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Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications
Deep Insights
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
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Field Guide for Evaluation: How to Develop an Effective Terms of Reference
Washington, DC: Pact (2014), 96 pp.
"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
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Guide to … Getting the Best Out of a Consultancy
London: Bond (2014), 15 pp.
"Consultancy costs can be a large budget item for many NGOs and so getting the best out of it is essential. This guide provides tips that will help you learn from good practices and avoid common mistakes. It is for staff involved in commissioning and managing consultants, particularly in programmes,
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"The BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework prompts you to think about a series of key questions. It is important to consider all these issues, including reporting, at the beginning of an evaluation. The Framework can be used to plan an evaluation or to locate information about particular types of metho
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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)
Utilization Focused Evaluation: A Primer for Evaluators
Penang: Southbound (2013), xii, 114 pp.
"Utilization Focused Evaluation (UFE) facilitates a learning process in which people in the real world apply evaluation findings and experiences to their work. The focus is on intended users. UFE does not prescribe any specific content, method, or theory. It is a guiding framework, rather than a met
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Planning Evaluability Assessments: A Synthesis of the Literature with Recommendations
London; Glasgow: Department for International Development (DFIP) (2013), iv, 48 pp.
"[...] Amongst those agencies the following OECD DAC definition of evaluability is widely accepted and has been applied within this report: “The extent to which an activity or project can be evaluated in a reliable and credible fashion”.
Eighteen recommendations about the use of Evaluability Ass
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Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation
Catholic Relief Services (CRS), revised ed. (2012), 133 pp.
Evaluating Peacebuilding Activities in Settings of Conflict and Fragility: Improving Learning for Results
Paris: OECD (2012), 97 pp.
"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
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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
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Four Essentials for Evaluation
Washington, DC: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) (2012), 32 pp.
"When done well, evaluation for learning can help grantmakers, their grantees and their partners improve outcomes on the ground in real time. But doing it well requires that we work with key stakeholders to develop the leadership, the strategies and the systems that facilitate true learning.
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Impact: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Community Information Projects
Miami: Knight Foundation (2011), 37 pp.
"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
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Making Evaluations Matter: A Practical Guide for Evaluators
Wageningen: Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research Centre (2011), 118 pp.
"Too often evaluations are shelved, with very little done to bring about change within organisations. This guide will explain how you can make your evaluations more useful. It will help you to better understand some conceptual issues and appreciate how evaluations contribute to empowering stakeholde
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Institutional Strengthening: Building Strong Management Processes
Baltimore: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2011), 666 pp.
"The Guide presents principles, minimum standards and best practices, business processes, references and tools deemed important for effective, efficient, and sustainable organizations. The Guide consists of ten chapters that cover the key functional areas of most organizations. Each chapter (and ind
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Developmental Evaluation: Applying Complexity Concepts to Enhance Innovation and Use
New York: Guilford Press (2011), xxi, 373 pp.
"Developmental evaluation offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers. In this book, eminent authority Michael Quinn Patton shows how to conduct evaluations within a developmental evaluation framework. Patton draws
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Agency-Based Program Evaluation: Lessons from Practice
Thousand Oaks: Sage (2010), 323 pp.
"Agency-based Program Evaluation: Lessons from Practice, by Stephen A. Kapp and Gary R. Anderson, serves as a core textbook in the advanced undergraduate and graduate social work program evaluation courses. It combines the methodology of program evaluation with the reality of working with agencies a
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A User’s Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project (2009), 22 pp.
"Although the argument for evaluating advocacy is convincing, advocacy has long been considered “too hard to measure,” and so far relatively few advocates, funders, or evaluators have taken on the challenge. But this is now changing. Interest in advocacy evaluation is surging and cutting-edge ad
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Managing and Implementing an Evaluation: Guidelines and Tools for Evaluation Managers
Baltimore; Washington, DC: Catholic Relief Services (CRS); American Red Cross (2008), vi, 64 pp.
Hiring M&E Staff: Guidelines and Tools for Locating and Hiring Strong Monitoring & Evaluating Candidates
Baltimore; Washington, DC: Catholic Relief Services (CRS); American Red Cross (2008), iv, 50 pp.
