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. ...
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Monday, December 6th, 2010
[from the Research Helpdesk of the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre ]
Request: Summarise recent research findings and intellectual debate on how to best monitor and evaluate civil service performance, including international best practice and issues around standardised indicators (along the lines of the PEFA framework).
Key ...
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
Date: December 16-18, 2010
Venue: University of Brighton, UK
The University of Brighton will be hosting a groundbreaking, EU funded, international conference on the theme of Making the Invisible Visible: An Emerging Community of Practice in Indicators, Sustainability and Values, bringing together the leading thinkers, practitioners and organizations in these fields. The ...
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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. ...
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
I was asked this question by a client some time ago. After some thinking about something that I felt I should have already known, I drafted up a one page guidance note for my client. The contents of the note also benefited from a discussion about appropriate expectations about M&E ...
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Date: July 6-17, 2009
Venue: The World Bank Headquarters
1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433
SPONSORS
World Bank Institute Evaluation Group (WBIEG)
TOPICS
Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation
Logic Models and Evaluation Questions
Indicators and Measurement
Research Designs
Data Collection
Reconstructing Baseline Data
Sampling
Data Analysis
The Practice of Impact Evaluation
Reporting Results and Utilization of Evaluations
Managing Monitoring and Evaluation Functions
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Date: May 11-15, 2009
Venue: Hotel Africa in Tunis, Tunisia
SPONSORS
World Bank Institute Evaluation Group (WBIEG) and Joint Africa Institute (JAI)
TOPICS
Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation
Logic Models and Evaluation Questions
Indicators and Measurement
Research Designs
Data Collection
Reconstructing Baseline Data
Sampling
Data Analysis
The Practice of Impact Evaluation
Reporting Results and Utilization of Evaluations
Managing Monitoring and Evaluation Functions
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