Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

A list of M&E email lists

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Please Note: If you want to add a new M&E email list, please use the Comment facility at the bottom of this page. If you want to join any of these email lists, clock on the link for that list (Don't use the Comment facility) General purpose lists MandENEWS 1700+ Members, Archives: Membership required. ...

Evaluation Essentials: Methods For Conducting Sound Research

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Beth Osborne Daponte ISBN: 978-0-7879-8439-7. Paperback.192 pages. July 2008, Jossey-Bass Also available via Amazon "The book introduces students and practitioners to all necessary concepts and tools used to evaluate programs and policies. It focuses on issues that arise when evaluating programs, using those offered by non-profit and governmental organizations serving different sectors (social ...

A list of M&E training providers: Organised by country

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Please note: If you are looking for M&E training opportunities please consider taking part in the online survey of training needs. If you are a training provider, please look at the cumulative results to date of that survey. If you want your details (as a training provider) included on this web page, use ...

Basic Necessities Survey versus Schreiner’s Simple Poverty Scorecard

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

This page compares two simple methods of measuring poverty: The Basic Necessites Survey (BNS) Mark Schreiner's Simple Poverty Scorecard (SPS) The comparison was prompted by an email to the MandE NEWS email list by Atta Ullah in May 2008 asking for a comparison.

Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in Development Organisations: Sharing training and facilitation experiences

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Book by J. De Coninck, K. Chaturvedi, B. Haagsma, H. Griffioen, M. van der Glas Paperback: 220 pages Publisher: SAGE India (31 May 2008) Language English ISBN-10: 8178298570 ISBN-13: 978-8178298573. Also available on Amazon Effective planning, monitoring and evaluation (PME) is essential for organisational survival and for sustainable development, but remains a ...

Round Table on Impact Evaluation: meeting and online

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

The two days gathering entittled Mapping the Measures of Success: An Expert Round Table on Impact Evaluation for Strengthening Governance of WASH Services has been officially opened. This gathering and online discussion will be held until Wednesday 14 of May -2008. IRC will send a hard copy of the Thematic ...

Miradi - adaptive management software for conservation projects

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

(Referred to by Richard Margoluis, on Mande NEWS email list, 8 May 2008) Miradi - a Swahili word meaning "project" or "goal" - is a user-friendly program that allows nature conservation practitioners to design, manage, monitor, and learn from their projects to more effectively meet their conservation goals. The program guides ...

Improving poverty measurement in Sri Lanka

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

(From ELDIS Poverty Reporter) Authors: Gunewardena,D. Produced by: Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka (2005) Recently, conceptual advances in poverty measurement have been made: acceptance of the multidimensionality of poverty parallel use of monetary, capability, social exclusion and participatory approaches better measurement of the dynamics of poverty and vulnerability a rudimentary but growing agenda for the measurement ...

Invitation to join a dedicated discussion forum on reconstructing baseline data

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

From: XCeval@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Jim Rugh Sent: April 28, 2008 5:47 PM To: XCEval listserv; MandE NEWS Subject: [XCeval] Invitation to join a dedicated discussion forum on reconstructing baseline data We realize that any evaluation that purports to be an “impact evaluation” needs to compare “before-and-after” (pre-test + post-test data) and “with-and-without” ...

Impact Assessment: Training to be provided by INTRAC

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Date: 07 May 2008 - 09 May 2008 Venue: London, UK Training event organised by INTRAC Course fee: £475.00 Number of days: 3 Description: With increased pressures on delivery and accountability, the need has never been greater for Civil Society and other development organisations to assess the long-term impact of their work. In three fruitful days ...