic integrity in the process. That’s why we’ve created this guide, which features both conceptual perspectives for foundations and nuts-and
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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
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Participatory Video and the Most Significant Change: A Guide for Facilitators
InsightShare; UNICEF (2015), 105 pp.
"This toolkit is for organisations planning to use 'participatory video and the most significant change' (PVMSC) to evaluate their social change projects. Part one gives an overview of the key stages and things to consider when preparing for a PVMSC process and includes perspectives and feedback fro
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