Monitoring Policy Dialogue: Lessons From A Pilot Study

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

By Sadie Watson And Juliet Pierce. September 2008. DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Evaluation Report WP27 Executive Summary In 2007, a tool and process was developed for improving the recording and impact of policy dialogue initiatives across DFID. It was based on an adaptation of current project cycle management (PCM) requirements for programme ...

Can we obtain the required rigour without randomisation? Oxfam GB’s non-experimental Global Performance Framework

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Karl Hughes, Claire Hutchings, August 2011. 3ie Working Paper 13. Available as pdf. [found courtesy of @3ieNews] Abstract "Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the international development sector need credible, reliable feedback on whether their interventions are making a meaningful difference but they struggle with how they can practically access it. Impact evaluation is research ...

Reflexive Monitoring in Action: A guide for monitoring system innovation projects

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

"Researchers at Wageningen University and the VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have been working together on a type of monitoring that they have called reflexive monitoring in action (RMA).  RMA has been developed especially for projects that aim to contribute to the sustainable development of ...

Negotiated Learning: Collaborative Monitoring for Forest Resource Management

Friday, June 1st, 2007

(via Pelican email list) Dear all Niels has asked me to make you aware of a new publication that some 'Pelican-ers' might find relevant. I have edited a book on how learning and monitoring can become better 'friends' than is currently usually the case. The book comes off the press tomorrow. The full reference: Guijt, ...