Archive for the ‘Bilateral agencies’ Category

Assessing aid impact: a review of Norwegian evaluation practice

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Authors: Espen Villanger ; Alf Morten Jerve Published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, Volume 1, Issue 2 June 2009 , pages 171 - 194 View Article: View Article (PDF) View Article (HTML) Warning: Unfortunately you have to pay to get access to this article in full Abstract This article ...

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NAO Review – DFID: Progress in improving performance management

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Publication date: 12 May 2009 . Full report (PDF - 366KB) Executive Summary 1.  This brief review of the Department for International Development's (DFID) performance management arrangements during 2008 is a follow-up to our 2002 VFM report on the same topic. It responds to a request from DFID's Accounting Officer to re-visit ...

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Guidance on using the revised Logical Framework (DFID 2009)

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Produced by the Value for Money Department, FCPD, February 2009. >>Full text here<< "The principal changes to the logframe from the earlier (2008) 4x4 matrix are: •  The Objectively Verifiable Indicator  (OVI) box has been separated into its component elements (Indicator, Baseline and Target), and Milestones added. •  Means of Verification has been separated into ...

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BEYOND SUCCESS STORIES: MONITORING & EVALUATION FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE RESULTS

Monday, June 8th, 2009

EVALUATOR VIEWS OF CURRENT PRACTICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE. This paper was produced independently by Richard Blue, Cynthia Clapp-Wincek, and Holly Benner. MAY 2009 See  Full-Report or Policy_Brief (draft for comment) "Findings derive from literature review, interviews with senior USG officials and primarily interviews with and survey responses from ‘external evaluators’—individuals who conduct ...

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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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New DFID policy on Evaluation

Monday, December 8th, 2008

"DFID takes very seriously the responsibility to ensure high quality, independent evaluation of its programmes, to provide reliable and robust evidence to improve the value of its global work to reduce poverty. In December 2007 the Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact was established to help DFID strengthen its evaluation processes. ...

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Evaluation of the Implementation of the Paris Declaration

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Thematic study: The applicability of the Paris Declaration in fragile and conflict-affected situations Executive Summary The September 2008 DAC HLF in Accra provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges of applying the Paris Declaration in fragile and conflict-affected situations. This report aims to provide evidence to inform these discussions by: • Synthesising existing ...

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AusAID first: Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2007

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

The inaugural Annual Review of Development Effectiveness, produced by the Office of Development Effectiveness, was tabled in Parliament on 20 March 2008. The review is a key element in efforts to strengthen the effectiveness of the aid program as the aid budget is scaled up to reach 0.5% of Gross National ...

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Survey on Evaluation of US Government Foreign Assistance

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

From: "ccwincek" To: MandENEWS@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:23:45 -0000 Subject: Survey on Evaluation of US Government Foreign Assistance Dear Fellow Evaluators (and colleagues interested in evaluation), In 2001, we completed a study for USAID (CDIE) called the Evaluation of USAID's Evaluation Experience. With all of the recent discussion of Foreign Assistance Reform, ...

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Public consultation on DFID’s new performance frameworks with UNDP, UNFPA and UNAIDS

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Inn the Consultation section of the DFID website information is now available on three proposed performance frameworks for the UNDP, UNFPA and UNAIDS Each section provides the following information: The DFID/UN... Institutional Strategy Further details and background information A list of questions An email address to send comments to A deadline date for submission of comments It ...

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