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Developing a Research Agenda for Impact Evaluation in Development
This article, written by Patricia Rogers and Greet Peersman for the IDS Bulletin, looks at the requirements for developing a research agenda for impact evaluation.Policy Advocacy: A Toolkit for Microfinance Associations
This guide, written by Sharon D’Onofrio for the SEEP Network, provides support for microfinance associations to build capacity and become advocates for the sector.Reflective Practice and Writing: a Guide to Getting Started
This paper, written by Narelle Hampe for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), provides detailed guidance on the use of reflective practice.Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow's case study of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis investigates how superpowers manage confrontation with one another.Participant observation and field notes
This web page from the Ethnographic Action Research (EAR) Training Handbook provides guidance on using participant observation as a research method.Methods for conducting systematic reviews
This guide, from the EPPI-Centre, looks at the processes involved when conducting Systematic Reviews. Covering the key steps involved, the guide focuses on four main area from apYour RFP for evaluation services is terrible. You can fix it.
This 7-page guide assists with preparing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for evaluation services. This resource and the following information was contributed to BetterEvaluation by Corey Newhouse.The Survey Methods Workbook: From Design to Analysis
This book written by Alan Buckingham and Peter Saunders provides detailed guidance on the use of quantitative research methods from the initial planning phase through to carrying out the fieldwork and analysing the findings.Survey Research: The Basics
This guide by Keith F Punch focuses on developing a range of the skills and strategies needed for conducting small-scale quantitative surveys.Survey Research
This webpage, from the Research Methods Knowledge Base, focuses on the use of surveys in social research.The Survey Kit
The Survey Kit provides detailed guidance and advice on developing surveys with specific sections on different methods such as as interviews, focus groups, observational analysis, and content analysis.Global peace index
The Global Peace Index, an initiative of Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), provides a ranking for each nation in regards to their peacefulness.Evaluability assessment for impact evaluation
This document provides an overview of the utility of and specific guidance and a tool for implementing an evaluability assessment before an impact evaluation is undertaken.Choosing appropriate designs and methods for impact evaluation - Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has commissioned this report to explore the challenges and document a range of possible approaches for the impact evaluations that the department conducts.Acinonyx cervidae hircus: Child-led evaluation of the Building Skills for Life programme in Cambodia
This report presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower adolescent girls and address the challenges they face accessing quality education.Addressing gender in impact evaluation
“Gender affects everyone, all of the time.Dealing with complexity in development evaluation - A practical approach
This book offers practical guidance to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive evaluations that can be undertaken in the real world of time, budget, data, and political constProgram Evaluation: a Plain English Guide
This 11-step guide defines program evaluation, what it is used for, the different types and when they should be used. Also covered is how to plan a program evaluation, monitor performance, communicate findings, deliver bad news, and put impCase Study Research: Design and Methods
Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fifth Edition of Robert K. Yin’s bestselling text offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool.Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures
'Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures' is an excellent resource for both academics and professionals who are conducting small to moderate sized surveys.What makes a popular science video on YouTube
This article by Dustin Welbourne and Will J Grant in The Conversation discusses ways to make a video about science popular and effective in its communication, highlighting a number of key features that are demonstrated through embedded examFramework for assessing compliance outcomes
This example of an outcome assessment framework was developed by the Western Australian Department of Fisheries in collaboration with four other Australian Fisheries Management Agencies.How to manage gender-responsive evaluation
This handbook, produced by the Independent Evaluation Office for UN Women, is aimed at supporting those who are implementing gender-responsiveImage-based Research: A Sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers
This book by Jon Prosser explores the use of images in qualitative research. It looks at the theory and processes behind this approach and uses a range of detailed examples that demonstrate its use in the field.Qualitative comparative analysis – A rigorous qualitative method for assessing impact
This guide, written by Carrie Baptist and Barbara Befani for Coffey, provides an outline of the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCADeveloping a Well-Reasoned Response to a Moral Problem in Scientific Research
This article analyses a process for developing a reasoned response to moral or ethical problems.UNEG Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation
These guidelines from the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) were designed to ensure ethical practice takes place in evaluations involving all UN agencies.AES guidelines for the ethical conduct of evaluations
These guidelines from the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) were designed to ensure ethical behaviour and decision-making are incorporated into evaluation practice.Australasian Evaluation Society Code of Ethics
This code of ethics from the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES) is aimed at promoting ethical evaluation practice, supporting its members and maintaining AES standards.GEF Evaluation Office ethical guidelines
These guidelines from the Global Environment Facility were developed to ensure ethical considerations were adopted in the case of conflict of interest situations and that the rights of stakeholders wBeyond informed consent: how is it possible to ethically evaluate Indigenous programs?
This paper from the North Australia Research Unit (NARU) of the Australian National University (ANU) analyses the ethical considerations of evaluating indigenous proProfessionnal Ethics and Standards for the Evaluation Community in the Government of Canada
This paper from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat outlines the professional standards expected of the evaluation community in Canada's Public Service with a particular emph