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  • NPC's approach to developing an impact measurement framework

    NPC's Four Pillars approach provides advice to charities and steps they should take to determine how to assess the difference they make. Contents Step one: Map your theory of change
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  • Scaling impact: Innovation for the public good

    This book, written by Robert McLean (IDRC) and John Gargani (Gargani + Company), presents actionable principles that can help organizations and innovators design, manage, and evaluate scaling strat­egies.
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  • What is a LogFrame?

    American University's resource What is a LogFrame, written by Kirsten Bording Collins, gives a concise overview of LogFrames. It covers LogFrame structures, tips for developing LogFrames, and strengths and weaknesses of LogFrames.
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  • Peer review and self-evaluation

    This toolkit from the Australian National University (ANU) provides a range of resources that demonstrate the use of both peer review and self evaluation in order to develop reflective practice in t
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  • What do we mean by ‘impact’?

    International development is fixated with impact. But how do we know we’re all talking about the same thing?
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  • Evaluations that make a difference: Stories from around the world

    What is the value of evaluation and can stories provide a good way of communicating evaluation findings?
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  • Missing link: Sustained and emerging impact evaluation

    This blog post by Jindra Cekan and Laurie Zivetz of Valuing Voices discusses the need for post-project impact evaluations.
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  • Guidance on using the revised logical framework

    This guide from the UK Department of International Development (DFID) aims to help project managers/evaluators make the best use of logical framework (logframe) in designing and managing projects.
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  • Logframe

    Logframes are a systematic, visual approach to designing, executing and assessing projects which encourages users to consider the relationships between available resources, planned activities, and desired changes or results.
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  • Peer-assessment

    Peer assessment can provide additional benefits beyond self-assessment – in particular, the opportunity for peer learning through the review process.
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  • Critical study of the logical framework approach in the Basque Country

    This document describes how the logical framework is used by public entities in the Basque region of Spain, its evolution, and its relationship with other approaches and tools.
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  • A summary of the theory behind the LFA method

    This paper from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has been designed to support staff in implementing the logical framework approach in project planning and design.
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  • Comparing QuIP with thirty other approaches to impact evaluation

    This resource outlines how the Qualitative Impact Protocol (QuIP) compares to 30 other impact evaluation approaches. 
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