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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
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Evaluating Health Communication Interventions
In: Strategies for Developing Global Health Programs
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2014), pp. 352-367
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)
Florence: UNICEF (2014), 11 pp.
"A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is a way of doing impact evaluation in which the population receiving the programme or policy intervention is chosen at random from the eligible population, and a control group is also chosen at random from the same eligible population. It tests the extent to whi
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The Political and Ideological Dimension of the Measurement of Freedom of Information: Assessing the Interplay Between Neoliberalism and the Freedom of the Press Index
International Communication Gazette, volume 76, issue 6 (2014), pp. 505-527
"By illustrating the rise of neoliberalism as a case in point, the study hypothesises a neoliberal influence on the measurement of freedom of information. To test such assumption, the work describes three ideal typical models of freedom of information – the liberal, egalitarian and neoliberal mode
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A Participatory Framework for Researching and Evaluating Communication for Development and Social Change
In: The Handbook of Development Communication and Social Change
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell (2014), pp. 298-320
"This chapter first discusses evaluation of communication for development in relation to ideas around participation and social change, before presenting the framework for evaluating communication for development and social change, and the key principles that underpin it. It then describes some of th
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ICTs for Monitoring and Evaluation of Peacebuilding Programmes
Search for Common Ground (2014), 43 pp.
"The paper focuses on exploring the application of the following ICTs: mobile technology, social media, big data, the digitization of surveys, and tools to better visualize data. Each section outlines a series of resources and some advantages and drawbacks to utilizing the new technology for M&E pur
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A Guidebook of Broadcast and Newspaper Indicators
Montreal: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2013), 78 pp.
"This guidebook has been developed for use by professionals, policymakers and the research community involved in media development around the world. Its development was based on the UIS questionnaires on media statistics (see Appendices II, III and IV). This guide is not intended to provide a full s
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Building indicators in media assistance: Four ways evaluation reports present "change"
Shanghai; Brisbane: ICA Regional Conference: Communication and Social Transformation, 8-10 November 2013; Queensland University of Technology (2013), 15 pp.
"This paper draws on some preliminary findings from a comparative thematic analysis of 47 evaluation documents of media assistance programs. The aim of this analysis is to identify trends in impact evaluation practice in the media assistance field, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of differen
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Participatory Evaluation of Information Projects, Products and Services for Organisational Learning and Impact
Wageningen: Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2013), 56 pp.
"This book has been written largely as a result of the success of the Smart Toolkit for Evaluating Information Projects, Products and Services (2010) and in response to suggestions made by stakeholders to produce a compact primer. For many, the Smart Toolkit represents a major work that, despite its
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Public Communication Campaigns
Thousand Oaks et al.: Sage, 4th ed. (2013), xiii, 376 pp.
"In this fully revised and expanded Fourth Edition, Ronald E. Rice and Charles K. Atkin provide readers with a comprehensive, up-to-date look into the field of public communication campaigns. Updated to reflect the latest theories and research, this text extends coverage to new areas, including sun
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Collaborative Evaluations: Step-by-Step
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2nd ed. (2013), xi, 249 pp.
"Liliana Rodríguez-Campos and Rigoberto Rincones-Gómez present their Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) with its six major components: identify the situation, clarify the expectations, establish a collective commitment, ensure open communication, encourage effective practices, and follow sp
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Evaluating Communication for Development: A Framework for Social Change
Deep Insights
New York: Routledge (2013), xvi, 189 pp.
"Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. It critiques dominant instrumental, accountability-based approaches to development and eva
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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)
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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Deepening Engagement for Lasting Impact: A Framework for Measuring Media Performance & Results
Learning for Action (2013), 53 pp.
"The guide has been formatted to be useful to people at all levels of familiarity with media evaluation. The next section begins by presenting a core framework: four “building blocks” that distill a diverse set of evaluation frameworks into a straightforward process you can use to plan a new mea
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Practical Approaches to Theories of Change in Conflict, Security, and Justice Programmes. Part II: Using Theories of Change in Monitoring and Evaluation
London: Department for International Development (DFID); Search for Common Ground (2013), 29 pp.
"The goal of this document is to improve the effectiveness of DFID programmes and the measurement of their impacts by providing DFID Advisers with the practical skills to develop high quality theories of change, to understand the role they play in programme design and assessment. It is intended for
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Participatory Impact Assessment: A Design Guide
Somerville: Feinstein International Center (2013), v, 57 pp.
Die Gruppendiskussion als Evaluationsmethode: Entwicklungsgeschichte, Potenziale und Formen
Zeitschrift für Evaluation, volume 12, issue 1 (2013), pp. 23-51
"Der Artikel beabsichtigt, den derzeitigen Diskussionsstand zu Theorie und Praxis der Gruppendiskussion bezogen auf das Feld der Evaluation zusammenzutassen, die Stärken und Grenzen von Gruppendiskussionen in evaluativen Vorhaben zu skizzieren und eine weitere Fundierung der Gruppendiskussion in de
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