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Uganda evaluation standards
This set of standards was developed by the Uganda Evaluation Association (UEA) in order to guide evaluations that take place in Uganda to ensure a good standard of practice is demonstrated by evaluators during evaluationCases in outcome harvesting
This report from The World Bank documents the pilot of a program that examines the use of outcome harvesting and the Bank's results management approach to understand how change happens in complex environments.Moving from outputs to outcomes
This report by Burt Perrin offers evidence that countries are moving away from evaluating the performance of government on activities, inputs and outputs, and focusing instead on a results-driven approach.Participatory 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.5 differences between complexity & systems thinking
This blog post by Sonja Blignaut for More Beyond discusses some of the clear distinctions between complexity thinking and systems thinking.Public Service Transformation: Introductory guide to evaluation
This guide from the Public Service Transformation Network aims to support evaluation of the effectiveness of work to transform public services.Facilitating management learning: Developing critical reflection through reflective tools
Although focused on viewing critical reflection through the scope of management learning, this article discusses a range of critical reflection tools that have been drawn from other professional areas, such as storytelling, metapAustralian Government performance story report
This is an example of collaborative outcomes reporting (COR) used for a natural resource management program in South Australia.Developing a performance story report
This guide outlines a step-by-step participatory process for developing a performance story report in the context of ‘performance story evaluation’ and natural resource management, but can be used for monitoring and in other contexts.DFAT design and monitoring and evaluation standards
These updated design, monitoring and evaluation standards from the Australian Government aim to "improve the quality and use of Design and M&E products, and to integrate evaluative thinking into everyday work".Complex adaptive systems: A different way of thinking about health care systems
This paper, authored by Beverly Sibthorpe, Nicholas Glasgow and Duncan Longstaff for the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, provides a brief synopsis of literature relevant to CAS and healthcare systems.Utilization-focused evaluation: A primer for evaluators
If you are new to utilisation-focused evaluation (UFE), this primer allows you to grasp the essentials of the approach, and the benefits as experienced by both commissioners and grantees alike.Las Evaluaciones Orientadas al Uso
"Esta Guía se destina a evaluadores que han oído hablar de las EOU, y que están interesados en probar el uso del enfoque.Évaluation axée sur l’utilisation
"L ’Évaluation axée sur l’utilisation (l’ÉAU) facilite un processus d’apprentissage dans lequel les personnes dans le vrai monde appliquent les conclusions et les expériences d’évaluation à leur travail.Learning from research: Systematic reviews for informing policy decisions
This guide from the Alliance for Useful Evidence is an introduction to systematic review and the necessary steps that should be considered as a part of the process.An introduction to empowerment evaluation: Teaching materials
This guide, written by Bronwyn Sherriff and Stephen Porter, provides a set of content notes and a PowerPoint presentation that aims to assist facilitators run a program introducing Empowerment Evaluation.Using case studies to explore the external validity of ‘complex’ development interventions
Michael Woolcock's paper addresses the fact that rising standards required for assessing the impact of development projects have not been met with equally rigorous procedures for guiding decisions about external validity - "whether andTimeline of project activities: Early childhood nutrition and anaemia prevention project
Produced for the Early Childhood Nutrition and Anaemia Prevention Project, Fred Hollows Foundation, this Summary Report presents a large amount of non-numeric data effectively through the use of a timeline of the project.Informal traders lock horns with the formal milk industry: The role of research in pro-poor dairy policy shift in kenya
This paper, written by C. Leksmono, J. Young, N. Hooton, H. Muriuki and D.Monitoring government policies: A toolkit for civil society organisations in Africa
This toolkit from the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), Christian Aid, and Trócaire aims to provide the tools necessary to gather evidence about government policies and press for change.What 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.A kit of tools for participatory research and evaluation with children, young people and adults
This tool kit, developed by Save the Children Norway, provides a range of methods and tools that can be used by groups that work with children to encourage participation in research and evaluation.A 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 RobeROMA: A guide to policy engagement and influence
This online guide, written by John Young, Louise Shaxson, Harry Jones, Simon Hearn, Ajoy Datta and Caroline Cassidy for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), has been designed to support users to understand, engage with aDemocratic governance and evaluation
This paper, presented by Anders Hanberger at the Sixth EES (European Evaluation Society) Conference in Berlin, Germany (2004) argues that governance, democracy and evaluation impact each in different ways.What is democratic evaluation?
This article from Robert Picciotto provides an overview of democratic evaluation, particularly with reference to its use in the European Union context.Monitoring, evaluation and learning in NGO advocacy
This state-of-the-art report, commissioned by Oxfam America, describes how nine advocacy and campaigning organisations in the UK and US undertake monitoring and evaluation of their campaigns.Innovations in monitoring & evaluating results
This discussion paper, written by Thomas Winderl and edited by Jennifer Colville for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), provides a detailed inventory of innovative practices used for monitoring and evaluation in a developmeWHO evaluation practice handbook
This handbook from the World Health Organisation (WHO) provides step-by-step guidance for conducting evaluations in WHO.Conflict-sensitive monitoring and evaluation
This guide is Module 3 from Chapter 3 of Saferworld's resource packImpact assessment of financial market development through the lens of complexity theory
This example of complexity theory from FSD Kenya focuses on evaluating the impact of two financial programs implemented by the organisation: the development of a credit information-sharing system and the implementatWhat counts as good evidence?
This paper, written by Sandra Nutley, Alison Powell and Huw Davies for the Alliance for Useful Evidence, discusses the risks of using a hierarchy of evidence and suggests an alternative in which more complex matrix approaches