How to develop evaluation questions

This webpage from My M&E provides an overview of the steps required to develop effective evaluation questions.  It also provides links to a number of documents from different organisations which give more detailed explanations and examples. 

The website links to the following guides/manuals to support the development of evaluation questions:

Key manual/guide

Chapter 2 of Sida Evaluation Manual - Evaluation Criteria

SIDA

PDF guide

English

 

Chapter 4 on Evaluation question - DANIDA Evaluation guidelines

DANIDA

 

 

 

Evaluation questions Questions d'évaluation Preguntas de evaluación

European Commission

PDF guidelines

English 
Spanish
French

 

Module 5 Evaluation Questions IPDET Handbook

International Program for Development Evaluation Training’s (IPDET)

PDF module

English

Examples

Questions on criteria : Evaluation at country level Questions d'évaluation: Evaluation au niveau pays Preguntas de evaluación: Evaluación a nivel país

European Commission

Website

English
French
Spanish

 

Evaluation questions : Evaluation at regional level Questions d'évaluation: Evaluation au niveau région Preguntas de evaluación : Evaluación a nivel regional

 

 

 

 

Evaluation questions: Sector or thematic global evaluation Questions d'évaluation: Evaluation globale sectorielle ou thématique Preguntas de evaluación: Evaluación global sectorial o temática

 

 

 

Source: My M&E

Sources

My M&E. (n.d.). How to develop evaluation questions. Retrieved from http://www.mymande.org/howto-recomm-page?q=node/88