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An assessment of sustainable maize production under different management and climate scenarios
… The objective of this assessment was to investigate sustainability at the … soil organic 4 carbon and nitrogen responses to a range of management practices and plausible climate scenarios. The … and operational implications associated with climate change? Contents Specific methods entioned Goal-oriented …Insights into participatory video
… handbook from InsightShare provides a detailed account of the purposes and processes involved in running … world. "Participatory video is a tool for positive social change, it is a means of empowerment for the marginalised and it is a process that …Leveraging imagery data in evaluations: Applications of remote-sensing and streetscape imagery analysis
… data in evaluations and the advantages and limitations of relevant methodologies. Imagery data, such as … showing what's happening on the ground. A key advantage of image analysis is that it can be used to quantify changes … digital photos depicting the physical characteristics of houses can be used as a proxy for poverty levels ". …IRIS+
… the social, environmental and financial performance of an investment. IRIS+ provides guidance and core metrics (performance indicators) to support the use of credible, comparable impact data. This resource and the … of impact: WHAT is the goal? WHO is affected? HOW MUCH change is happening? What is the CONTRIBUTION? What is the …Discussion Paper: Innovations in Monitoring and Evaluation
… are occurring in M&E, and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods. Extract "Innovations Overview 1. … approach includes the deliberate, massive and creative use of mixed (quantitative and qualitative) methods on multiple … and how the project or intervention contributed to the change 4. Crowdsourcing A large number of people actively …Transforming a lizard into a cow: Child-led evaluation of the building skills for life programme in Zimbabwe
… second in this series and presents a child-led evaluation of a multi-sectoral programme in Cambodia seeking to empower … can find links to the first and third parts at the bottom of the page. This resource and the following information was … practical and even easy way to enrich our understanding of change and enhance programme quality. Why would you recommend …Evaluation at the endgame: Evaluating sustainability and the SDGs by moving past dominion and institutional capture
… role in addressing the urgent threats to sustainability of the planet and the life it supports. It outlines evidence … The systemic origins for evaluation’s prioritization of human over natural systems: a dominion world view, … as a free-standing criterion Evaluating with rapid change and uncertainty Relentlessly pursues use Excerpts “The …Amplifying nonprofit voices: Bridging the advocacy evaluation gap
… ALGardner Consulting Shannon Williams, MA, LLM, Director of Operations and Evaluation for the Bolder Advocacy program … MSW, Principal at Strengthening Democracy Key features of Amplifying nonprofit voices Our strategy was to seek input … play in evolving the field of advocacy and policy change evaluation to better meet advocate evaluation needs …Evaluation, valuation, negotiation: some reflections towards a culture of evaluation
… valuation, negotiation: some reflections towards a culture of evaluation" explores the issues of developing standards for an evaluation, when these have … report will refer explicitly to these. While these may change over the period of the evaluation, ongoing discussions …Equitable evaluation: Voices from the Global South
… This book aims to drive conversation about "the role of evaluation in addressing inequality and fostering an … populations have been unfairly and unjustly deprived of resources due to social context. Equitable evaluation can … by international institutions Chapter 5: Unlocking climate change adaptation injustice through using intersectional …Participatory learning and action
… the opportunity to contribute papers for future issues of PLA. Past issues include: PLA 65: Biodiversity and … Song Haokun, Deng Weijie and Wang Jianping 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa . IIED, … on DVD 60: Community-based adaptation to climate change . IIED, December 2009, 244 pp. Guest editors: Hannah …Embedding evaluation in national plans and policies to foster transformative development
… This IIED Briefing Paper argues that meaningful evaluation of progress towards achieving sustainable development extends … national reviews, and that for the full potential of evaluation to be realised, evaluation processes must be … specific pieces of evidence. This is not presented only in theory, but as it was applied to a specific evaluation of …ParEvo: A web-assisted process enabling the participatory exploration of alternative futures
… ParEvo is a method of developing alternative past histories or future scenarios … process (hence ParEvo). This involves the re-iteration of variation, selection and reproduction, i.e. the … of scenarios that are developed. One important source of theory and research findings used to inform this kind of …Plantilla y guía práctica para la evaluación del desempeño gubernamental
… Authors and their affiliation Myrna Rivas, Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Puerto Rico Yolanda Cordero, Graduate School of Public Administration, University of Puerto Rico Eileen …Revolutionary Google-backed system unlocks power of big data to save forests
… post from Rhett A Butler for Mongabay.com outlines the use of a new tool, Global Forest Watch, which uses big data to … "The result is a high resolution map that reveals annual change in forest cover since 2000. Global Forest Watch … they be government authorities, conservationists, members of traditional forest communities, activists, or armchair …A checklist for Progress Markers
… in Tanzania programme and relates to the development of individual progress markers and sets of progress markers. The checklist provides a set of six tips for reviewing a set of progress markers and three …Learning Histories
… Development Bank (ADB) provides a detailed discussion of the benefits of using learning histories to understand the learning and change taking place in an organisation. Excerpt "Noteworthy …Reducing the risk of disasters and climate variability in the Pacific Islands – Timor-Leste
… the extent to which disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation have taken place in Timor-Leste. Excerpt … References and Select bibliography … Reducing the risk of disasters and climate variability in the Pacific Islands – …Who counts? The power of participatory statistics
… This workshop by Jeremy Holland for the Institute of Development Studies was streamed live on May 1st, 2014. It discusses the importance of participatory statistics, arguing that local people can … The challenge laid down is to foster institutional change on the back of the methodological breakthroughs and …Capacity development: We know it’s important, but how do we measure its outcomes?
… resources describes how Global Giving developed a system of using storytelling "as a way to measure capacity and performance of organizations in the field." (Lake) "We asked an … us about a time when a person or an organization tried to change something in your community.” Local volunteers …Constituent voice
… This webpage from Keystone Accountability looks at the use of constituent voice as a way of discovering what beneficiaries think about plans, … the data can also be used as an early indicator of change taking place. The page includes a free online tool, a …What are the implications/opportunities for development practice?
… This is Part 3 of a three part series of video lectures conducted by USAID on complexity. This … as development professionals, what experiences need to change? What experiences do you want to have? I want to be …Evergreen Data
… a research-based approach to effective communication of ideas. This resource and the following information was … in data visualisations, and her website contains a wealth of related resources, including her blog and handouts . How … and interesting examples of how data visualisations can ‘change the conversation’. … Evergreen Data …Learning to evaluate capacity development and collaborative learning
… resource management (CBNRM) in Asia faces the challenge of assessing and documenting the role of capacity development in enhancing CBNRM outcomes. To … and collective experiences to build a practice-informed theory on evaluating capacity development. The effectiveness …UNICEF webinar: Overview of impact evaluation
… We often talk about the importance of knowing the impact of our work, but how is impact measured in practice? What are … to programmes? Tracking policy implementation and system change is challenging for a small team so what should the …Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs): Learning from Africa, Americas, Asia, Australasia, Europe and Middle East
… is focused on case studies highlighting the experiences of regional and national VOPEs. They share their experiences in strengthening the capacities of individual evaluators to produce credible and useful … Evaluation in revolution: towards the era of positive change France: F3E (Fonds pour la promotion des etudes …5 differences between complexity & systems thinking
… blog post by Sonja Blignaut for More Beyond discusses some of the clear distinctions between complexity thinking and … Excerpt "1. Ideal future vs evolutionary potential of the present Systems thinking seeks to define an ideal … the gap”. Complexity works with the evolutionary potential of the present i.e. it seeks to understand the “now”, find …Approaches to working with framework matrices (NVivo 10)
… This NVivo 10 help file walks readers through the process of creating and using framework matrices in NVivo for the analysis of qualitative data. It covers the steps taken to prepare … is and how they can be used for analysis Create and change framework matrices : organizing and managing framework …Evaluation rubrics: how to ensure transparent and clear assessment that respects diverse lines of evidence
… This report provides a detailed description of an evaluation, written by Judy Oakden, as part of the first BetterEvaluation writeshop process, led by Irene … external evaluators generally have to work within a range of constraints. Often there is less than ideal availability …Successful public policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand
… This book is a collection of 20 examples of successful public policies in Australia and New … is easy-to-read and does not focus on complex academic theory. Finally, it is a useful reminder that many public …Case study in outcomes evaluation: Mongolia
… This case study from The World Bank looks at the use of outcome mapping to evaluate the effectiveness of a number of programs in Mongolia. The approach was used to evaluate …Developing and evaluating complex interventions: new guidance
… for the development, implementation and evaluation of complex interventions particularly related to health. It … appropriate methods, funders to understand the limitations of evaluation design and users to evaluate the evidence based … of applying experimental methods to service or policy change, and the length and complexity of the causal chains …