DFID Draft Structural Reform Plan July 2010

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Available  on the DFID website and as a pdf. "Structural Reform Plans are the key tool of the Coalition Government for making departments accountable for the implementation of the reforms set out in the Coalition Agreement. They replace the old, top-down systems of targets and central micromanagement. The reforms set out in ...

EVALUATING DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION: SUMMARY OF KEY NORMS AND STANDARDS. SECOND EDITION

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

OECD DAC NETWORK ON DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION, February 2010 Download a pdf copy "The DAC Network on Development Evaluation is a unique international forum that brings together evaluation managers and specialists from development co-operation agencies in OECD member countries and multilateral development institutions. Its goal is to increase the effectiveness of international ...

DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION RESOURCES AND SYSTEMS – A STUDY OF NETWORK MEMBERS

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

The DAC Network on Development Evaluation,  OECD, 2010. Download a pdf copy "Introduction In June 2009, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Development Evaluation agreed to undertake a study of its members’ evaluation systems and resources. The study aims to take stock of how ...

“Full transparency and new independent watchdog will give UK taxpayers value for money in aid”

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Copied from the DFID website, 3rd June 2010: [Please post your Comments below and/or on the Guardian Katine website ] "British taxpayers will see exactly how and where overseas aid money is being spent and a new independent watchdog will help ensure this aid is good value for money, International Development Secretary ...

NZAID 2008 Evaluations and Reviews: Annual Report on Quality, 2009

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Prepared by Miranda Cahn, Evaluation Advisor, Strategy, Advisory and Evaluation Group, NZAID, Wellington, August 2009. Available online Executive Summary Introduction The New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID) is committed to improving evaluative activity1, including evaluations and reviews. Since 2005 NZAID has undertaken annual desk studies of the evaluations and reviews completed by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...