Archive for May, 2010

“Impact 2.0: Collaborative technologies connecting research and policy”

Friday, May 28th, 2010

"Impact 2.0: Collaborative technologies connecting research and policy" is a two-year research project that seeks to develop a body of knowledge about the use of Web 2.0 in policy-oriented research and design in Latin America and to identify, document and promote good practices and emerging opportunities related to the use ...

How Wide are the Ripples?

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Report of the March 2010 workshop Prepared by Louise Clark, Kate Newman and Hannah Beardon "This report presents reflections from a workshop held in London on 18th and 19th March 2010. The workshop was part of a larger process of reflection and research, supported by IKM Emergent and called ‘How ...

Research Integration Using Dialogue Methods

Friday, May 14th, 2010

David McDonald, Gabriele Bammer, Peter Deane, 2009 Download pdf Ed: Although about "research integration"  the book is also very relevant to the planning and evaluation of development projects "Research on real-world problems—like restoration of wetlands, the needs of the elderly, effective disaster response and the future of the airline industry—requires ...

Stories vs. Statistics: The Impact of Anecdotal Data on Accounting Decision Making

Friday, May 14th, 2010

James Wainberg , Thomas Kida, James F. Smith March 12, 2010  Download pdf copy Abstract: Prior research in psychology and communications suggests that decision makers are biased by anecdotal data, even in the presence of more informative statistical data. A bias for anecdotal data can ...

Using impact evaluation to improve development

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Date: 04 May 2010 17:30-19:00 GMT+1 (BST) Venue: Overseas Development Institute, London (directions) Speakers: Ariel Fiszbein - Chief Economist, Human Development Network, World Bank Professor Costas Meghir - Co-Director, ESRC Research Centre, Institute of Fiscal Studies Chair: Alison Evans - Director, ODI How do you improve development effectiveness through the better use ...

Conference: “Evaluation Revisited: Improving the Quality of Evaluative Practice by Embracing Complexity.”

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

PS: Videos of the event are now available:  video_1.wmv video_2.wmv video_3.wmv . The EvaluationRevisited conference website also has a number of interesting post conference comments by different participants. Date: 20-21 May 2010 Venue: Netherlands On May 20-21, 2010, a conference on evaluation for development will be held in The Netherlands: “Evaluation Revisited: Improving ...

Workshop: Designing and Building a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Date: Sunday   23-May-10   09:00 AM   till: Thursday   27-May-10   05:00 PM Venue: Amman, Jordan Join us in Amman, Jordan for a 5-days training workshop in designing and building a results-based M&E system.  The course is organized by the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI) and will heavily ...

“Research Methods for Guiding Policy and Evaluation with Special Application to Population and Health”

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Date: May 2 – July 22, 2010 Venue: Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo. The Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo is pleased to announce the 9th round of the training course “Research Methods for Guiding Policy and Evaluation with Special Application to Population and Health”. ...