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Elements for an M&E framework for climate change adaptation projects
This paper from the Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office (GEF) outlines the monitoring and evaluation systems used by GEF in climate adaptation projects and the possible problems that may be encountered when developing an M & ETowards a characterisation of adaptive capacity: A framework for analysing adaptive capacity at the local level
A framework for understanding and assessing adaptive capacity at the local level is needed to begin to understand how it can be supported through wider development processes at both the local and national levels.A climate change index: Where climate change may be most prominent in the 21st century
This paper aims to present a single number which summarises different climatic conditions and is developed through an aggregated Climate Change Index (CCI).A guide to the vulnerability reduction assessment
This guide from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides guidance on using the Vulnerability Reduction Assessment (VRA) approach which is an essential component ofHow to perform evaluations – Model ToR
This guide produced by the Global Affairs Canada (formerly Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA) was developed to support staff to write clear and simplePresenting results
This module from the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) provides a detailed outline of the methods and processes for presenting evaluation results.Data collection methods
This series of lessons from the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET) aims to develop an understanding of various methods of collecting data for evaluations.Using Graphics to Report Evaluation Results
This guide provides detailed information on how to use graphics to represent data in evaluation reports.Survey - Detailed presentation of the tool
This website provides detailed information on what a survey is, why and when it is used, and how it can be performed. Unfortunately, a Portuguese version is no longer available.Encuesta con cuestionario
Este sitio web proporciona información detallada sobre qué es una encuesta, por qué y cuándo se utiliza, y cómo se puede llevar a cabo.Sampling
This paper from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension provides a guide using different types of sampling and outlines a range of strategies that can be used when drawing a sample.Survey: Quality Control Checklist
This webpage from EuropeAid provides quality control checklists to support the evaluation, preparation, design and implementation of surveys.Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys - Round 3
This website from Childinfo(archived link) outlines the methodology and findings from multiple indicator cluster surveys that were conducted in order to moniCollecting Evaluation Data: Direct Obervation
This paper from the Learning Store, provides an in depth guide to using direct observation as a means to collect evaluation information.Conducting Focus Group Interviews
This guide examines Focus Groups and how they can be useful to extract information. Step by step guidance is provided on how to conduct the focus group interview to help ensure high-quality results.Your detailed evaluation report
This online guide to creating final evaluation reports provides a setp-by-step approach to developing a final report.Creating Rubrics
This web page gives detailed guided assistance in creating rubrics.How to Build a Reputation Monitoring Dashboard
Written by Marty Weintraub for the marketing and advertising blog AimClearBlog.com, this guide offers a detailed, step-by-step overview of creating a reputational monitoring dashboard using the freGoogle Fusion Tables
A free online mapping service, Google Fusion Tables offers an easy-to-use, highly customisable tool for visualising table data in map form and posting maps online.Logic Model Workbook
Prepared by the Innovation Network, this workbook offers a “do-it-yourself guide” to the development and use of a range of logic models, including step-by-step description of the process required for thTransportation benefit-cost analysis
This website, written in the context of transportation policy, is of use to any investigator looking for step-by-step guidance on the cost-benefit analysis process.Making choices in health: WHO guide to cost-effectiveness analysis
This detailed guide provides investigators with a rigorous technical discussion of the cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) procedure, written from a public health perspective, as a method for assessing the efficiency of an intervention.Cost-effectiveness analysis, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) online guide offers a detailed and interactive introduction to the cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) process. The guide covers the following:Guidance Note on Developing Terms of Reference (ToR) for Evaluations
This guide from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is aimed at providing support to staff in the creation of Terms of Reference for evaluation.European Commission - Terms of Reference Guide
This guide from the European Commission is designed to support staff in the development of Terms of Reference for evaluation reports.Indicators for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals
This publication contains complete and authoritative information on the concepts, definitions, implementation and sources of data for the 48 official Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators.USAID: Evaluation Policy
"This policy is intended to provide clarity to USAID staff, partners and stakeholders about the purposes of evaluation, the types of evaluations that are required and recommended, and the approach for conducting, disseminating and using evaDECI: Final Technical Report
This Final Technical Report for the Developing Evaluation Capacity in ICTD (DECI) programme provides a final evaluation of the activities, outputs, outcomes and recommendations from tAn introduction to the use of randomized control trials to evaluate development interventions
This guide provides a non-technical introduction to randomised controlled trials (RCTs).Selecting Impact/Outcome Evaluation Designs: A Decision-Making Table and Checklist Approach
This article from Paul Duignan is aimed at supporting evaluators decide which impact/outcome evaluation design is most appropriate to use.Development Impact Evaluation Initiative
This World Bank website provides links to a variety of briefs, conference papers, thematic programs and working papers on impact evaluation.Steps - Steps to transforming evaluation practice for social change
This tool from Margaret Sanger Center International provides a step-by-step process for planning, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects.