Archive for October, 2011
Monday, October 31st, 2011
David McKenzie (World Bank, BREAD, CEPR and IZA) and Berk Özler (World Bank). Policy Research Working Paper 5783. August 2011. Available as pdf. See also the authors' blog about this paper.
Introduction: Practically nonexistent a decade ago, blogs by economic scholars have become commonplace. Economics blogs, such as Freakonomics, Marginal Revolution, ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Vic Murray, University of Victoria, 2004. Available as pdf
Abstract: This paper reviews the underlying theoretical bases for the evaluation of organizational performance. It then examines representative samples of empirical research into actual evaluation practices in a variety of nonprofits in Canada, the U.S. and Britain. Some of the most ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
October 26, 2011 by Chris Roche.
On 19 October 2011, Oxfam Australia hosted a ‘Big Push Forward‘ event in Melbourne with the co-conveners of this initiative – Rosalind Eyben and Irene Guijt. Sixty development practitioners, including AusAid staff and academics came together to discuss whether the concerns voiced by the Big ...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
The Commons Public Accounts Committee publishes its 52nd report of Session 2010-12, on the basis of evidence from the Department for International Development (DfID).
Report: DfID Financial Management
"The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, said:
"The amount DfID spends on aid will rise by 35% by ...
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Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Guidelines for agencies, donors and evaluators
By Jesper Johnsøn, Hannes Hechler, Luís De Sousa, Harald Mathisen (2011) Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Issue 2011:8) 84 p. Available as pdf
"The number of Anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) around the world has increased dramatically over the past decades. Nevertheless, the value of ACAs is increasingly ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Date: 27 October 2011
Venue: Bonn, Germany
Dear all,
For the last three years, 14 German NGOs with 40 NGOs from Asia and Africa have been working to develop tools for assessing change and its causes, in short: impact monitoring that were to be specifically relevant for NGOs. Under the name of NGO-IDEAs, ...
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
By Sadie Watson And Juliet Pierce. September 2008. DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Evaluation Report WP27
Executive Summary
In 2007, a tool and process was developed for improving the recording and impact of policy dialogue initiatives across DFID. It was based on an adaptation of current project cycle management (PCM) requirements for programme ...
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Monday, September 19th, 2011
Date: 17-18 October 2011
Venue: ANU, Canberra, Australia
Concept Note, Chris Roche & Linda Kelly, 4 August 2011
The Developmental Leadership Program (DLP)[1] addresses an important gap in international thinking and policy about the critical role played by leaders, elites and coalitions in the politics of development. At the core of DLP thinking ...
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Date: 3-5 October 2011
Venue: Oslo, Norway
ABOUT THE OSLO GOVERNANCE FORUM
The Oslo Governance Forum (OGF) is an initiative of the Oslo Governance Centre and the Democratic Governance Group of UNDP. The Forum will facilitate exchange of innovative experiences, knowledge and policy options among international development practitioners, academic institutions, government representatives and ...
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Date: 18 October 2011
Venue: New Delhi, India
[found courtesy of Sarah Earl]
"Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is ubiquitous in every aspect of our lives. Gradually ICT is acquiring a key role in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development projects by reinforcing the efficacy of data management and processing processes. As ICT ...
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