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Ideas and tools to apply learning practices
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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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Lessons Learned from Evaluation: Using a Problem Tree Approach
This paper, written by M. J. Spilsbury, C. Perch, S. Norgbey, G. Rauniyar and C.Battaglino for the United Nations Environment Programme presents a framework for…
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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…
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USAID's Evaluation Interest Group Resources
The Evaluation Interest Group (EIG) is a community of practice based at USAID and is comprised of USAID staff, implementing partners, and others interested in learning more about…
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Development Grants Program Global Evaluation Summary
This is a background paper for the November 2012 USAID Experience Summit on Strengthening Country Systems.Between September 2010 and March 2011, Thomas Dichter was commissioned to…
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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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Meta-Evaluation of Quality and Coverage of USAID Evaluations 2009-2012
This evaluation of evaluations, or meta-evaluation, was undertaken to assess the quality of USAID’s evaluation reports. The study builds on USAID’s practice of periodically…