This Brief provides an example of how Social Network Analysis (SNA) can be used, in the context of agricultural research. The authors describe what SNA is, and how it was applied, step by step.
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- The report presents a synthesis of the literature on Evaluability Assessments.
- The article provides an overview of types and characteristics of networks, as well as models for analyzing how complex networks function.
- Este documento narra as experiencias pessoas do coordenador de uma avaliação de um projeto educacional.
- This brief, authored by John Mayne for the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative argues the need for a different perspective on causality.
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- This paper from the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative provides a range of technical and practical reflections on the use of randomised control trials in impact evaluation.
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