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Revised Evaluation Policy of UNICEF
This document form UNICEF outlines a revised policy for conducting evaluations.Value for Money: A Plan to Develop a Methodology to Audit Environmental Issues
This paper, written by Ximena Mura Alvarez, outlines a strategy to create a Value For Money (VFM) methodology for including environmental issues as part of a VFM audit.Contemporary Thinking about Causation in Education Evaluation: A Dialogue with Tom Cook and Michael Scriven
In this presentation, Tom Cook and Michael Scriven for The Evaluation Center, discuss the latest methodological developments in using randomised-control trials in educational and other settings.Excel charts: Pie charts
This webpage, written by Jorge Camoes for ExcelCharts, outlines the arguments for and against using pie charts and then provides detailed advice and some dos and don'ts for using them.Word clouds considered harmful
This article by Jacob Harris for NiemanLab provides a careful consideration of the argument against word clouds.The risks of using choropleth maps
This blog post by Patricia Rogers looks at some of the risks of using choropleth maps.Mountain of Accountability: Pursuing mission through learning, exploration and development
This webpage from the Blandin Foundation outlines its Mountain of Accountability© which has three interconnected levels of accountability.National evaluation policy in Canada
This case study, prepared by Katerina Stolyarenko for the Parliamentary Forum for Development Evaluation outlines the process that was used to develop and implement a government-wide monitoring and evaluatPolítica de evaluación nacional en Sud África
Este estudio de caso ofrece un resumen del proceso de implementación de un sistema de monitoreo y evaluación a nivel de gobierno (GWM&ES) en Sudáfrica.Participatory Analysis: Expanding Stakeholder Involvement in Evaluation
This paper, written by Veena Pankaj, Myia Welsh, and Laura Ostenso for the Innovation Network uses the case studies of three organisations that have used participatory analysis to examine its use in difWhat is a complex system and how is it different?
This video presentation from Chris Wood, Michael Quinn Patton and Ben Ramalingam for USAID looks at complex systems and how they are different from the norm.What are the implications/opportunities for development practice?
This is Part 3 of a three part series of video lectures conducted by USAID on complexity.More or less global citizenship? When measuring becomes learning
This paper, written by Jan van Ongevalle and Christine Carabain for NCDO looks at the action research conducted by four Dutch organisations active in promoting global citizenship analysing the effectivenessDesigning for Action: Principles of Effective Sustainability Measurement
This report from the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Measuring Sustainability provides detailed guidance for decision makers on measuring for effective sustainability.Emerging directions and challenges in survey methods
This slideshow, developed by Jolene Smyth for the The Evaluators Institute, looks at new ideas in survey design and also some of the issues that may be of concern when one is conducting a survey.Save the pies for dessert
This paper, written by Stephen Few of Perceptual Edge, presents a range of arguments on why you should not use pie charts.The development and utility of a program theory: Lessons from an evaluation
This article, written by Tim Clement and Christine Bigby, looks at the use and development of program theory in human service organisations.What Business Cards Can Teach Us About Evaluation Reports
This blog post by Stephanie Evergreen from Evergreen Data uses the designs of a number of business cards that she had collected over the years to highlight a number of important principles of desLessons learned
This overview by Michael Quinn Patton and Ricardo A. Millett provides a definition and discussion of how lessons learned can be derived and from what sources.Lessons Learned from Evaluation
This paper, written by M. J. Spilsbury, C. Perch, S. Norgbey, G.Reconstruction of Program Logic Models as an Essential Component of Program Evaluation
This presentation, given by Alexey Kuzmin at the AEA 2012 conference, outlines common problems with program logic models and provides suggestions on how to fix them during the evaluation.Four things policy-makers need to know about social media data and real time analytics.
This blog post by Ella McPherson for the London School of Economics and Political Science, Impact Blog looks at the lessons that can be learned from the ethical and methodological complications oThe fish soup development story
In this webinar, Ricardo Wilson-Grau presents a story of fish soup development in order to demonstrate how inputps, outputs, outcomes and impacts relate to the use of Outcome Mapping in complex and simple situations.La Historia del Desarrollo de una Sopa de Pescado
Webninar del 11 de abril de 2011. Explica los conceptos de insumos, productos, alcances e impactos diferenciando entre situaciones simples y complejas. Bosqueja las implicaciones para el Mapeo de Alcances.Building Blocks of Impact Evaluation
This video guide, produced by UNICEF, summarises the different elements of impact evaluation and options for planning and managing its various stages.CausalImpact: A new open-source package for estimating causal effects in time series
This blogpost, written by Mary Radomile for R-bloggers, looks at the open-source R package CausalImpact which can be used for causal analyses.Request for proposal - UNICEF
This example of a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is for a joint evaluation of HIV-related capacity development initiatives on young key populations in Asia anAvaliação para o investimento social privado: Metodologias
Este livro reúne um conjunto de contribuições oriundas do Seminário Internacional Avaliação para o Investimento Social Privado: Metodologias, realizado em julho de 2013 no Rio de Janeiro, pela Fundação Itaú Social, Fundação Roberto MarinhoEvaluation au niveau région
Les questions ci-dessous sont présentées à titre indicatif. Beaucoup d'entre elles sont dérivées des derniers travaux d'évaluation pays conduits par l'Unité d'évaluation.Encouraging innovation in development organizations
This blog post by Linda Raftree discusses the relationship between innovation and ICTs.The use of monitoring and evaluation in agriculture and rural development projects
The document reviews monitoring and evaluation practises carried out in agricultural and rural development projects, financed by the World Bank.Systems concepts in action: a practitioner's toolkit
The book, authored by Bob Williams and Richard Hummelbrunner, is focused on the practical use of systems ideas.