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Filter search resultsClosing feedback loops: From engaged citizens to more responsive governments
This webpage from The World Bank Institute looks at the impact of citizen engagement on development outcomes.RessourceUsing feedback effectively in peacebuilding contexts
This blogpost, written by E Duncan for DME for Peace, looks at the use of feedback in Peacebuilding contexts.RessourceMeasuring empowerment? Ask them: Quantifying qualitative outcomes from people’s own analysis
This paper, written by Dee Jupp and Sohel Ibn Ali with contribution from Carlos Barahona for Sida, uses the experiences of a social movement in Bangladesh to demonstrate how empowerment can be measured by those who are beingRessourceClosing the citizen feedback loop
This article, written by Dennis Whittle and David Bonbright for Keystone Accountability, argues that collecting and responding to feedback is essential as it is not only the right thing to do but it is also the smart thing to do.RessourceFeedback Labs
Feedback Labs is a collaboration of like-minded organisations who aim to make governments, NGOs and donors more responsive to the needs of their constituents.RessourceDr. Richard Kreuger on qualitative listening
In this interview in The Listening Resource blog (August 29th, 2013), Susan Eliot talks to Dr.RessourceJason Davies data viz examples
Jason Davies' website contains a large number of data viz examples, particular around geo data. It also contains some links to to tools, including a word cloud and tree map.RessourceConstituent voice: Technical note 1
This paper from Keystone Accountability provides detailed guidance in the use of Constituent Voice, which is a methodology aimed at cultivating a voice of constituents of an organisation.RessourceCreating the missing feedback loop
This article, written by Alex Jacobs for the IDS Bulletin describes how agricultural development organisations can create feedback systems that allow them to hear from the beneficiaries of their work.RessourceTranscribe
Transcribe is a very useful tool if you need to transcribe a small amount of data and don't have access to some of the more professional, downloadable transcription software packages.RessourceEvaluating networks - some resources and some software
BetterEvaluation is on the ground at the European Evaluation Society 10th Biannual conference in Helsinki this week.BlogA guide for designing and conducting in-depth interviews for evaluation input
This short guide defines in-depth interviews, explains their advantages and disadvantages and the steps involved in their application.RessourceNetwork evaluation
A network evaluation may consider a range of questions and adopt a variety of options for undertaking the evaluation depending on factors such as the type, size, stage of development and purpose of the network.ThemeWeek 34: Alternatives to transcribing interviews
Being able to compare alternatives is essential when designing an evaluation.BlogWeek 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’.BlogPositioning 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 partBlogInstitutional history
An institutional history (IH) is a narrative that records key points about how institutional arrangements – new ways of working – have evolved over time and have created and contributed to more effective ways to achieve project or programmeMethod52 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.BlogAddressing attribution through contribution analysis: Using performance measures sensibly
This article from the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation outlines the key steps involved with using contribution analysis as a tool to discover the contribution a program has made to particular outcomes.RessourceContribution analysis - Social science methods series
This paper, written by Franca Eirich and Anita Morrison for the Scottish Government, provides detailed guidance on contribution analysis and its use in Scottish settings.RessourceInterviewing
This guide, written by Bronwen McDonald and Patricia Rogers for UNICEF, looks at interviews, with a particular focus on their use in impact evaluation.RessourceFeedback mechanisms in international assistance organizations
This CDA Collaborative Learning Projects paper outlines research conducted with international development organisations on the use of recipient/primary stakeholder feedback in humanitarian aid projects and programs.RessourceContribution analysis
Contribution analysis is an evaluation approach that provides a systematic way of understanding an intervention's contribution to observed outcomes or impacts.ApproachLearning through and about contribution analysis for impact evaluation
This article from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) discusses the Centre for Development Impact's five-year journey in innovating and understanding contribution analysis as a primary method for impact evaluation.RessourceProcess tracing and contribution analysis: A combined approach to generative causal inference for impact evaluation
This article, written by Barbara Befani and John Mayne for the IDS Bulletin (Volume 45 Number 6), outlines how the combined use of contribution analysis (CA) with process tracing (PT) can shift the focus of impRessourceContribution analysis: A promising method for assessing advocacy's impact
The paper provides a background about contribution analysis and a summary of the steps involved in carrying out the method.RessourceContribution analysis: An approach to exploring cause and effect
This brief from the Institutional Learning and Change Initiative (ILAC) explores contribution analysis and how it can be used to provide credible assessments of cause and effect.RessourceTools and tips for implementing contribution analysis
This learning brief offers practical lessons on applying contribution analysis to advocacy impact evaluations. Authors Laura Hopkins, ITAD Ltd., published by Center for Evaluation Innovation.RessourceContribution analysis and estimating the size of effects: Can we reconcile the possible with the impossible?
This paper explores how contribution analysis can be used to give a quantitative sense of a contribution's importance.RessourceContribution analysis in policy work: Assessing advocacy’s influence
This brief provides a background on contribution analysis and its applications, as well as walking through five case studies in which the authors have used contribution analysis to assess whether and how advocacy effortsRessourceIntroduction: Contribution, causality, context, and contingency when evaluating inclusive business programmes
This IDS Bulletin discusses approaches and methods for meaningful impact evaluation, building on real-world experiences with theory-based evaluation in inclusive business programmes.RessourceMaking rigorous causal claims in a real-life context: Has research contributed to sustainable forest management?
This article discusses an impact evaluation that examined the contribution of two forestry research centres - the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pourRessource