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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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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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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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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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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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
The following information has been sent out by email
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"The role and remit of the NAO
The NAO is tasked with examining the economy, effectiveness and efficiency
with which government departments have used public money. Our review will
examine DFID's monitoring and evaluation framework and whether it
influences decision making and operational activities. In this ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Date: 17 July 2008
Venue: Wellcome Trust, London
ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE THE EVALUATION OF BRITISH AID - BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK…
3.30pm to 6.00pm (Registration from 3.00 pm) Book now – places limited!
Does British aid to poor countries work? Is the Department for International Development accountable for ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
8th March 2008 Minutes of the New Independent Advisory Committee on Development Impact (Contactable via ev-dept@dfid.gov.uk. PS: The committee will have its own website and contact email address by mid-2008)
On independence of evaluation at DFID
(excerpt) ....Comments made by committee members in the ensuing discussion were
as follows:
There was a ...
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