Archive for the ‘New books’ Category

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 ...

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 ...

“Is Your Campaign Making A Difference”

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

...has just been published by the Campaigning Effectiveness Programme at NCVO The book, written by Jim Coe and Ruth Mayne, seeks to advance the case that simple and effective monitoring and evaluation can, if implemented well, become a powerful tool for social and political change. It is aimed at campaigners and ...

SYSTEMS CONCEPTS IN EVALUATION: AN EXPERT ANTHOLOGY

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Bob Williams and Iraj Imam (eds.) EdgePress/American Evaluation Association (2007) Systems Concepts in Evaluation: An Expert Anthology brings together a wide range of systems concepts, methodologies and methods and applies them to evaluation settings. This book addresses the questions: • What is a systems approach? • What makes it different from other approaches? • Why ...

Negotiated Learning: Collaborative Monitoring for Forest Resource Management

Friday, June 1st, 2007

(via Pelican email list) Dear all Niels has asked me to make you aware of a new publication that some 'Pelican-ers' might find relevant. I have edited a book on how learning and monitoring can become better 'friends' than is currently usually the case. The book comes off the press tomorrow. The full reference: Guijt, ...