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Filter search resultsSet-theoretic methods for the social sciences: A guide to qualitative comparative analysis
… and Wagemann, provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of set theory to model causality and applications of …Resource52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 19: Using the Rainbow Framework
… How do we ensure we address all the important aspects of an evaluation when we're planning it? How do we manage to … the framework can help you identify what the issue is that needs clarifying and can offer some options. 3. Commission … their opinions. The framework can be used to consider who needs to be involved in which stage and how, plus how to make …BlogLessons from a trial of the Success Case Method
… Case Method approach is useful for documenting stories of impact and for understanding the factors that help or … Last year, I provided technical assistance to a pilot of the Success Case Method as part of the USAID-funded Complexity-Aware M&E Trials . The purpose …BlogEvaluation practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings – Evaluating the evaluations
… Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As part of this, BetterEvaluation is working with Aboriginal and … or regions. You can view these outputs on our new set of theme pages: Evaluation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait … Settings . You’ll also be able to download PDF versions of some of the key materials for easy sharing. Throughout …BlogEvalYouth Mentoring program
… skills; identify and overcome challenges, barriers, fears of developing a career in evaluation; build stronger professional networks towards the advancement of the profession; build linkages with internships and job … development of YEE. Scope: four modules divided between basic and advanced. Each Module will take up about a month to …GEI Training and Professional DevelopmentWeek 51: How do evaluation managers contribute to better evaluation use?
… important features; (1) the quality and thus credibility of discrete evaluation studies and (2) the extent to which it … it is becoming common practice to assign the management of evaluation to a person - either full time or as a part of other tasks - or to a dedicated internal evaluation unit. …BlogImpact evaluation
… indirect. An impact evaluation must establish the cause of the observed changes. Identifying the cause is known as … process. Planning and managing include: Describing what needs to be evaluated and developing the evaluation brief … are consistent with recipients’ requirements, country needs, global priorities and partners’ policies. …ThemeEnhancing Reporting of Behavior Change Intervention Evaluations
… in experimental design (randomised control trials) type of evaluations of HIV/AIDS behaviour change interventions. These are: … to BetterEvaluation by Jessica Noske-Turner as part of the Evaluating C4D Resource Hub . The Evaluating C4D …ResourceAn introduction to empowerment evaluation: Teaching materials
… by Bronwyn Sherriff and Stephen Porter, provides a set of content notes and a PowerPoint presentation that aims to … Objectives: To provide students and/or personnel with a basic introduction to empowerment evaluation. To present students and/or personnel with a concise overview of the key tenets, facets and steps of empowerment …ResourceOpen Learning Initiative: Probability and Statistics Course
… Open Learning Initiative takes students through the basics of statistics and probability. Included are a range of practical exercises with instructions on how to download … the data sets and complete the problems in a variety of different statistical software, including R and SPSS. …ResourceMonitoring And Evaluation Boot Camp
… like-minded peers. Scope: - Monitoring & Evaluation basics of M&E, Theory of Change, results-based M&E frameworks, evaluation methods and use, creation of indicators, data collection, presenting M&E results, …GEI Training and Professional DevelopmentImproving data quality: Early lessons from the Senegal power compact
… In this blog, Dr Marème Ndoye (MCA Senegal II Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Economic Analysis) shares how the implementation of a data validation committee has helped the understanding and communication of results. The $550 million Senegal Power Compact …BlogReporting
… facilitates its use but also provide transparency in terms of the methods used and the evidence obtained to substantiate … such as the resources used to produce the results and the needs it was supposed to address). Evaluative reasoning is required to synthesize dimensions of quality and value to formulate defensible (i.e., well …Framework/GuideManager's guide to evaluationMaking the case for capacity building
… This case study evaluation of the Pact's Umbrella Grants Management (UGM) Program in … building assistance can provide to the effectiveness of grants. In South Africa Pact worked with the NGO’s staff … support where it was needed, as determined by its set of participatory capacity assessment tools. Excerpt "Pact …ResourceEvaluation: A crucial ingredient for SDG success
… and citizens, the follow-up and review processes of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development must … and build well-reasoned and supported cases for claims of progress. While there is considerable focus on how to … here: Counting critically: SDG ‘follow-up and review’ needs interlinked indicators, monitoring and evaluation The …ResourceBetterEvaluation becomes part of the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI)
… BetterEvaluation Becomes Part of the Global Evaluation Initiative W e are happy to announce … on efforts that are country-owned and aligned with local needs, goals, and perspectives. Partnerships are critical to … by global successes but is tailored to specific country needs and contexts. Learn more about GEI’s work . … …NewsC4D Hub: Create a questions-led M&E framework
… M&E Framework starts with thinking about the information needs (questions) of the primary intended users, and builds a plan for … based: Have you considered the capacity building needs and planned for these ? Step 2: Specify the key …Framework/GuideCommunication for Development (C4D)Linking monitoring and evaluation to impact evaluation
… 214KB) . Contents 1. How can monitoring and other forms of evaluation support impact evaluation? 2 1.1. Main characteristics of monitoring, evaluation, and impact evaluation 2 1.2. How … impact evaluation 10 2.3. Identify information/data needs 10 2.4. Start with what you have 13 2.5. Design and …ResourceInformal traders lock horns with the formal milk industry: The role of research in pro-poor dairy policy shift in kenya
… Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), looks at the results of an analysis conducted to identify policy changes that … changes came about. Excerpt "This working paper forms part of the International Livestock Research Institute’s (ILRI’s) … credible and relevant research results pinpointed a basic problem in dairy development in Kenya: the need to …ResourceSocial network analysis in program evaluation
… This special edition of New Directions for Evaluation from the American Evaluation … network analysis (pages 5–13) The historical evolution and basic concepts of social network analysis (pages 15–23) Exploring and …ResourceUSAID: Evaluation Policy
… USAID staff, partners and stakeholders about the purposes of evaluation, the types of evaluations that are required and recommended, and the … p. 1) Contents Purposes of evaluation Basic organizational roles and responsibilities Evaluation …ResourceUsing appreciative inquiry in evaluation practice
… a workshop by Hallie Preskill at the 2007 Summer Institute of the American Evaluation Association and the Centers for … is intended to help participants to: understand the basic principles of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) experience the first phase of AI …ResourceAppreciative Inquiry: An approach for learning and change based on our own best practices
… inquiry principles, methods, domains, and a recent example of its use. " Since it was conceptualized in the late 1980s … a research methodology and change paradigm, the technique of ‘appreciative inquiry’ (AI) has proved to be highly … for higher levels of performance. This Brief outlines the basic principles and methods of AI, describes various domains …ResourceSampling for surveys: Simple random sampling
… These instructional videos introduce the topic of sampling for surveys and provide a guide and examples of how to apply simple random sampling. A simple random sample (SRS) is the most basic probabilistic method used for creating a sample from a …ResourceMainstreaming environmental sustainability in evaluation: EvalSDGs Insight #14
… to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), made up of people with a shared interest in evaluation and … mainstream environmental sustainability in the evaluation of all interventions, even when environmental sustainability … for this stance, and reviews the current low level of attention to environmental sustainability in evaluations. …ResourceOverarching principles for M&E in FCV settings
… adapted to manage the complexities and uncertainties of these environments while maintaining ethical standards and … adaptive management and learning by conducting regular needs and context analyses and adjusting strategies and … methods and approaches as necessary to respond to changing needs and information. Empower and strengthen capacity in …Theme52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 9: Addressing complexity
… is increasing discussion about the potential relevance of ideas and methods for addressing complexity in evaluation. … as addressing complication? For example at the Community of Evaluators South Asia’s Evaluation Conclave in Kathmandu , … interventions and innovations are those in which what needs to be done to solve problems is uncertain, where key …BlogMonitoring and evaluation for impact investing
… and actual blended value created is an important part of impact investing. Impact investments differ from earlier forms of socially aligned or socially responsible investments in … effects (Flynn, Young, & Barnett, 2015 p.11). History of impact investing While impact investing was coined as a …ThemeClosing feedback loops: From engaged citizens to more responsive governments
… webpage from The World Bank Institute looks at the impact of citizen engagement on development outcomes. Outlining this … on closing feedback loops. Excerpt "Recent experiences of citizen movements from around the world have highlighted … and inclusive engagement with citizens. The rapid spread of new technologies is transforming the daily lives of …ResourceRCT on a civic education program and the impact on voter behaviour by Search for Common Ground
… Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) is an example of how the randomized control trial (RCT) evaluation methodology can be used to test impacts of communication on behaviour and social change. In this case, the impact of civic education programs on voter and politician behavior …ResourceFive considerations for national evaluation agendas informed by the SDGs
… systems’ lens to approach the follow-up and review of the Sustainable Development Goals and discusses five key aspects of this perspective and their implications for national … here: Counting critically: SDG ‘follow-up and review’ needs interlinked indicators, monitoring and evaluation Who …ResourceEvaluating humanitarian action
… Different types of evaluation are used in humanitarian action for different … intended to draw out lessons learned with the broader aim of improving policy and practice, and enhancing … action is any activity taken with the objective of saving lives, alleviating suffering, and maintaining human …Theme