Archive for February, 2012
Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
On February 23rd, the Stanford Social Innovation Review asked its readers to predict the results of two randomised control trials (RCTs), before they become publicly available. Both studies "tested whether consulting services can help enterprises grow. In other words, with nothing more than advice, can small firms or microenterprises increase ...
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Monday, February 27th, 2012
by Megan Avila, Kavitha Nallathambi, Catherine Richey, Lisa Mwaikambo- in Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL), Vol 3, No 4 (2011)
....which looks at how to evaluate virtual discussion forums held on the IBP (Implementing Best Practices in Reproductive Health) Knowledge Gateway – a platform for global health practitioners to ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
February 21, 2012 blog posting by Johannes Linn, at Brookings
Found via @WorldBank_IEG tweet
"The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) recently published a self-evaluation of its activities. Besides representing current thinking among evaluation experts at the World Bank, it also more broadly reflects some of the strengths and gaps in the ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Relationships, Responsibilities, Relevance
26th Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Conference: October 24-27, 2012
Workshops: October 22, 23, 24, 28
"Evaluation takes place in complex global and local ecologies where we evaluators play important roles in building better organizations and communities and in creating opportunities for a better world. Ecology is ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
by Bertha Briceño, Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank; Laura Cuesta, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Orazio Attanasio, University College London
December 2011, 3ie Working Paper 14, available as pdf
"Abstract: As more resources are being allocated to impact evaluation of development programs,the need to map out the utilization and influence of evaluations has ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Mid-term results of a collective action research process.
Authors: Jan Van Ongevalle, Anneke Maarse, Cristien Temmink, Eugenia Boutylkova and Huib Huyse. Published January 2012
Praxis Paper 26, available as pdf
(Text from INTRAC website) "Written by staff from PSO and HIVA, this paper shares the first results of an ongoing collaborative action research ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
Blog posting by Hannah George on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 18:01 Found via @TimShorten
"The World Bank has taken landmark steps to make information accessible to the public and globally promote transparency and accountability, according to the first annual report on the World Bank’s Access to Information (AI) Policy.[20/02/2012 - links is ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2012
A posting on the Development Policy Blog by Stephen Howes, on 15 february 2012.
This blog examines AusAID’s Office of Development Effectiveness latest annual report released just before Christmas 2010, which was published in two parts, one providing an international comparative perspective (and summarized in this blog), the other drawing on ...
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Thursday, February 16th, 2012
From: Monday 19th March 2012 to Tuesday 20th March 2012
Venue: Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London
Organisers: London International Development Centre (LIDC); Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
Background: Higher education for international development has been, in recent years, a neglected area relative to other educational interventions. Yet higher education (HE) is necessary for ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
ODI Discussion paper, January 2012 4 pages
Authors: Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Maren Duvendack, Richard Mallett and Rachel Slater with Samuel Carpenter and Mathieu Tromme
This briefing paper reflects upon the use of systematic reviews in international development research. It attempts to identify where a systematic review approach adds value to development research and ...
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