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All links on this page lead to archived resourcesResourceCase Study Research: Design and Methods
This book from Robert K. Yin provides detailed guidance on case study research. Outlining a clear definition of the case study method, the book also looks at design and analysis techniques that can be used in case study research.ResourceFive misunderstandings about case-study research
This article, written by Bent Flyvbjerg (Aalborg University, Denmark) examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research.ResourceCase Study Research: Design and Methods (Applied Social Research Methods)
This book focuses by Robert K. Yin on case study design and analysis as a distinct research tool with wide applicability.ResourceIntroduction to collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) in the program cycle
This free, one-hour online course by USAID gives an introduction to the Collaboration, Learning, Adapting (CLA) approach.ResourceThe psychology of climate change communication: A guide for scientists, journalists, educators, political aides, and the interested public
This guide by the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, while focused on communicating research on climate change, will be useful for anyone interested in the theory behind communication and behaviour change and those who need toResourceSuccessful public policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand
This book is a collection of 20 examples of successful public policies in Australia and New Zealand. It aims to reset the agenda for teaching, research and dialogue on public policy performance.ResourceBlue Marble Evaluation
Blue Marble Evaluation is a global initiative focused on training the next generation of evaluators to Think Globally, Act Globally and Evaluate Globally.ResourceIntegrating communications in evaluation
The guide explains how to use communication to support evaluation. This resource and the following information was contributed by Dr Glenn O'Neil.Resource52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 3: Q & A about drawing logic models
This week on BetterEvaluation we're presenting Questions and Answers about logic models. A logic model represents a program theory - how an intervention (such as a program, project or policy) is understood to contribute to its impacts.BlogUsing case study in research - How to tell a 'good' story
In this short paper, Lesley Greenaway, discusses the effective use of case studies in research to tell a 'good' story.ResourceEncyclopedia of Case Study Research: Analytic Generalization
Written by Robert Yin, this entry gives a clear overview of analytic generalisation from case studies, where it is appropriate, and how to effectively apply it.ResourceCase Study Research: Design and Methods
Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fifth Edition of Robert K. Yin’s bestselling text offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool.ResourceQualitative research & evaluation methods: integrating theory and practice
The fourth edition of Michael Quinn Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods Integrating Theory and Practice, published by Sage Publications, analyses and provides clear guidance and advice for using a range of differResourceDiscussion Paper: Innovations in Monitoring and Evaluation
This discussion paper produced by the United Nations Development Programme discusses various innovations that are occurring in M&E, and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods.ResourceRight or Wrong? What values inform modern impact evaluation?
The aim of this event was to open up the debate on ethics and explore how it can become more relevant to the field of impact evaluation.ResourceFootprint evaluation: Thought experiments
This Footprint Evaluation Initiative report describes four 'thought experiments' undertaken as part of this project.ResourceEnvironmental approach for generational impact
This paper provides guidance on Environmental Approach for Generational Impact – a proposed approach to designing and evaluating programmes in a way that includes consideration of environment and biodiversity issues.ResourceMainstreaming environmental sustainability in evaluation: EvalSDGs Insight #14
In this EvalSDGs Insight paper, Scott Chaplowe and Juha Uitto argue that there is an urgent need to mainstream environmental sustainability in evaluation.ResourceEvaluating sustainability: Evaluative support for managing processes in the public interest
This special issue of New Directions in Evaluation includes discussions of different types of sustainability – sustainable environment, sustainable development, sustainable programs, and sustainable evaluation systems – and a synthesis of tResourceEvaluation at the nexus between nature and humanity for transformational change
This chapter from Transformational Evaluation for the Global Crises of Our Times argues for the need to transform evaluation in the light of current environmental crises and sets out the major ways this needs to happen.ResourceIntroducing footprint evaluation
Given the numerous interconnected environmental crises the world faces, there is an urgent need to include consideration of environmental impacts into all evaluations.BlogWeek 8: Guest blog: Innovation in development evaluation
Development aid is changing rapidly – so must development evaluation.BlogWeek 32: Better use of case studies in evaluation
Case studies are often used in evaluations – but not always in ways that use their real potential.BlogUser personas and user journeys - key parts of our UX process
A few months ago we started gathering data on the user experience (UX) of the BetterEvaluation website.BlogThree templates for effective communications planning
In this blog, I wanted to share three examples of communication plan templates that address this and allow for more detail and thinking through of the communication and dissemination process.BlogIn search of Blue Marble Evaluators
You can't see the Earth as a globe unless you get at least twenty thousand miles away from it. On December 7, 1972, the first photograph was taken of the whole Earth from space. That photo became known as The BlBlogLessons from a trial of the Success Case Method
The Success Case Method approach is useful for documenting stories of impact and for understanding the factors that help or hinder impact.BlogInstitutional 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 programmeMethodMainstreaming Environmental Sustainability in Evaluations where the environment is not the focus (Webinar recording)
This recorded webinar featuring Scott Chaplow, Juha Uitto, Eddah Kanini, and Lennise Baptiste provides a useful discussion of evaluation's role in mainstreaming environmental concerns, as well as practical guidance and resources for evaluators on how toResourceUNDP 2021/2022 Human Development Report. Uncertain times, unsettled lives: Shaping our future in a transforming world
This report comprehensively considers human development at a time of a new ‘uncertainty complex’ created by layers of uncertainties interacting.ResourceEnvironment, climate change and assessment - towards a holistic view
This blog by Juha Uitto, Director of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility, points out that evaluation needs to take a new, holistic perspective to address serious environmental problems.Resource