Innovations in Monitoring and Evaluation ‘as if Politics Mattered’,

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Date: 17-18 October 2011 Venue: ANU, Canberra, Australia Concept Note, Chris Roche & Linda Kelly, 4 August 2011 The Developmental Leadership Program (DLP)[1] addresses an important gap in international thinking and policy about the critical role played by leaders, elites and coalitions in the politics of development. At the core of DLP thinking ...

Measuring Impact on the Immeasurable? Methodological Challenges in Evaluating Democracy and Governance Aid

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 ...

Measuring Results: A GSDRC Topic Guide

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Available as linked pages on the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC), website as of August 2011 The guide is designed to provide a quick and easy way for development professionals to keep in touch with key debates and critical issues in the field of monitoring and evaluation. It will ...

Micro-Methods in Evaluating Governance Interventions

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

This paper is available as a pdf.  It should be cited as follows: Garcia, M. (2011): Micro-Methods in Evaluating Governance Interventions. Evaluation Working Papers. Bonn: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung. The aim of this paper is to present a guide to impact evaluation methodologies currently used in the field ...

Policy Practice Brief 6 – What Makes A Good Governance Indicator?

Monday, January 24th, 2011

January 2011, Gareth Williams http://www.thepolicypractice.com/papersdetails.asp?code=17 The rise to prominence of good governance as a key development concern has been marked by an increasing interest in measurement and the production of a huge range of governance indicators. When used carefully such indicators provide a valuable source of information on governance conditions and trends. ...

Critique of Governance Assessment Applications

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

GRDC Helpdesk Research Report by Sumedh Rao, Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, July 2010. 16 pages. Available as pdf Query:  Identify the key literature that critiques the use and application of governance assessments.  Enquirer: DFID Contents 1. Overview 2. General critiques 3. Critiques of measurement 4. Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) 5. African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) 6. ...

Survey of Donor Approaches to Governance Assessment

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Published by the  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC), Size: 34 pages (358 KB) Full Text here Executive Summary Bilateral and multilateral development agencies have engaged intensively in assessing governance over the last decade. To explore opportunities for increased harmonization and alignment in this ...

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 ...

GRDC Helpdesk Research Report: Monitoring and Evaluation of Participation in Governance

Monday, October 6th, 2008

M&E of Participation in Governance: Please identify toolkits, methodologies and indicators for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of programmes aimed at improving governance (particularly of urban infrastructure/services). Please highlight methods of relevance to NGOs for monitoring and evaluating poor people's participation in decision-making processes. Helpdesk response Key findings: There is generally very ...

International Aid Transparency Initiative

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

[From the Development Gateway Foundation]  In support of the Accra Agenda for Action, 14 donors committed to increasing transparency. Participants from developed countries were joined by heads of multilateral and bilateral funding institutions and representatives of foundations in agreement to make information on development more accessible. They ...