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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 changeResourceThe 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 neeResourceI'm doing an impact evaluation: What evidence do I need? (#AES17 presentation slides)
Are quantitative or qualitative methods better for undertaking impact evaluations? What about true experiments?ResourceEvaluability assessment for impact evaluation
This document provides an overview of the utility of and specific guidance and a tool for implementing an evaluability assessment before an impact evaluation is undertaken.ResourceChoosing appropriate designs and methods for impact evaluation - Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has commissioned this report to explore the challenges and document a range of possible approaches for the impact evaluations that the department conducts.ResourceAddressing gender in impact evaluation
“Gender affects everyone, all of the time.Resource3D Impact Analysis: A New Tool to Approach Impact Evaluations
In this seminar, Rob D. van den Berg proposes an approach to ‘3D impact analysis’ which starts from the recognition that demand for impact evidence is wide ranging and should be analysed structurally before it can be met by evaluations.Resource1: What is impact evaluation and when should you do it?
The first in a series of lecture notes produced by the Poverty Action Lab and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this presentation introduces you to the 'whys' and 'hows' of impact evaluation and when it shouldResourceAddressing attribution of cause and effect in small n impact evaluations: Towards an integrated framework
This paper from the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) analyses the various approaches that are available for small n impact evaluations.ResourceImpact Evaluation: Best Practices Aren’t (MQP rumination #4)
Designating something a “best practice” is a marketing ploy, not a scientific conclusion. Calling something “best” is a political and ideological assertion dressed up in research-sounding terminology.BlogDeveloping a research agenda for impact evaluation
Impact evaluation, like many areas of evaluation, is under-researched. Doing systematic research about evaluation takes considerable resources, and is often constrained by the availability of information about evaluation practice.BlogImpact evaluation
An impact evaluation provides information about the observed changes or 'impacts' produced by an intervention. These observed changes can be positive and negative, intended and unintended, direct and indirect.ThemeGender injustice and inequality: what helps in assessing impact?
This week, EvalPartners will be launching EvalGender+, the global partnership for equity-focused and gender-responsive evaluations.BlogWhat do we mean by ‘impact’?
International development is fixated with impact. But how do we know we’re all talking about the same thing?BlogThe 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.BlogL’évaluation en contexte de développement
Ce manuel est destiné aux personnes souhaitant s’initier à l’évaluation de programmes, en particulier en contexte de développement et de coopération internationale. À cet égard, tout en déroulant le fil d’une démarche évaluative classique, il présente…ResourceA 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:ResourceLearning alliances: An approach for building multi-stakeholder innovation systems
Millions of dollars are spent each year on research and development (R&D) initiatives in an attempt to improve rural livelihoods in the developing world, but rural poverty remains an intractable problem in many places.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.ResourceInstitutionalizing evaluation: A review of international experience
This report, written by Bertha Briceño and Marie M.ResourceImpact evaluation: A guide for commissioners and managers
This guide, written by Elliot Stern, aims to support managers and commissioners in gaining a deeper and broader understanding of impact evaluation.ResourceWhat is impact evaluation?
This video lecture given by Professor Howard White for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) provides an introduction to the importance of impact evaluation.ResourceUsing evidence to inform policy
This video lecture given by Beryl Leach for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) focuses on using research evidence in policymaking and programResourceThe theory of change
This video lecture given by Professor Howard White for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) outlines the use and importance of a theory of change in impResourceIntroduction to mixed methods in impact evaluation
This guide, written by Michael Bamberger for InterAction outlines the elements of a mixed methods approach with particular reference to how it can be used in an impact evaluation.ResourceQuantitative and qualitative methods in impact evaluation and measuring results
This paper from the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GRDRC) provides a detailed discussion of using both qualitative and quantitative methods in impact evaluation.Resource