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Starting Conversations to Tackle Sanitation in India Through TV Drama: Evaluation of Navrangi Re!

Tom Newton-Lewis, Rishika Das Roy, Varinder Kaur Gambhir, Anna Godfrey, Rituparna Sanyal, Ishleen Sethi, Radharani Mitra, Ragini Pasricha, Purnima Mehrotra, Sandhya Iyer, Pavan Mamidi

Journal of Development Communication, volume 32, issue 2 (2021), pp. 45-58

"There is a growing body of evidence from rigorous evaluations demonstrating the effectiveness of education entertainment – ‘edutainment’– interventions in achieving development outcomes. Building on this research, this study presents the results of a pioneering quasi-experimental evaluation ... more

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Ma Shet Ne: Evaluation Report. Phase 1: 2020-2021

BBC Media Action (2021), 51 slides

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Mozilla Fellowships and Awards Program: Evaluation and Impact Narrative. An Evaluation of Mozilla’s Fellowships & Awards Program Strategy and Impact from the Beginning of 2016 Through Mid-2020

Ayana Byrd, Kenrya Rankin

Mozilla Foundation (2021), 128 pp.

"This evaluation is an analysis of the Mozilla Foundation’s grantmaking and fellowship work led by the F&A team from the beginning of 2016 through mid-2020. It seeks to understand: 1) the impacts of the programs on individual funding recipients and organizational partners, on the issues the progra ... more

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USAID/South Sudan Final Performance Evaluation of I-Stream South Sudan: Strengthening Free and Independent Media in South Sudan

Vivien Marles, Anthony Ochan Materno

USAID (2021), v, 110 pp.

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Evaluation of the Implementation of the Strategy for Information and Communication Operations, Including Through Organisations Within the Civil Society During the Period 2016-2022

Jonas Lövkrona, Johanna Stenersen, Nordlöf, Karin

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2021), 75 pp.

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Evaluation of Union of Tanzania Press Clubs' (UTPC) Strategic Plan 2016-2020: Final Report

Henrik Alfram, Annmarie Mavenjina Nkelame, Valerie Ndeiengo-Sia Msoka

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2021), 78 pp.

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Can media campaigns change attitudes and spark actions to reduce early child marriage? Impact evaluation of breakthrough’s early marriage campaign in Jharkhand and Bihar states of India

Raghunathan N., Leena Sushant, Siddhi Mankad

New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) (2021), vi, 45 pp.

"A clustered randomized trial in two states of India examines alternate strategies to reduce child marriage, increase girls' education and change gender attitudes. GPs were randomized into four treatment and one control group in a 1:1:1:2:2 ratio. The GP level intervention from November 2012 deliver ... ed to treatment groups i) A Full Package, comprising mass-media, training and community mobilization programs; ii) a Training Package comprising a combination of mass media and a training program at the block level; iii) a Community Mobilization Package comprising a combination of mass-media and a community mobilization program; iv) and an only Mass Media program. Data from 2,542 households seven years after the start of the program shows that the intervention made significant improvements in impact indicators on girls' education and incidence and age at marriage. As compared to the control GPs, the Full Package intervention increased the age at marriage for girls aged 13-25 on an average by 6.5 months and their education by 9 months. The Full Package also increased the percentage of girls enrolled in school by an additional 9% over the level that control group achieved (92% in Full Package vs 83% in Control Group). The program impacts were similar after controlling for stratification and other household and GP level characteristics. We found that the intervention made an outcome indicator - gender attitudes - more progressive; GP with Full Package had a 0.407 standard deviation (equivalent to approximately 16%) higher gender attitude index than control GPs (p < 0.01). The measure of attitudes is an index of aggregated indices on gender equality, education, marriage, mobility and knowledge. Attitude change was larger for education and mobility indices. For example, the households in the Full Package had 0.26 and 0.33 standard deviations more positive attitude towards girls’ education and mobility than control GPs. We did not find any significant effect on attitudes pertaining to marriage and girl’s work and responsibility. There is little change in norms related to gender roles within the home and education has mostly been perceived as a vehicle for better management of the home, rather than for empowering women to work and be independent." (Summary) more

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Evaluationsbericht 2021: Mit freien Informationen die Welt verändern

Bonn: Deutsche Welle (2021), 239 pp.

"Die vorliegende Evaluation gibt Aufschluss darüber, ob und wie die DW die Ziele aus der Aufgabenplanung 2018–2021 erreicht hat. Detailliert weist sie nach, welche Aktivitäten die DW als Unternehmen durchführte und welche Schwerpunkte sie in den inzwischen 32 Sprachangeboten setzte. Mithilfe um ... more

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Common Service Evaluation: What Role Has the Common Service Played in Helping Agencies Communicate with Rohingya and Host Communities During the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Nicola Bailey, Nushrat Mehjabin, Sifati Tamanna

London: BBC Media Action (2021), 51 pp.

"The common service for community engagement and accountability, through its consortium members BBC Media Action and Translators Without Borders (TWB), aims to help agencies and sectors working to support Rohingya refugees and local host communities living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to achieve thi ... s by providing a range of specialist, technical support services. Movement restrictions implemented since the beginning of the pandemic meant that humanitarian programmes were reduced to essential services only in the Rohingya camps, community engagement efforts were restricted, and many initiatives planned for the host community were cancelled. The common service adapted its activities in a number of ways: carrying out online training sessions with practitioners; conducting telephone research with communities; shifting the focus of communication products to meet communities’ information needs around Covid-19; and working with partners to use communication channels which would ensure information was still able to reach communities [...] This evaluation has shown that practitioners feel the common service played a critical role in getting important information to Rohingya communities during this time. It did this through: - Helping partner agencies understand Rohingya communitiesf perspectives and concerns, and how to communicate with them, based on up to date research and a cultural understanding developed over time (using What Matters? as a vehicle for sharing this information, as well as providing practitioner training and bespoke advice). - Creating and disseminating audio and visual content which is easy for Rohingya people to understand, and helps volunteers and field staff communicate effectively with them. - Working in partnership with humanitarian agencies to adapt communication strategies and make sure information was reaching people despite Covid-19 restrictions, for example adapting audio programmes to be played through mosque loudspeaker systems; training Imams to communicate on Covid-19; ensuring content is played at food distribution points and other essential services; and equipping community health workers with simple and effective communication materials about Covid-19 to use in door to door visits." (Executive summary) more

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Development Evaluations in Uganda 2000-2018: A Country Evaluation Map

Howard White, Timophy Lubanga et al.

Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL) (2021), v, 80 pp.

"This CEDIL Synthesis Working Paper is a report on the first of its kind country evaluation map for a single country. The map identifies 617 evaluations in multiple sectors in Uganda. Nearly 60 per cent of the studies contain process evaluation evidence and over 40 per cent are impact evaluations. T ... more

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Using Social Media to Strengthen the Political Participation of Young Women and Men in Nigeria

London: BBC Media Action (2021), 3 pp.

"The EU Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU SDGN) project funded by the EU employed a ‘social media first’ approach to strengthen the political knowledge, understanding, discussion and efficacy of young (18-24 years) women and men across all 36 states and FCT in Nigeria. High-impact ... more

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Scaling Up Growth: Addressing Stunting in Tanzania Early (ASTUTE). Final Evaluation Report

IMA World Health; Development Media International; UKAID (2021), 31 pp.

"This report presents the findings from the evaluation of the ASTUTE media campaign. Three cross-sectional surveys were conducted before, during, and at the end of the campaign, with questions targeted to female caregivers and male heads of households when they were available. The impact of the camp ... more

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Impact Evaluation of an Intensive Journalism Training Activity in Tanzania: Final Report

Keith Weghorst Kristin Michelitch

USAID (2021), 29 pp.

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Improving Environmental Outcomes Through the Media: An Evaluation of How Support for Journalism Changes Environmental and Climate-Related Policy and Practice

Cathy Shutt

Internews; Earth Journalism Network (EJN) (2021), 157 pp.

"In recent years, Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has invested time and resources to better understand the results of the support it provides to journalists and media outlets. EJN already uses a suite of methods to gauge the impact of its efforts to improve environmental media, such as e ... more

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Data-Driven Advocacy Midterm Performance Evaluation

Washington Katema, Victoria Lihiru, Bernard Kindoli et al.

Washington, DC: USAID (2021), xii, 89 pp.

"Since August 2017, USAID/Tanzania’s five-year Data-Driven Advocacy (DDA) Activity has sought to improve and sustain Tanzanian civil society’s ability to advocate for and influence policy on key national human rights issues using higher-quality data and information to drive results. Implemented ... more

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Evaluación externa de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de SIGNIS ALC

Jaime Carril Rojas, Cristóbal Morales Abarca

Quito: Signis América Latina y Caribe; Adveniat (2021), 95 pp.

"En relación con el fortalecimiento de la Red SIGNIS ALC en América Latina y el Caribe y al apoyo a los integrantes de la Red SIGNIS ALC y sus propuestas. Se puede afirmar que la nueva estructuración de la organización asumida en abril 2017 ha permitido un reenfoque estratégico de SIGNIS ALC. L ... ogros: - Un incipiente reconocimiento de SIGNIS ALC en las distintas orgánicas de la iglesia católico-latinoamericana, entre ellas el CELAM y algunas Universidades Católicas AL. - Una mejor articulación con diversas áreas de SIGNIS Mundial y un impulso a temáticas de interés de las organizaciones nacionales de SIGNIS ALC, temas como “cuidado de casa común”, “jóvenes”, y “comunicación comunitaria”. Estos enfoques son altamente compartidos entre los directivos de las entidades SIGNIS nacionales. - El 90% de las directivas nacionales valoran el papel actual de coordinación de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de SIGNIS ALC en relación con las actividades de comunicación y articulación de información de las acciones de realizan las nacionales y SIGNIS ALC. - La S.E. tuvo la capacidad para adaptar la ejecución de los programas en la situación de pandemia, alcanzando en sus programas, buenos niveles de participación local-regional. Debilidades: - Aunque los temas actuales que trabaja SIGNIS ALC están en sintonía con los interés de las directivas locales, pero se evidencia que hay una insuficiencia en la S.E. para detectar, valorar y articular iniciativas que surjan o puedan partir desde las organizaciones nacionales. Esto se produce ya que no existe desde la S.E. un mecanismo orgánico, explícito, permanente y sistemático que permita recoger las inquietudes o necesidades de acciones y proyectos de signis nacionales. - Muchas acciones o programas no logran bajar a las realidad, al no disponer de un seguimiento y presupuesto efectivo para una segunda fase; estos no logran implementarse en este nivel local (social) en los países de las asociadas. (Esto genera un sentimiento de alta expectativas pero que tiene bajos logros). Por ello es necesario identificar en los proyectos de forma realista “indicadores de logros detallados” de las acciones para acotar mejor (eficacia) la forma para impactar. - Aunque hay logros en los esfuerzos y resultados que pudo aumentar los ingresos para los proyectos de SIGNIS ALC en el periodo estudiado, y así como para la propia S.E., falta en que la S.E. realice un real impulso de fundraising que permita escalar la capacidad de sostenibilidad, orientada a apoyar a las asociadas locales de SIGNIS ALC. - A la vez, cuando hay muchos temas e intenciones declarados, y no es posible de abordar dado la organización y los recursos financieros actualmente disponible; lo mismo se trasluce en la plataforma digital; se requiere que la S.E SIGNIS ALC impulse una focalización identitaria para lograr incidencia." (Resumen de la evaluación, página 5-7) more

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Performance Evaluation of USAID/Colombia Programa De Alianzas Para La Reconciliación

Olga Nazario, William Orlando Prieto, Juan Camilo Rivera

USAID; Democracy International, Inc (2021), vii, 26 pp.

"Colombia’s history of violence and armed conflict has eroded people’s trust in each other and trust, which ranks low among the components that Colombians consider important for reconciliation, is difficult to restore during the course of a project. Still, the Program of Alliances for Reconcilia ... tion (PAR) has achieved changes in perception that represent an important component in changing mindset that could eventually extend through the communities where participants live and work. Though implementers recognized positive effects on perceptions of reconciliation among participants, these further effects in communities may only be visible among non-participant indirect beneficiaries. Similarly, though PAR participants overwhelmingly reported positive effects of PAR participation on their behavior and some drivers of reconciliation, examples were limited to their personal thoughts and actions and not those of their communities. Without a baseline for comparison, the degree of shifts in attitudes and behaviors cannot be determined, but indications of changes in attitude paired with reporting of ongoing participation and continued use of skills indicate participants remain changed, at least in the short term, by their participation in PAR activities. DecidoSer workshops and the Ambassadors for Reconciliation initiatives are successful tools that provide the opportunity to identify lessons learned and good practices in the management of community changes beyond individual changes. DecidoSer is valuable not just for participants, but implementers (who are themselves members of communities whose contributions to reconciliation are worthwhile and necessary) as well, and the changes in trust and dialogue that contributed to improved business practices are a positive (and perhaps unexpected) result. Respondents generally saw the conceptual benefits of both DecidoSer and Ambassadors for Reconciliation for sustainability of reconciliation, though without specific evidence for believing this, or enough time to demonstrate it. Contrary to the notion that multi-sectoral relationships within a community might contribute to sustainability, the evaluation team did not find evidence of a correlation between PAR’s activities in a community and long-term engagement with other community actors." (Conclusions, page 28) more

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A Roadmap for Measuring Distance Learning: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Practices
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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 ... more

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Supporting Humanitarian Communication: What Role Does a Dedicated ‘common Service’ Play in Community Engagement and Accountability? A Case Study from the Rohingya Response, Cox's Bazaar

Nicola Bailey, Sally Gowland, Nushrat Mehjabin, Fariha Rahman, Fuad Ur Rabbi

London: BBC Media Action (2021), 55 pp.

"Since October 2017, the Common Service for Community Engagement and Accountability (‘the Common Service’) has been funded as a dedicated project providing key services and support to help humanitarian organisations engage effectively with Rohingya communities and Bangladeshis living near Rohing ... more

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Using Drama to Encourage Non-Violent Conflict Resolution in South Sudan

London: BBC Media Action (2020), 2 pp.

"Mixed methods research found that including entertaining and relatable characters and storylines in the Life in Lulu radio drama engaged listeners and helped them to apply lessons from the programme to resolve conflicts peacefully in their own households and communities." (Page 1)

A Roadmap for Measuring Distance Learning: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Practices Key Guides

A Roadmap for Measuring Distance Learning: A Review of Evidence and Emerging Practices
Key Guides