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This video guide, produced by UNICEF, outlines three broad strategies for causal attribution: 1) estimating the counterfactual; 2) checking the consistency of evidence for the causal relationships mRecursoAvaliação para o investimento social privado: Metodologias
Este livro reúne um conjunto de contribuições oriundas do Seminário Internacional Avaliação para o Investimento Social Privado: Metodologias, realizado em julho de 2013 no Rio de Janeiro, pela Fundação Itaú Social, Fundação Roberto MarinhoRecursoNetwork weaving for regional development: an evaluation of the caucasus' agricultural alliances in Armenia and Georgia using social network analysis
Written by Larry Dersham and Tikhon (Lasha) Bokuchava for Oxfam, this research report is an example of applying Social Network Analysis to evaluate the stage of development of development of two regional alliances.RecursoSocial network analysis
This one-page guide to Social Network Analysis provides a brief overview, practical tips for using the technique, and a list of resources for more information.RecursoRethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards (Second Edition)
This second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry has the aim of redirecting ongoing discussions of methodology in social and political science.RecursoContemporary thinking about causation in evaluation
This paper was produced following a discussion between Thomas Cook and Michael Scriven held at The Evaluation Center and Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program jointly hosted Evaluation Cafe´ event onRecursoSocial network analysis in program evaluation
This special edition of New Directions for Evaluation from the American Evaluation Association (AEA) provides nine articles on social network analysis in program evaluation.RecursoEvaluations made in Portuguese: the Lusophone space
This guest blog by Elsa de Morais Sarmento, Carla Félix, and Mariana Branco discusses the importance of language to credible evaluation in Lusophone countries.BlogWeek 20: A língua dominante em avaliação é o inglês?
Infelizmente acredito que sim.BlogWeek 20: Is English the dominant language for evaluation?
Unfortunately I believe so. Last year I met a group of Brazilian evaluators in a conference, and learned from them the growing demand for good evaluation studies in Brazil, but also the need for more capacity buildinBlogBradford Hill criteria for causal inference
Based on a presentation at the 2015 ANZEA Conference, this free downloadable book presents the Bradford Hill criteria and discusses some ways of using them in practice to draw causal conclusions.RecursoThe environment and disease: Association or causation?
In this original article from 1965, Sir Austin Bradford Hill, Professor Emeritus of Medical Statistics, lays out what will ultimately come to be known as the Bradford Hill criteria.RecursoEnvironmental flows monitoring and assessment framework
This resource from the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology provides a framework for assessing environmental flow management plans.RecursoMonitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR research program on roots, tubers and bananas (RTB)
This Brief provides an example of how Social Network Analysis (SNA) can be used, in the context of agricultural research.RecursoEstudo de caso: a avaliação externa de um programa
Este documento narra as experiencias pessoas do coordenador de uma avaliação de um projeto educacional.RecursoMaking causal claims
This brief, authored by John Mayne for the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative argues the need for a different perspective on causality.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.RecursoNetMiner
This software from CYRAM allows the user to analyse social network data both visually and interactively, which allows the detection of underlying structures and patterns.RecursoO sistema de monitoramento e avaliação dos programas de promoção e proteção social do Brasil
Apresentação do sistema brasileiro de monitoramento e avaliação de programas sociais, como parte da cooperação Brasil-Africa .Recurso52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 8: Using social network analysis for M&E
Most of the work done in development is done in collaboration, in partnership with individuals or organizations who contribute to a particular task or project we are working on.BlogThe rigor of case-based causal analysis: Busting myths through a demonstration
This paper focuses on the utilisation of case-based designs for conducting causal analysis and dispelling two misconceptions about their use in the context of evaluation.RecursoUnderstanding the role of the World Bank Group in a crowded institutional landscape [Network analysis example]
In this example, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG - part of the World Bank Group) have used a network analysis to gain a better understanding of the role of the World Bank Group's policy interventions in the health sector in LiberRecursoA relevância da avaliação para o investimento social privado
Este livro sintetiza o conjunto de reflexões produzidas no Seminário Internacional “A Relevância da Avaliação para o Investimento Social Privado”, realizado em 4 de julho de 2012, em São Paulo, pela Fundação Itaú Social e pela Fundação RobeRecursoUNICEF webinar: Overview: strategies for causal inference
What is causal attribution? Do you need a counterfactual to determine if something has caused a change? Professor Patricia Rogers provides an overview of how to determine causal attribution in impact evaluations.RecursoMonitoring 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.Recurso