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  • Reflections on innovation, assessment and social change processes: A SPARC case study, India

    This paper, written by Sheela Patel, provides a case study of the development of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) in India.
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  • Closing the citizen feedback loop

    This article, written by Dennis Whittle and David Bonbright for Keystone Accountability, argues that collecting and responding to feedback is essential as it is not only the right thing to do but it is also the smart thing to do.
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  • Accountable Aid

    This blog post from Participatory Methods provides a detailed overview of Acountable Aid.
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  • The John L. Alford case library

    The John L. Alford case library is an internationally recognised library of public sector cases and a unique resource centre for the advancement of interactive teaching.
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  • Evidence base journal

    ANZSOG's peer-reviewed journal, Evidence Base, publishes reviews of the evidence informing decision-making in specific policy areas.
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  • Logframer

    Logframer is a free project design and management application based on the logical framework approach (LFA / Logframe).
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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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  • Week 50: Feedback loops – new buzzword, old practice?

    Recently, I had the good fortune to start collaboration with The MasterCard Foundation, which is strongly committed to what it calls ‘listening deeply and elevating voices’.
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  • Participation not for you? Four reflections that might just change your mind

    ​​​This month we start a series on participation in evaluation by Leslie Groves and Irene Guijt. This blog series aims to explore one simple question: How can we best open up evaluation processes to include those intended to benefit from a specific
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  • Choices about voices

    In this third blog in the participation in evaluation series, Irene Guijt and Leslie Groves share frameworks to approach and make decisions about the level of stakeholder involvement during different evaluation stages.
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  • The balancing act of research impact

    Over recent decades, governments everywhere have increased their scrutiny of public spending, and public universities have not escaped this scrutiny.
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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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  • Catholic relief services'; (CRS) Guidance for developing logical and results frameworks

    This document was primarily written to provide guidance for conceptualizing, writing, selecting and measuring project performance indicators.
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  • Logframe - A Critique

    This paper provides a critical analysis of logframes and argues that they may not be a useful tool as they can discourage innovation due to their linear approach.
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  • The logical framework approach

    This publication is part of a series of guidelines developed by AusAid in relation to activities design.
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  • Time to listen: Hearing people on the receiving end of international aid

    This guide reports on the ideas, insights, and analyses of almost 6,000 people who were beneficiaries of international aid projects.
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  • Aid delivery methods: Project cycle management guidelines

    These guidelines from the European Commission have been prepared to support ongoing improvements in the quality of development assistance.
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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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  • Feedback workshop checklist

    This checklist from the Evaluation Checklists Project supports the planning, conducting, and following up of feedback workshops when used as evaluation 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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  • Theory maker

    This free and open-sourced web-based tool was made by Steve Powell as a quick and simple way of creating a theory of change. The information provided was supplied by Steve Powell.
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