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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
(from the great AidInfo website)
"At aidinfo we conduct research and liaise with aid donors and recipients to build up a case for aid transparency. We want to show that improving and increasing the amount that donors report on their aid contributions can help communities to track aid spending. In turn, ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) -Terms of Reference for a Research Consultancy– White paper for the Commitment to Evaluation Indicator
"Background: Experience to date shows that the use of evidence by donors and governments when designing and adopting development programmes remains sporadic. There are many examples where a programme was ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
A DISCUSSION PAPER FOR 3IE’S MEMBERS. by Rick Davies, July 2011. Commissioned by the Office of Development Effectiveness, AusAI. Available as pdf.
The purpose of this discussion paper is to inform AusAID’s and other 3ie members’ engagement with 3ie (the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation). It precedes the forthcoming evaluation of ...
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Monday, December 26th, 2011
Second Edition, by Michael Bamberger, Jim Rugh, Linda Mabry. Sage Publications, Nov 2011,
"This book addresses the challenges of conducting program evaluations in real-world contexts where evaluators and their clients face budget and time constraints and where critical data may be missing. The book is organized around a seven-step model developed ...
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
...on 22nd November, 2011.
Two cover general areas of the programme:
• ICAI’s Approach to Effectiveness and Value for Money; and
• The Department for International Development’s (DFID) Approach to Anti-Corruption;
Two cover specific programmes in DFID’s country offices:
• DFID’s Climate Change Programme in Bangladesh; and
• DFID’s Support to the Health Sector in Zimbabwe.
See ...
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Monday, October 31st, 2011
David McKenzie (World Bank, BREAD, CEPR and IZA) and Berk Özler (World Bank). Policy Research Working Paper 5783. August 2011. Available as pdf. See also the authors' blog about this paper.
Introduction: Practically nonexistent a decade ago, blogs by economic scholars have become commonplace. Economics blogs, such as Freakonomics, Marginal Revolution, ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Vic Murray, University of Victoria, 2004. Available as pdf
Abstract: This paper reviews the underlying theoretical bases for the evaluation of organizational performance. It then examines representative samples of empirical research into actual evaluation practices in a variety of nonprofits in Canada, the U.S. and Britain. Some of the most ...
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
13 September 2011
"The International Development Committee is to conduct an inquiry into the Department for International Development’s Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 and the Department’s Business Plan 2011-15.
Invitation to submit Written Evidence
The Committee will be considering
Changes since the election to DFID's, role, policies, priorities and procedures;
The implications of changes for ...
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Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
by Jennifer Gauck, University of Kent, Canterbury - Department of Politics, 2011. APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper. Available as pdf
Abstract:
"Recent debates over the quality, quantity and purpose of development aid has led to a renewed emphasis on whether, and in what circumstances, aid is effective in achieving development outcomes. A ...
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
[Aplogies: This page is still at the draft stage, there are some formating and other problems]
A suggested definition of a M&E Framework:
A document that tells you who is expected to know what, as well as when and how they are expected to know.
The list (under development, suggestions welcomed):
Clear Horizon: Developing ...
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