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Learning purposefully in capacity development (2008)
This paper examines how monitoring and evaluation (M&E) does, or could, make a difference to Capacity Development (CD).Le suivi et l’évaluation des capacités et du renforcement des capacités
L'étude se décline en une vingtaine d'études de terrain effectuées selon un cadre méthodologique comprenant les sept éléments suivants :Africa capacity indicators 2011: Capacity development in fragile states
This report from the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) provides data and analysis on the key issues and challenges facing capacity development in Africa.Evaluating capacity development: Experiences from research and development organizations
This book, developed by ISNAR's Evaluating Capacity Development Project, explains how an action-learning approach was used to conduct six evaluation studies over the course of 3 years.Evaluation of NGO partnerships aimed at capacity development
This report from Belgium's Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation describes the outcomes of an evaluation of Belgian NGO partnerships that are specifically aimed at capacityNGO partner survey 2010
This paper from Keystone Accountability describes the findings of a study which surveyed a range of southern NGO's who partner with 25 specific northern NGO's in order assess their performance on a range of measures.Combining the ‘best of two worlds’ in monitoring and evaluation of capacity development
In this chapter, David Watson compares and contrasts conventional results-based approaches with more innovative M & E options and demonstrates how these combine 'the best of two worlds.'Monitoring and evaluation of capacity-building interventions in the health sector in developing countries
This guide from Measure Evaluation outlines the concepts of capacity building, evaluates the strengths and limitations of current methods of measuring capacity and provides a design for a capacitOrganisational capacity building framework
This organisational capacity building framework serves to hold together a set of ideas or practices that comprise a broad approach course of action specifically aimed at assisting local implementing institutions and organisations.Return on investment: The long term impact of building healthcare capacity in Africa
This report from Accordia Global Health Foundation outlines five approaches to long-term capacity development and systems strengthening which are viewed through the lens of long-term impact eIndicators to help with capacity building in health promotion
This paper from NSW Health sets out to clarify capacity-building as a concept and to develop a range of indicators which will allow an evaluation of the extent to which capacity-building by healthZambian HIV/AIDS learning initiative midterm evaluation report
"Pact’s Zambian HIV/AIDS Learning Initiative (AFP-A-00-03-00046-00) aims to strengthen the capacity of Zambian NGOs working in the area of HIV/AIDS, and particularly to enhance the ability of these organizations to address the causes and coLocal administration and reform project mid-term evaluation
This Mid-Term Evaluation from USAID provides an assessment of the ongoing Local Administration and Reform project (LAAR) which aims to strengthen governance and social reform in Cambodia.HIV/AIDS targeted interventions: Participatory monitoring and evaluation framework
This set of guidelines from UNICEF was developed to support staff working on HIV and AIDS targeted Internvention (HATI) projects with monitoring and evaluation.Evaluation plan for the aksi stop AIDS (ASA)
This evaluation plan from the Aksi Stop Aids (ASA) projectwas developed as a tool for ensuring agreement on the evaluations’ overall purpoA toolkit for designing climate change adaptation initiatives
This toolkit from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) aims to support those that are involved in Climate Change Adaption (CCA) initiatives by providing step-by-step guidaPolicy impacts on inequality: Simple inequality measures
This module from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) demonstrates a range of ways to measure inequality by using the statistical concepts of location, shape and varEvaluating climate adaptation efforts: Notes toward a framework
This presentation outlines the types of adaptation challenges, levels of intervention and the options used for evaluating adaptation responses based on the challenge addressed.The national adaptive capacity framework: Key institutional functions for a changing climate
The National Adaptive Capacity (NAC) Framework represents a new way of thinking about adaptation planning and evaluation, which is being designed by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in consultation withClimate vulnerability and capacity analysis handbook
This handbook provides a detailed guide to CARE's Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis Methodology including the concepts, process, analysis, and tools that can be used for evaluation.Community-based adaptation toolkit
This toolkit from CARE was developed to support project teams complete the project cycle in community-based adaptation projects.Defining response capacity to enhance climate change policy
This paper, published in Environmental Science & Policy, highlights the lack of consistency bEvaluation of adaptation measures for livestock sector in mongolia
This working paper from Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change Initiative (AIACC) evaluates climate change adaptation measures being used in the livestock sector of Mongolia with the aim of reducing its vulnerability to clGISELA – GIS-based evaluation of land-use and agriculture market analysis under global warming
This paper discusses the development and use of a GIS based evaluation model that focuses on land use and food production.Impact of climate change and development scenarios on flow patterns in the Okavango River
This paper analyses the water flow patterns of the Okavango River in order to develop a water resource management tool that can be used to assess the impact of climate change on the river.An assessment of sustainable maize production under different management and climate scenarios
The objective of this assessment was to investigate sustainability at the smallholder agro-ecosystem level.Economic evaluation of climate change adaptation projects
This guide form the World Bank highlights a number of key challenges and solutions to carrying out analysis of the economic viability of climate change adaption projects.Participatory monitoring and evaluation for natural resource management and research
This guide from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) provides a detailed guide to the use of Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) with a particular emphasis on natural resource management.Making adaptation count: Concepts and options for monitoring and evaluation of climate change adaptation
This paper offers a monitoring and evaluation framework of climate change interventions.PACT South African HIV/AIDS grant management program
This independent external evaluation was commissioned by Pact South Africa to determine the extent to which Pact’s grant making and capacity building services have enhanced the capability of grantees to implement more efficient, high qualitConceptual framework for developing evaluation capacities
This paper, which was prepared for the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) and the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) prMethodologies to evaluate the impact of large scale nutrition programs
This report focuses on evaluating the impact of large scale nutrition intervention programs.