Archive for June, 2011
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
This paper is available as a pdf. It should be cited as follows: Garcia, M. (2011): Micro-Methods in Evaluating Governance Interventions. Evaluation Working Papers. Bonn: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung.
The aim of this paper is to present a guide to impact evaluation methodologies currently used in the field ...
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
by Andrew Blum, June 2011. United States Institute of Peace, Available as pdf Found courtesy of @poverty_action
Summary
The effective evaluation of peacebuilding programs is essential if the field is to learn what constitutes effective and ineffective practice and to hold organizations accountable for using good practice and avoiding ...
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Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
A report for World Vision, by Rick Davies and Tracey Delaney, Cambridge and Melbourne, March 2011. Available as pdf
Background to this review
"This review was undertaken by two monitoring and evaluation consultants, both with prior experience in the use of the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique. The review was commissioned by ...
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Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
By Ole Dahl Rasmussen, University of Southern Denmark and DanChurchAid, Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, University of Southern Denmark, Thomas Barnebeck Andersen, University of Southern Denmark. April 2011 Available as pdf Found courtesy of @ithorpe
Abstract: Recent advances in the use of randomized control trials to evaluate the effect of development interventions promise to ...
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
Governance and Social Development Resource Centre. Issues Paper by Sabine Garbarino and Jeremy Holland March 2009
1 Introduction
There has been a renewed interest in impact evaluation in recent years amongst development agencies and donors. Additional attention was drawn to the issue recently by a Center for Global Development (CGD) report calling ...
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Date: 8-9 June
Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Sri Lanka Evaluation Association (SLEvA) will hold the SLEvA 2011 International Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 8-9 June. The conference will be preceded by pre conference professional development workshops conducted by leading professionals in the field as well as professionals working ...
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Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Monitoring and evaluation: new developments and challenges
Date: 14-16 June 2011
Venue: The Netherlands
This international conference will examine key elements and challenges confronting the evaluation of international development, including its funding, practice and future.
The main themes of the conference will include: governance and accountability; impact; M&E in complex contexts of social change; ...
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
Date: June 6 -10, 2011
Venue: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dear colleagues
The Sri Lanka Evaluation Association (SLEvA) will convene its fourth Evaluation conference in Colombo this coming June. The conference will start with two days of professional development workshops and will provide an opportunity for sharing knowledge and ideas ...
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Date: June 15-17 2011
Venue: Cuernavaca, Mexico
Each year billions of dollars are spent on tackling global poverty. Development programs and policies are designed to build sustainable livelihoods and improve lives. But is there real evidence to show which programs work and why? Are government and donor policies ...
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