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Data for Development: What’s Next? Concepts, Trends and Recommendations for German Development Cooperation

Balthas Seibold, Elisabeth Hobl (eds.)

Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);Institute of Development Studies (IDS);World Wide Web Foundation; (2017), 83 pp.

"In this report, we look at the state of digital data for development and emerging trends. We aim to support German development cooperation in integrating and prioritising data approaches and investments in their work. In this study we focus on four data categories: big data, open data, citizen-gene ... more

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Inhaltsanalyse

Patrick Rössler

Konstanz: UVK, 3., völlig überarb. Aufl. (2017), 292 pp.

"Patrick Rössler führt Schritt für Schritt und anhand einer Beispielstudie in das Handwerk der quantitativ-standardisierten Inhaltsanalyse ein. Ein Muster-Codebuch mit entsprechenden Kategorien dient dabei als Prototyp für eigene Untersuchungen. Die dritte Auflage wurde grundlegend überarbeitet ... more

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The Step-by-Step Guide to Evaluation: How to Become Savvy Evaluation Consumers

Kellogg Foundation (2017), ix, 251 pp.

"At the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, we believe that evaluation is an effective management tool to both inform strategy development and track the progress and impact of strategy implementation. We have long been committed to supporting our grantees’ ability to derive and share lessons learned from the ... more

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Open Mic Nepal: Tracking Rumors in Post-Earthquake Nepal

Internews (2016), 13 pp.

"In July 2015, Internews launched Open Mic Nepal, a project designed to track and debunk rumors in the earthquake-afected communities. Based on previous pilots of this approach in Gaza and Liberia, the project set out to assess and address information needs by using minimally structured qualitative ... more

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Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation

Kathryn E. Newcomer, Joseph S. Wholey, Harry P. Hatry (eds.)

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 ... more

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Field Guide for Data Quality Management

Washington, DC: Pact (2014), 57 pp.

"Data quality is a cornerstone of accountability in program reporting. In the international development sector, although we are often focused on reporting, ensuring the quality of the data that we report is critical for our partners, our donors, and our beneficiaries. In addition, Data Quality Manag ... more

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Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications
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Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Chris L. S. Coryn

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

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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

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Communication Research: Techniques, Methods and Applications
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G. M. du Plooy (ed.)

Cape Town: Juta, 2nd ed. (2009), 460 pp.

"The research techniques and methods discussed are applied to researching advertising, mass-media audiences, mass-media efficiency and organisational and development contexts. The research problems or issues addressed are also relevant to other communication fields, including political, government, ... more

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Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services
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Wageningen; The Hague; Amsterdam: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA);Royal Tropical Institute (KIT);International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2009), xi, 321 pp.

"This is a practical and well structured manual aiming to use self-evaluation for organisational learning. The book consists of four parts. "The evaluation context" introduces the role of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment as part of the project cycle logic. "The evaluation process" descri ... more

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Statistics on Cultural Industries: Framework for the Elaboration of National Data Capacity Building Projects

Pernille Askerud, Richard Engelhardt (eds.)

Bangkok: UNESCO (2007), 110 pp.

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Sharpening the Development Process: A Practical Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation

Oliver Bakewell, Jerry Adams, Brian Pratt

Oxford: INTRAC (2003), xi, 139 pp.

"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

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Der Fragebogen: Datenbasis, Konstruktion und Auswertung

Sabine Kirchhoff, Sonja Kuhnt, Peter Lipp, Siegfried Schlawin

Opladen: Leske und Budrich (2001), 109 pp.

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Evaluation des télécentres communautaires: Un guide à l'intention des chercheurs

Anne Whyte

Ottawa: Centre de Recherches pour le Développement International (IDRC) (2001), 128 pp.

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Assessing Community Telecentres: Guidelines for Researchers

Anne Whyte

Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2000), 114 pp.

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Small-Scale Evaluation

Colin Robson

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

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Qualitative Evaluation: Introducing Qualitative Methods

Ian Shaw

London: Sage (1999), 226 pp.

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Erinnern von Radio-Nachrichten: Eine empirische Studie über die Selektionsleistungen der Hörer von Radio-Nachrichten

Andreas Kindel

München: Verlag Reinhard Fischer (1998), 274, xxviii pp.

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Doing Media Research: An Introduction

Susanna Hornig Priest

Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi: Sage (1996), xxviii, 265 pp.

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Toolkits: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Monitoring, Review and Evaluation

Louisa Gosling, Mike Edwards

Save the Children (1995), 254 pp.

"A highly practical guide for development workers which aims to help them evaluate and monitor their work in a systematic way. It covers the whole process of assessment, monitoring, review and evaluation of development programmes." (Catalogue Intermediate Technology Publications 2000)

Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications Top Insights

Communication Research: Techniques, Methods and Applications Key Guidance

Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services Key Guidance

Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications
Top Insights

Communication Research: Techniques, Methods and Applications
Key Guidance

Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Products and Services
Key Guidance