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Filter search resultsParticipatory video and the most significant change. A guide for facilitators
The toolkit is designed to support you in planning and carrying out evaluations using participatory video (PV) with the most significant change (MSC) technique, or PVMSC for short.RecursoNPC's approach to developing an impact measurement framework
NPC's Four Pillars approach provides advice to charities and steps they should take to determine how to assess the difference they make. Contents Step one: Map your theory of changeRecursoI'm doing an impact evaluation: What evidence do I need? (#AES17 presentation slides)
Are quantitative or qualitative methods better for undertaking impact evaluations? What about true experiments?RecursoEvaluability assessment for impact evaluation
This document provides an overview of the utility of and specific guidance and a tool for implementing an evaluability assessment before an impact evaluation is undertaken.RecursoChoosing appropriate designs and methods for impact evaluation - Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has commissioned this report to explore the challenges and document a range of possible approaches for the impact evaluations that the department conducts.RecursoAddressing gender in impact evaluation
“Gender affects everyone, all of the time.Recurso3D Impact Analysis: A New Tool to Approach Impact Evaluations
In this seminar, Rob D. van den Berg proposes an approach to ‘3D impact analysis’ which starts from the recognition that demand for impact evidence is wide ranging and should be analysed structurally before it can be met by evaluations.RecursoAction and reflection: a guide for monitoring and evaluating participatory research
This paper from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) was designed to support those involved in participatory research and development projects with monitoring and evaluation stratRecurso1: What is impact evaluation and when should you do it?
The first in a series of lecture notes produced by the Poverty Action Lab and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this presentation introduces you to the 'whys' and 'hows' of impact evaluation and when it shouldRecursoAddressing attribution of cause and effect in small n impact evaluations: Towards an integrated framework
This paper from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) analyses the various approaches that are available for small n impact evaluations.RecursoWeek 50: Feedback loops – new buzzword, old practice?
Recently, I had the good fortune to start collaboration with The MasterCard Foundation, which is strongly committed to what it calls ‘listening deeply and elevating voices’.BlogImpact Evaluation: Best Practices Aren’t (MQP rumination #4)
Designating something a “best practice” is a marketing ploy, not a scientific conclusion. Calling something “best” is a political and ideological assertion dressed up in research-sounding terminology.BlogDeveloping a research agenda for impact evaluation
Impact evaluation, like many areas of evaluation, is under-researched. Doing systematic research about evaluation takes considerable resources, and is often constrained by the availability of information about evaluation practice.BlogParticipation not for you? Four reflections that might just change your mind
This month we start a series on participation in evaluation by Leslie Groves and Irene Guijt. This blog series aims to explore one simple question: How can we best open up evaluation processes to include those intended to benefit from a specificBlogPositioning participation on the power spectrum
In the second blog in the 4-part series about participation in evaluation, Irene Guijt and Leslie Groves focus on making power relationships and values in 'participatory' evaluation processes explicit to avoid tokenistic partBlogChoices about voices
In this third blog in the participation in evaluation series, Irene Guijt and Leslie Groves share frameworks to approach and make decisions about the level of stakeholder involvement during different evaluation stages.BlogStill Hesitating? Let's bust some myths around increasing stakeholder participation in evaluation
In the final blog in the 4-part series, Leslie Groves and Irene Guijt address some of the most common forms of resistance to increasing levels of participation in evaluation.BlogImpact evaluation
An impact evaluation provides information about the observed changes or 'impacts' produced by an intervention. These observed changes can be positive and negative, intended and unintended, direct and indirect.ThemeWhat does it mean to ‘un-box’ evaluation?
This guest blog by Jade Maloney is the first in a series about un-boxing evaluation – the theme of aes19 in Sydney, Australia.BlogGender injustice and inequality: what helps in assessing impact?
This week, EvalPartners will be launching EvalGender+, the global partnership for equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations.BlogWhat do we mean by ‘impact’?
International development is fixated with impact. But how do we know we’re all talking about the same thing?BlogThe balancing act of research impact
Over recent decades, governments everywhere have increased their scrutiny of public spending, and public universities have not escaped this scrutiny.BlogL’évaluation en contexte de développement
Ce manuel est destiné aux personnes souhaitant s’initier à l’évaluation de programmes, en particulier en contexte de développement et de coopération internationale. À cet égard, tout en déroulant le fil d’une démarche évaluative classique, il présente...RecursoInternet questionnaire
An internet questionnaire allows the collection of data through an electronic set of questions that are posted on the web.MétodoData party
A data party is a time-limited event of several hours where diverse stakeholders come together to collectively analyse data that have been collected.MétodoInstitutionalizing evaluation: A review of international experience
This report, written by Bertha Briceño and Marie M.RecursoImpact evaluation: A guide for commissioners and managers
This guide, written by Elliot Stern, aims to support managers and commissioners in gaining a deeper and broader understanding of impact evaluation.RecursoWhat is impact evaluation?
This video lecture given by Professor Howard White for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) provides an introduction to the importance of impact evaluation.RecursoUsing evidence to inform policy
This video lecture given by Beryl Leach for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) focuses on using research evidence in policymaking and programRecursoThe theory of change
This video lecture given by Professor Howard White for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) outlines the use and importance of a theory of change in impRecursoIntroduction to mixed methods in impact evaluation
This guide, written by Michael Bamberger for InterAction outlines the elements of a mixed methods approach with particular reference to how it can be used in an impact evaluation.RecursoQuantitative and qualitative methods in impact evaluation and measuring results
This paper from the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GRDRC) provides a detailed discussion of using both qualitative and quantitative methods in impact evaluation.Recurso