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Types of Evaluation
INTRAC (2017), 4 pp.
"There are many different types of evaluation. Each type has its own set of processes and/or principles. Many factors influence decisions over what type of evaluation to use. Evaluations can be categorised according to their purpose, who conducts them, when they are carried out, the broad approach u
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Evaluation Flash Cards: Embedding Evaluative Thinking in Organizational Culture
Quick Overview
St. Paul, Minnesota: Otto Bremer Trust (2017), 28 pp.
"As part of our ongoing work to strengthen our support for communities, the trustees and staff of the Otto Bremer Trust engaged in a series of learning seminars on evaluation. In order to make the core concepts easily accessible and retrievable, we asked Michael Quinn Patton, who led the seminars, t
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Uso de conceptos de sistemas en el diseño de una evaluación
Lima: Ambiente y Desarrollo ECOSAD - Consorcio por la Salud (2017), 68 pp.
"El poder atribuir los cambios a nuestra intervención es el principal desafío de los evaluadores. Conceptos como eficacia, eficiencia e impacto ocupan la atención de los evaluadores. Pero ¿este es el único enfoque para evaluar los cambios y las trasformaciones vinculadas a nuestras intervencion
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Developmental Evaluation
INTRAC (2017), 3 pp.
"Developmental evaluation involves long-term relationships between evaluators and project or programme staff. Evaluation is ongoing, which means that feedback can be provided on a continuous basis. Development evaluation is particularly appropriate for projects or programmes working in complex or un
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Real-Time Evaluation
INTRAC (2017), 3 pp.
"A real-time evaluation (RTE) is designed to provide immediate (real time) feedback to those planning or implementing a project or programme, so that they can make improvements. This feedback is usually provided during the evaluation field work, rather than afterwards. RTEs are normally associated w
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Evaluation in the Development Cooperation Activities of MISEREOR and its Partners
Aachen: Misereor, 3d ed. (2017), 30 pp.
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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Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: A Practical Approach
Los Angeles: Sage (2016), xliv, 429 pp.
Evidence-Based Principles to Guide Collaborative Approaches to Evaluation: Technical Report
Ottawa: Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services University of Ottawa (2015), iii, 39 pp.
"This technical report introduces a set of evidence-based principles to guide evaluation practice in contexts where evaluation knowledge is collaboratively produced by evaluators and stakeholders. The data from this study evolved in four phases: two pilot phases exploring the desirability of develop
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Connected, Creative and Cultural Communities: Developing an Integrated Approach to Policy and Evaluation for Remote Australian Indigenous Media and Communications
Doctoral Thesis Murdoch University (2015), xxviii, 875 pp.
Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications
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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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Monitoring and Evaluation of Policy Influence and Advocacy
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2014), iii, 70 pp.
"Policy influence and advocacy are increasingly regarded as a means of creating sustainable policy change in international development. It is often also seen as a difficult area to monitor and evaluate. Yet there is an increasingly rich strand of innovation in options to monitor, evaluate and learn
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Evaluating Peace Operations
Boulder, Col.: Rienner (2010), ix, 234 pp.
"There has been a great deal written on why peace operations succeed or fail [...] But how are those judgments reached? By what criteria is success defined? Success for whom? Paul Diehl and Daniel Druckman explore the complexities of evaluating peace operation outcomes, providing an original, detail
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Country-Led Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: Better Evidence, Better Policies, Better Development Results
Geneva: UNICEF Regional Office for CEECIS (2009), 312 pp.
Developing M&E Systems for Complex Organisations: A Methodology
Oxford: INTRAC (2009), 36 pp.
"The paper is divided into two parts: Part One describes a methodology for designing an M&E system. This covers a number of stages from defining the scope and purpose of the system to its eventual roll out. However, it does not cover the implementation of the M&E system. Part Two addresses many of t
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Evaluation of Citizens' Voice and Accountability: Review of the Literature and Donor Approaches Report
London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2007), xii, 60 pp.
"Enhancing citizen voice and accountability has increased in importance for donors since the 1990s. This paper reviews existing literature and the strategy and policy documents of seven DAC donors in order to contribute to the design of an evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness of these do
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Empowerment Evaluation Principles in Practice
New York; London: Guilford Press (2005), vii, 231 pp.
"What principles should guide an empowerment evaluation? And how can these principles actually be put into practice? One of the primary tasks in an empowerment evaluation (EE) is to increase the capacity of program stakeholders to plan, implement, and evaluate their own programs. This book presents
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New Trends in Development Evaluation
UNICEF; International Program Evaluation Network (IPEN) (2004), 121 pp.
"This working paper was conceived to stimulate debate on new trends in the evaluation function within the Post-Paris new Aid architecture and the UN Reform, and to explore the status of the evaluation function in CIS countries. Though this paper is not a technical manual or handbook, the authors mad
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Evaluationsforschung: Grundlagen und ausgewählte Forschungsfelder
Opladen: Leske und Budrich (2000), 414 pp.
"In diesem Lehrbuch werden die wichtigsten Theorien, Methoden und Entwicklungen der Evaluationsforschung in Deutschland, Europa und den USA beschrieben. Außerdem wird der Stand der Forschung für ausgewählte Politikfelder beschrieben: Forschungs-/Technologiepolitik, Arbeitsmarktpolitik, Verwaltung
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Values in evaluation and social research
Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage (1999), xxi, 152 pp.
"The focus of this book is on evaluation theory rather than on practice, even though we do suggest implications for practice. We believe theory is used to justify and inform practice, so the theory makes a difference to practice over the long run. And practice can inform theory, as it has done many
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