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    Evaluating humanitarian action

    Different types of evaluation are used in humanitarian action for different purposes, including rapid internal reviews to improve implementation in real time and discrete external evaluations intended to draw out lessons learned with the broader aim of improving policy and practice, and enhancing accountability.
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  • A farm worker cleans lettuce crops, in Chimaltenango, Guatemala

    Evaluation of agricultural projects and programs

    Any single agricultural project or program is necessarily part of a highly complex, interrelated system. To deliver utility and value, evaluation in the agricultural sector must take into account contextually sensitive issues.
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    Planning and managing evaluations of development research

    This guidance has been prepared for those commissioning evaluations of development research projects and programming.

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