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Filter search resultsDo health improvement programmes fit with MRC guidance on evaluating complex interventions?
This article, authored by MacKenzie, O'Donnell, Halliday, E.ResourceWhat scientific idea is ready for retirement: Large randomized controlled trials
This comment, written by Dean Ornish and published on the Edge.org blog What scientific idea is ready for retirement, argues that larger studies do not always equate to more rigorous or definitive reResourceThe 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 neeResourceIDEAS book launch: Randomized control trials in the field of development, a critical perspective [Webinar]
This webinar to launch the book Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development: A Critical Perspective brings together five representatives of the book's editors and authors for a discussion around some of the keyResourceContemporary thinking about causation in evaluation
This paper was produced following a discussion between Thomas Cook and Michael Scriven held at The Evaluation Center and Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program jointly hosted Evaluation Cafe´ event onResourceDo labor market policies have displacement effects? Evidence from a clustered randomized experiment
This resource reports the results from a randomized experiment intended to evaluation the direct and indirect (displacement) impacts of job placement assistance on the labor market outcomes of young, educated job seekers in France.ResourceWeek 47: Rumination #3: Fools' gold: the widely touted methodological "gold standard" is neither golden nor a standard
This week's post is an abbreviated version of a "rumination" from theBlogA toolkit for designing climate change adaptation initiatives
This toolkit from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) aims to support those that are involved in Climate Change Adaption (CCA) initiatives by providing step-by-stepResourceEvaluating climate adaptation efforts: Notes toward a framework
This presentation outlines the types of adaptation challenges, levels of intervention and the options used for evaluating adaptation responses based on the challenge addressed.ResourceOperationalising a resilience approach to adapting an urban delta to uncertain climate changes
This paper presents a case-study on a system-oriented strategy: strengthening the resilience of the impacted system to climatic changes.ResourceEconomic evaluation of climate change adaptation projects
This guide form the World Bank highlights a number of key challenges and solutions to carrying out analysis of the economic viability of climate change adaption projects.ResourceHow to talk about climate change
This collection of resources - toolkit, short guide and cheat sheet - sets out the challenges of talking about climate change and presents effective strategies to address them.ResourceTurin Agenda - 2022 National Evaluation Capacities conference
The Turin Agenda is a commitment presented by over 300 participants from more than 100 countries at the 2022 National Evaluation Capacities Conference held in Turin, Italy from October 25-28.ResourceAggregating, presenting and valuing climate change impacts
This report aims to provide a picture of the impact of climate change resulting from the emissions of greenhouse gasses. In preparing the report, the authors took the following into consideration:ResourceConditions to consider in the use of randomized experimental designs in evaluation
This paper, written by George Julnes, University of New Mexico, Melvin M. Mark, Penn State University, and Stephanie Shipman, U.S.ResourceInternet questionnaire
An internet questionnaire allows the collection of data through an electronic set of questions that are posted on the web.MethodRandomised control trials for the impact evaluation of development initiatives: a statistician's point of view
This paper from the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative provides a range of technical and practical reflections on the use of randomised control trials in impact evaluation.ResourceGuidelines for applying the climate and ecosystems health criterion in the commissioning, design and implementation of evaluations
This guide sets out the rationale for why climate and ecosystem health need to be addressed by all evaluations and how this might be done during the commissioning, design and conduct of an evaluation.ResourceParticipatory tools and techniques for assessing climate change impacts and exploring adaptation options
This tool kit from the Livelihoods and Forestry Programme (LFP) aims to help communities and planners understand the hazards and risks of climate change, allowing them to assess the vulnerability of their livelihoods.ResourceIntroduction to randomized control trials
This video lecture given by Dr Annette Brown for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) describes how to create a valid counterfactual using randomizeResourceRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) video guide
This video guide, produced by UNICEF, summarises the key features of RCTs with a particular emphasis on their use in impact evaluation.ResourceRandomized controlled trials (RCTs)
This guide, written by Howard White, Shagun Sabarwal and Thomas de Hoop for UNICEF, looks at the use of Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) in Impact Evaluation.ResourceUNICEF webinar: Randomized controlled trials
What are the key features of an RCT? Are RCTs really the gold standard? What ethical and practical issues do I need to consider before deciding to do an RCT?Resource6: Sample size and power calculations
This presentation explores methods for identifying the right sample size for randomized evaluations so that results are defendable.ResourceWhy is evaluation important for climate? Monitoring and evaluation in climate action - Video 1
In this video, Ketevan Nozadze, Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI) discusses broadly why evaluation is important in climate action.ResourceHow to develop a program Theory of Change? Monitoring and evaluation in climate action - Video 4
In this video, Megha Pradhan (CLEAR-SA) presents how to develop a program theory of change.ResourceHow is M&E useful in the program cycle? Monitoring and evaluation in climate action - Video 3
In this video, Jenean Pretorius (CLEAR-AA) discuss how monitoring and evaluation can be used throughout the program cycle.ResourceWhat is monitoring and evaluation (M&E)? Monitoring and evaluation in climate action - Video 2
In this video, Gabriel Weber Costa (CLEAR-LAB) talks about monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and how we can use them to inform decisions in climate action.ResourceMonitoring and evaluation in climate action video series
The GEI and the Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (the CLEAR centers) have partnered with the Climate Investment Funds' (CIF) Evaluation and Learning (E&L) Initiative to provide introductory video sessions on Monitoring andResourceAddressing environmental sustainability through the OECD DAC criteria for evaluation of development assistance
This resource, from the Footprint Evaluation Initiative, discusses how the six evaluation criteria of the OECD DAC (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development – Development Assistance Committee) can be used to get environmentalResourceEvaluación de la sostenibilidad ambiental con base en los Criterios de Evaluación de la Asistencia al Desarrollo del CAD de la OCDE
El presente documento examina cómo utilizar los seis criterios de evaluación del Comité de Asistencia al Desarrollo (CAD) de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE) para integrar la sostenibilidad ambiental en la agenda deResourceCase study: QuIP & RCT to evaluate a cash transfer and gender training programme in Malawi
This case study discusses the combination of the Qualitative Impact Assessment Protocol (QuIP) and Randomised Control Trial (RCT) approaches in the evaluation of Concern Worldwide's "Graduation" programme.Resource