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Filter search resultsAdapting evaluation in the time of COVID-19 — Part 2: Define
… background papers, stakeholder mental models, and logical analysis of causal pathways. Blog — A quick primer on …BlogWeek 34: Alternatives to transcribing interviews
… often it is not possible to record and transcribe them for analysis: sometimes because of the cost of transcription or …BlogCommunicating evaluation to non-evaluators
… things like: Don’t claim success based on unsystematic analysis of biased data. Don’t use ‘cookie-cutter’ …BlogDecide whether the evaluation will be done by an external team, an internal team or a hybrid of both
… considerable staff time into the evaluation. A careful analysis of staff time costs compared to external consultant …Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluation52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 27: How can evaluation make a difference?
I'm sure most of our readers will agree that the goal of evaluation is not the fulfilment of a contract to undertake a study but the improvement in social and environmental conditions:BlogEvaluation costing
Evaluation expenses are highly situational and there are no magic formulas for calculating costs.MétodoDécider si l’évaluation sera réalisée par une équipe externe, une équipe interne ou les deux
Expertise, impartiality, cost, and time are key issues in deciding who will conduct the evaluation.Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluationGuider la production de rapports de qualité
L’évaluation, par définition, répond à des questions évaluatives, c’est-à-dire des questions concernant la « qualité » (à quel point quelque chose est bon) et la « valeur » (en tenant compte de la situation particulière, comme les ressources utilisées...Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluation52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 48: What does COP19 mean for monitoring and evaluation professionals?
BlogWeek 9: Innovation in evaluation part 3: what’s the latest in advocacy evaluation?
… about the significance of the advocacy campaign’s contribution. Oxfam GB is in year three of this process and …BlogWeek 38: Addressing sustainability in evaluation
This year’s AEA theme of visionary evaluation challenges evaluators to consider how their work can contribute to a sustainable future. In this week’s blog post, we’ve asked Will Allen for advice about how evaluations can address sustaBlogConversations to have when designing a program: Fostering evaluative thinking
The first step in evaluating a program is knowing whether you can evaluate it – that the program is ‘evaluable’.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 51: Strategies for commissioning evaluations successfully
… content, reports, datasets for in-depth review or later re-analysis) Factor in time to manage human research ethics …BlogReporting
… of the methodology employed: This should include an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the research …Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluationDifferent options and ideas about careers in evaluation
… fields such as project management, social work, or policy analysis. This approach means learning can be tailored to the …Marcos/GuíasEvaluation career guideDoing Development Differently means doing monitoring, evaluation & learning differently too
This week, Arnaldo Pellini (Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute and Lead for Learning at the Knowledge Sector Initiative, Indonesia) and Louise Shaxson (Senior Research Fellow, Overseas DevelopmenBlogHow evaluation embraces and enriches adaptation: A UFE approach
In this guest blog, Sonal Zaveri (with input from the DECI team) discusses why aBlog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 23: Tips for delivering negative results
… Use a participatory process such as a force field analysis to engage stakeholders in identifying what internal …BlogWeek 48: The value iceberg
… these ideas might apply in your work: Do you recognise the analysis presented? Does this highlight issues that you are …BlogPathways to professionalisation - Part 1: Professionalisation within the context of the AES
… and the rise of impact investing, social impact analysis, market research, and data analytics. As with any …BlogMissing link: Sustained and emerging impact evaluation
… resource. We envision creating regional centres of analysis of learning and country-ownership, with data …BlogWriting competition on Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Meet the judges!
… in monitoring and evaluation, policy research and data analysis, having worked within government, private …BlogExpression of interest
… and data collection methods, survey instruments, data analysis techniques, reporting format and time frame.” …MétodoEvaluating sustainability: Evaluative support for managing processes in the public interest
This special issue of New Directions in Evaluation includes discussions of different types of sustainability – sustainable environment, sustainable development, sustainable programs, and sustainable evaluation systems – and a synthesis of tRecursoHow to choose, develop, and support innovation in evaluation
This blog is an abridged version of the brief Innovations in evaluation: How to choose, develop and support them, written by Patricia Rogers and Alice Macfarlan.Blog52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 45: Participatory Video for M&E - unpacking how change happened
… of the process, the trainees conducted a participatory analysis of the collected stories and presented the results …BlogInterviews
… and interpreted using the investigator’s chosen option of analysis. During this stage, verification of the data and …MétodoConsider important elements of what is being evaluated
What is being evaluated makes a difference to how it should be evaluated. It is helpful to identify particular aspects of what is being evaluated and check that these have been addressed in the evaluation design.Marcos/GuíasManager's guide to evaluationLa planification et la gestion des évaluations de recherches sur le développement
… évaluer, puis se poursuit par l’évaluation de la contribution de la recherche aux résultats souhaités. Pour …ThemeWeek 50: Feedback loops – new buzzword, old practice?
… genuine loop in terms of ‘the collection, acknowledgement, analysis and response to the feedback received’. These …BlogImproving data quality: Early lessons from the Senegal power compact
… II Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Economic Analysis) shares how the implementation of a data validation …BlogParticipatory evaluation
… from the evaluation design to the data collection and analysis and the reporting of the study. A participatory …Enfoque