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Evaluation Essentials: Methods for Conducting Sound Research
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2nd ed. (2025), x, 198 pp.
"This nuts-and-bolts introduction to program evaluation is also applicable to evaluation of policies and evaluation of organizational performance. It is rich with over 40 examples from public policy, public health, non-profit management, social work, arts management, education, international assista
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The Evaluation Handbook: An Evaluator's Companion
Top Insights
New York: Guilford Press (2025), xvii, 606 pp.
"This pragmatic evaluator's companion from leaders in the field provides essential guidance for designing, implementing, and managing exemplary evaluations using established and emerging methods, designs, and analyses. With contributions from skilled experts, the Handbook has a unique focus on the c
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Evaluation Essentials from A to Z
New York; London: Guilford Press, 3rd ed. (2025), xiii, 330 pp.
"loved for its conversational style and reliable advice, this text is now in a revised and updated third edition, reflecting key developments in evaluation. It includes expanded coverage of equity and social justice issues, values and cost analysis, visualizing qualitative data with software, and mo
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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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Real-Time Evaluations
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 21 pp.
"The purpose of this guidance note is to support the planning and implementation of fit-for purpose project real-time evaluations (RTEs) in accordance with the Adaptation Fund’s Evaluation Policy. The intended audience for this guidance note is people who plan and manage Fund evaluation activities
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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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Final Evaluation
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 29 pp.
"This guidance note outlines what is Final Evaluation at the Adaptation Fund, when does it occur, who is involved, and how to plan and implement them in accordance with the Fund’s Evaluation Policy. The accompanying annexes provide a general checklist for planning (Annex 1), common analytical appr
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Mid-Term Review
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 27 pp.
"This guidance notes outlines what is an MTR, when does it occur, who is involved, and how to plan and implement project MTRs. The accompanying annexes provide a general checklist for planning, illustrative inception and MTR report outlines, an illustrative evaluation matrix, and an illustrative man
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Inception Report
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 17 pp.
"The remainder of this guidance note is structured by five intuitive questions answering what inception reports are, what their benefits are, and when and how should they be written. Annex 1 provides an outline and checklist of the recommended sections for Fund Evaluation Inception Reports, and Anne
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Evaluation Budgeting
Washington, DC: Adaptation Fund, Technical Evaluation Reference Group (AF-TERG) (2024), 24 pp.
"This guidance note covers budgeting guidance for all levels and types of evaluation activity outlined in the Adaptation Fund’s Evaluation Policy. Because these activities include baseline studies that contribute to both evaluation and monitoring,1 this guidance note may be useful when budgeting f
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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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Handbook on Evaluation
Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing (2024), xi, 408 pp.
"In this Handbook, Reinhard Stockmann and other esteemed experts in the field provide a systematic and comprehensive exploration into the planning, process, implementation and utilisation of evaluations. Covering the process and individual steps of evaluation in detail, in chronological order and in
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UNESCO Evaluation Manual
UNESCO (2023), 62 pp.
Cost-Inclusive Evaluation: Planning It, Doing It, Using It
New York; London: Guilford Press (2023), xii, 299 pp.
"Is a given treatment, intervention, or program worth it? How can a program do more or better with less? Evaluating the costs of a program can be the missing link between a superficial evaluation and one that will get changes made and funding delivered. In accessible language and without complex for
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Handbuch zur Evaluation: Eine praktische Handlungsanleitung
Key Guidance
Münster: Waxmann (2022), 516 pp.
"Ziel dieses Buches ist es, kompakt und nutzerfreundlich Grundkenntnisse für die Planung, Durchführung und Anwendung von Evaluationen zu vermitteln. Hierfür greift es auf die inhaltlichen Konzepte und Unterlagen zahlreicher Kurse zur Evaluation im In- und Ausland zurück. Das Buch richtet sich an
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Impact Evaluation in International Development: Theory, Methods and Practice
Key Guidance
Washington, DC: World Bank (2022), xix, 401 pp.
"This book is written to provide detailed, rigorous guidance on how to conduct impact evaluations of government and nongovernment programs and projects. It covers all the leading quantitative impact evaluation methods, explaining the assumptions required for them to provide unbiased estimates and th
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Managing Evaluations in the Field: Step-By-Step Planning Guidance. Analysis and Evidence
Geneva: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2022), 17 pp.
"This guidance is useful for ICRC teams in the field managing different evaluation types that cover various interventions. Importantly, it is not an evaluation manual. Nor is it the only source to draw on when planning and managing an evaluation. It should be used in conjunction with other ICRC poli
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Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: A Toolkit for Small NGOs
INTRAC (2022), 52 pp.
The Learning Power of Listening: A Practical Guide for Using SenseMaker
Key Guidance
Baltimore, MD; Oxford: Catholic Relief Services (CRS);Oxfam (2022), 189 pp.
"The Learning Power of Listening guide is intended for those who wish to coordinate, participate in, or support the use of SenseMaker—a complexity-aware, narrative-based method—in conducting assessments, monitoring progress, and carrying out evaluations or research. The guide can be used for per
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IRC Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Handbook: Standards, Practices and Guidance
International Rescue Committee (2022), 40 pp.
