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Mission-Based Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Platforms Assessment Report
In 2016, the Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL) commissioned an internal stocktaking of USAID's mission-based MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning) Platforms. A MEL…
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How to Download the Evaluation Toolkit as a PDF
This resource gives step-by-step instructions on how to download the Evaluation Toolkit as a PDF.PLEASE NOTE THAT AS OF MARCH 1, 2017 THE PRINT AND DOWNLOAD FUNCTIONS ARE UNDERGOING…
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Participatory Video for Monitoring and Evaluation in Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change
Describe The Approaches Utilized To Measure / Assess This KM Initiative: The CBAA Participatory Video for M&E process had the following aims: - Enhance accountability - Amplify…
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Assumptions, Conjectures, and Other Miracles: The Application of Evaluative Thinking to Theory of Change Models in Community Development
Unexamined and unjustified assumptions are the Achilles heel of development programs. In this paper, we describe an evaluation capacity building (ECB) approach designed to help…
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USAID Brazil Data Quality Assessment for Standard Biodiversity Indicators
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis 2017 Data Quality Analysis (DQA) of the Partnership for Conservation of Amazonian Biodiversity (PCAB) Project reports on the quality of data used to measure…
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Evaluations for Learning: A Discussion Paper for the UK Not-for-Profit Sector
This paper compares conventional evaluations and evaluations for learning. Some notes are offered for commissioners of evaluations, and the paper concludes with some questions for…
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Outcome Mapping: Building Learning and Reflection into Development Programs
The Evaluation Unit and a number of IDRC programs have been working with Dr. Barry Kibel of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation to adapt his Outcome Engineering…
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Assessing the National Health Information System Tool: An Assessment Tool
This HMN assessment tool is intended to achieve more than simply assess the strengths and weaknesses of the elements and operations of a national HIS. It should move stakeholders…
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Making Evaluations Matter: A Practical Guide for Evaluators
The guide attempts to provide an overall evaluation framework with guiding principles for conducting an evaluation. It brings together existing concepts, evaluation methods and…
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Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis: A Practical Method for Project Planning and Evaluation
Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) is an umbrella term to describe both the participatory construction of impact pathways and their subsequent use. This brief focuses on…