Archive for January, 2012
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
(from the great AidInfo website)
"At aidinfo we conduct research and liaise with aid donors and recipients to build up a case for aid transparency. We want to show that improving and increasing the amount that donors report on their aid contributions can help communities to track aid spending. In turn, ...
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Friday, January 13th, 2012
by Melvin M. Mark PhD (Editor), Stewart I. Donaldson PhD (Editor), Bernadette Campbell PhD (Editor) Guilford Press, May 2011. Available on Google Books.
Book burb "This compelling work brings together leading social psychologists and evaluators to explore the intersection of these two fields and how their theory, practices, and research findings ...
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
"The Center for Evaluation (CEval) of Saarland University, Germany, is a globally active research institute for applied social science in the field of evaluation and member of the DeGEval (German Evaluation Society). On this occasion, we organize an international conference about “The Future of Evaluation in Modern Societies” on 14th ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
16 March 2012
The Macdonald Hotel, Birmingham
[from UKES website] UKES conferences address leading issues of the day in programme and policy evaluation. The 2012 Annual Conference will address the current drive towards evaluation focused on results – frequently linked to 'Payment by Results' and what, in international development and elsewhere, is ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) -Terms of Reference for a Research Consultancy– White paper for the Commitment to Evaluation Indicator
"Background: Experience to date shows that the use of evidence by donors and governments when designing and adopting development programmes remains sporadic. There are many examples where a programme was ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
by Scott Page, 2011. Available on Google Books Princeton University Press, 14/07/2011 - 296 pages
Abstract: This book provides an introduction to the role of diversity in complex adaptive systems. A complex system--such as an economy or a tropical ecosystem--consists of interacting adaptive entities that produce dynamic patterns and structures. Diversity ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
A DISCUSSION PAPER FOR 3IE’S MEMBERS. by Rick Davies, July 2011. Commissioned by the Office of Development Effectiveness, AusAI. Available as pdf.
The purpose of this discussion paper is to inform AusAID’s and other 3ie members’ engagement with 3ie (the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation). It precedes the forthcoming evaluation of ...
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