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  • Does our theory match your theory? Theories of change and causal maps in Ghana

    This study evaluates a program using Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) and the Causal Map software to collect, code, analyze and visualise stories of change from participants.
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  • Rethinking impact evaluation for development - IDS special issue

    This special edition of the IDS Bulletin presents contributions from the event 'Impact Innovation and Learning: Towards a Research and Practice Agenda for the Future', organised by IDS in March 2013.
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  • QuIP and the Yin/Yang of Quant and Qual: How to navigate QuIP visualisations

    This discussion paper reviews how quantitative and qualitative processes are utilised in analysis and presentation of
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  • Cracking causality in complex policy contexts

    This blog post addresses the challenge of making credible causal claims and discusses experiences from developing the Qualitative Impact Assessment Protocol (QUIP). Author James Copestake
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  • Causal Pathways introductory session: Realist evaluation

    This session of the Causal Pathways Symposium 2023, by Melanie Punton, is an introduction to Realist Evaluation, a theory-based evaluation approach based on the idea that interventions do not work for everyone, all the time.
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  • Causal Pathways introductory session: Causal mapping

    This session of the Causal Pathways Symposium 2023, by Steve Powell, focused on causal mapping, a tool for mapping causal relationships in evaluation, including visualizing them.
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  • Straws-in-the-wind, hoops and smoking guns: What can process tracing offer to impact evaluation?

    This discussion paper, written by Melanie Punton and Katharina Welle, looks at the potential use of Process Tracing in an impact evaluation context.
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  • Theory maker

    This free and open-sourced web-based tool was made by Steve Powell as a quick and simple way of creating a theory of change. The information provided was supplied by Steve Powell.
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  • Comparing QuIP with thirty other approaches to impact evaluation

    This resource outlines how the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) compares to 30 other impact evaluation approaches. 
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  • Process tracing as a practical evaluation method: Comparative learning from six evaluations

    This 2020 paper by Alix Wadeson, Bernardo Monzani and Tom Aston presents and reflects on six evaluations where process tracing was used and identifies some key learnings.
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  • Monitoring and evaluation for thinking and working politically

    This article explores the challenges of monitoring and evaluating politically informed and adaptive programmes in the international development field. Authors Thomas Aston, Chris Roche, Marta Schaaf & Sue Cant.
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  • A practitioner's guide to developmental evaluation

    This guidebook from J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and the International Institute for Child Rights and Development explores key aspects of Developmental Evaluation (DE).
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  • A developmental evaluation primer

    This primer guide from The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation outlines the basic principles of Developmental Evaluation and provides a range of tools to support its implementation.
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  • Develop agreed key evaluation questions

    Evaluation, by definition, must answer truly evaluative questions: it must ask not only ‘What were the results?’ (a descriptive question) but also ‘How good were the results?’ (an evaluative question). Depending on the type of evaluation, causal…
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Élaborer les principales questions d’évaluation convenues

    L’évaluation, par définition, doit répondre à des questions vraiment évaluatives : elle doit non seulement demander « Quels ont été les résultats? » (une question descriptive), mais également « À quel point les résultats ont-ils été bons? » (une question…
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Combine qualitative and quantitative data

    Combine qualitative data (text, images) and quantitative data (numbers) to improve the quality of findings.
    Framework/Guide
    Rainbow Framework

  • Causal Pathways 2023 Symposium and 2024 introductory sessions

    This series of webinars was first presented at the Causal Pathways Symposium 2023, which focused on "connecting, learning, and building a shared understanding of the evaluation and participatory practices that make causal pathways more visible"
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  • Focus groups

    A focus group is a type of group interview designed to explore peoples attitudes.
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  • What is process tracing actually tracing?

    This paper from Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun Pederson provides a comprehensive overview of process tracing (PT).
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  • Impact evaluation in 7 or 8 steps

    This slideshow takes the viewer through the process of designing an impact evaluation.
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  • Monitoring

    Monitoring is a process to periodically collect, analyse and use information to actively manage performance, maximise positive impacts and minimise the risk of adverse impacts. It is an important part of effective management because it can provide early…
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  • The magenta book: Guidance for evaluation

    This guide, from H M Treasury, originally published in 2011 and updated in 2020, is the central guidance for all UK government departments on evaluation.
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  • Key performance indicators

    A guide to thinking through the use of key performance indicators (KPIs).
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  • Section sur la théorie du changement

    La présente section explique comment et pourquoi vous pourriez utiliser une théorie du changement au moment de mettre en oeuvre et de gérer une évaluation.
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Describe the theory of change

    This section explains how and why you might use a theory of change when commissioning and managing an evaluation. It explains options for how it will be developed or revised, how it will be represented, and how it will be used. 
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Real-time evaluations of humanitarian action - An ALNAP Guide (pilot version)

    This guide helps evaluation managers to commission and oversee, and team leaders to conduct, Real-time evaluations (RTEs) of humanitarian operational responses.
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  • Beneficiary assessment: An approach described

    This paper describes the World Bank's approach to the Beneficiary Assessment approach.
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  • Beneficiary feedback in evaluation

    The purpose of this paper, produced by the Department for International Development (DFID), is to analyse current practice of beneficiary feedback in evaluation and to stimulate further thinking and activity in this area.
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  • Reporting

    The evaluation reports should include relevant and comprehensive information structured in a manner that facilitates its use but also provide transparency in terms of the methods used and the evidence obtained to substantiate the conclusions and…
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Guider 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…
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Prepare the contract

    Your organization probably has standard requirements and templates for consulting contracts.
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

  • Préparer le contrat

    Votre organisation possède probablement des exigences courantes et des modèles pour les contrats des experts-conseils
    Framework/Guide
    Manager's guide to evaluation

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