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Writing Guide for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
This tool from the US Department of Homeland Security provides step-by-step guidance for writing an MOU. It is laid out in template form with suggested headings for each section.Memorandum of understanding
This guide from the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) provides a template and examples for each section of an MOU.Two sides of the evaluation coin
Unusually perhaps, this article is written jointly by the commissioner and the contractor of a recent evaluation. The process was rich, complex, at times difficult and a learning experience for all of us involved.Household Water Connections in Tangier, Morocco
In this study, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) used an encouragement randomized control trial (RCT) in order to gauge the effectiveness of a scheme to provide free loans forSmall Individual Loans and Mental Health in South Africa
In this evaluation, The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) worked with an anonymous microfinance lender to identify 787 rejected loan applicants who had been deemed “potentially credMixing methods for rich and meaningful insight
The different perceptions of participants regarding the effectiveness of a project can, at times, be hard to identify.Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework
This paper reports on the approach used in a multicountry study of the poverty impact of research programs under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).Big data for development: challenges & opportunities - the white paper
This paper, written by Emmanuel Letouzé for United Nations Global Pulse, seeks to answer many of teh questions relevant to the use of big data in international development evaluations.Collective Action in CGIAR Capacity Development
This is the project report on a study conducted on the collective action in capacity development by International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in collaboComprehensive meta-analysis (CMA)
Comprehensive meta-analysis (CMA) is a software package that can be used to conduct a meta-analysis simply and effectively.CDC: Checklist to help focus your evaluation
This checklist, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), helps you to assess potential evaluation questions in terms of their relevance, feasibility, fit with the values, nature and tiFormBuilder
iFormBuilder is a mobile data collection platform that allows users to build a survey and distribute it to field workers for data entry.Annual review template
This template, from Chris Guillebeau's (2008) How to Conduct an Annual Review is an excellent tool for providing a clear and concise structure to conducting anTransforming a lizard into a cow: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Zimbabwe
This report is the second in this series and 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.From seed to scale-up: Lessons learned from Australia’s rural development assistance
This report from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT, formerly AusAID), reviews Australia's rural development assistance program highlightingEarth Eval: Using video to communicate evaluation results
This blog offers an example of a video that was created to communicate evaluation findings.Assessing the economic impact of HIV/AIDS on Nigerian households
In this paper, Canning, Mahal, Odumosu and Okonkwo (2006) use propensity score matching to assess the affect of HIV/AIDS on an individual's ability to access health care in Nigeria.Does microfinance reduce poverty in India?
In this study, propensity score matching is used to assess the impact of micro-finance loans on reducing poverty when they are used for productive means.Estimating the benefit incidence of an antipoverty program by propensity score matching
This study uses propensity score matching to estimate the distribution of net income gains from an Argentinean workfare program.Okiko in pursuit of a snail: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Kenya
This report is the third in this series and 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.Magpi (formerly Episurveyor)
Magpi (formerly EpiSurveyor) is a mobile data collection platform widely used in the international development sector.Viewworld
ViewWorld is a platform (application) for Mobile Data Collection. It's designed to help project members in the field collect data with the ViewWorld Reporting App.Big data for development: a primer
This slide show, from United Nations Global Pulse, is aimed at supporter international development and humanitarian communities make sense of Big Data.Big data for development: opportunities & challenges - a slideshow
This slide show, presented by United Nations Global Pulse at an event to launch a new white paper "Big Data for Development: Challenges and Opportunities" provides a detailed overview of some of tMy Thuan Bridge: Monitoring success
This evaluation report, written equally in English and Vietnamese, is about the Ausaid-funded My Thuan Bridge, the first bridge constructed across the Mekong River in Viet Nam.IconArray.com
Iconarray.com is an online tool for effectively communicating risk in a pictograph form.Quality education for all children? What works in education in developing countries
This paper, authored by Shari Krishnaratne, Howard White and Ella Carpenter for the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) demonstrates that educational initiatives in developing countrOpen Data Kit (ODK)
A free and open-source set of software tools for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.EthnoCorder
This software, developed by Robot Blimp Industries, is a tool designed to allow users to conduct rich media surveys while in the field.The Logic of Process Tracing Tests in the Social Sciences
This article, written by James Mahoney and published in Sociological Methods and Research, analyses the use of process tracing as a methodology for testing hypotheses in the social sciences.Participatory monitoring, evaluation, reflection and learning for community-based adaptation manual
This manual from Care International, provides detailed guidance on the use of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Reflection & Learning (MERL) tool primarily intended to support adaptive decision-yEd Graph Editor
This tool, created by YWorks, allows the user to create diagrams using either imported or manually entered data.