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The systematic collection and analysis of information about the characteristics and outcomes of strategies, projects, and activities conducted as a basis for judgments to improve effectiveness, and timed to inform decisions about ongoing and future programming.

Evaluation is distinct from assessment or an informal review of projects.

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Supporting Local Partners with MEL: Lessons from the USAID/Serbia Local Works Experience

A recent internal evaluation of the Local Works program in Serbia conducted interviews with USAID/Serbia staff and local partners to…

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Evidence to Action Briefs

Evidence to Action Briefs were developed by USAID’s Bureau for Policy, Planning, and Learning (PPL), Office of Learning Evaluation and Research (LER), in collaboration with the…

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Building Better Networks: Evidence from IRI’s Evaluation Series

Network-based programs are common in the Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) space, and they may be designed to achieve a variety of goals. Such programs might foster a…

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Performance Results Are Not the Whole Story: Using Non-Traditional MEL and Targeting Cohesion in Collective Action Programs

Development practitioners have come to realize that the challenges facing communities where we work are anything but straightforward. When we consider the often dynamic and complex…

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All content tagged with "Evaluation"

Supporting Local Partners with MEL: Lessons from the USAID/Serbia Local Works Experience

Evidence to Action Briefs

Building Better Networks: Evidence from IRI’s Evaluation Series

Performance Results Are Not the Whole Story: Using Non-Traditional MEL and Targeting Cohesion in Collective Action Programs

The Tradeoffs of External Versus Internal Developmental Evaluation

Strengthening Defenses, Laboratory by Laboratory

Pause and Reflect Information Gathering Worksheet

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