Archive for the ‘New books’ Category

“Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity Building: Is it really that difficult?’

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

By Nigel Simister with Rachel Smith. Published by INTRAC. "Whilst few doubt the importance of capacity building, and the need for effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to support this work, the M&E of capacity building is as much a challenge now as it was two decades ago. This paper examines both ...

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Evaluating Climate Change and Development

Friday, February 19th, 2010

From: Juha Uitto , via the MandE NEWS email list Folks, I'd like to draw your attention to a new book, 'Evaluating Climate Change and Development', edited by Rob van den Berg and Osvaldo Feinstein. This to my knowledge is the first volume that systematically addresses issues relating to climate change from an ...

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Challenges of Program Evaluation Practice in Africa

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Call for Abstracts: Challenges of Program Evaluation Practice in Africa The purpose of this announcement is to propose the production of a collective book on the challenges of program evaluation in Africa, regardless of the type of sector addressed (health, education, agriculture, etc.). This book is intended to be a ...

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Evaluation of Conflict Sensibility, Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Programmes

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Date: 5-8 October 2009 Venue: Belgium This annual course is an intermediate- to advanced level course based on the newest guidelines established by the OECD-DAC. It provides methodologies for carrying out assessments of conflict sensibility, conflict situations and, subsequently, evaluating the performance of peace-building and conflict prevention activities in a ...

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IFAD “Evaluation Manual: Methodology and Processes.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

produced by the Office of Evaluation, April 2009 "The evaluation methodology in use at the IFAD Office of Evaluation is captured in the new OE Evaluation manual, which is based on the principles set out in IFAD’s evaluation policy, approved by IFAD’s Executive Board in April 2003. The main ...

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Training in Most Significant Change Technique (MSC) in Oxford, UK

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Date: 28-29th July 2009 Venue: Oxford, UK MSC is a powerful tool for monitoring, evaluation and organisational learning. MSC goes beyond merely capturing and documenting participants’ stories of impact, to offering a means of engaging in effective dialogue about what you are achieving. Each story represents the storyteller’s interpretation of impact, which ...

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Training in Evaluation of Humanitarian Action

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Date: 21st-24th June 2009 Venue: Belgium Channel Research and the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance (ALNAP) are inviting participants for Training in Evaluation of Humanitarian Action, Belgium, 21st-24th June 2009 (actual training dates 22nd-24th June 2009). This course is an introductory-to-intermediate level course and has the overall aim of assisting ...

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Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems. Better evidence, better policies, better development results

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the book "Country-led monitoring and evaluation systems. Better evidence, better policies, better development results" is now available ...

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Who Answers to Women? GENDER & ACCOUNTABILITY

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009. Full Report. Published by United Nations Development Fund for Women. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability shows that realising women's rights and achieving the Millennium Development Goals depends on strengthening accountability for commitments to women and gender ...

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The Logic Model Guidebook: Better Strategies for Great Results

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Authors Lisa Wyatt Knowlton (Ed.D.) and Cynthia C. Phillips (Ph.D.) Published October 2008. Available on Amazon.  Recommended by Jim Rugh Excerpt: "We approach logic models as important thinking and inquiry tools, and logic modeling as a process that contributes to clarity about a sequence of interactive relationships. Logic models display ...

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