2010 Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

"The IFAD Office of Evaluation (IOE) has released its eighth Annual Report on Results and Impact of IFAD Operations (ARRI), based on evaluations carried out in 2009. The main objectives of the report are to highlight the results and impact of IFAD-funded operations, and to draw attention ...

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 ...

Analyzing the Effects of Policy Reforms on the Poor: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of World Bank Support to Poverty and Social Impact Analyses

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

World Bank, 2010 "The World Bank introduced the Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) approach in fiscal 2002 to help governments and the Bank anticipate and address the possible consequences of proposed policy reforms, especially on the poor and vulnerable, and ...

New Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results

Friday, September 18th, 2009

We are pleased to inform you that the new Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results was launched by the Administrator on September 15th, 2009. The Evaluation Office, the Operations Support Group, and the Capacity Development Group of the Bureau for Development Policy collaborated in revising the publication. ...

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 ...

Review of results-based management at the United Nations

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

A >Report< of the Office of Internal Oversight Services.  September 2008 “Results-based management at the United Nations has been an administrative chore of little value to accountability and decision-making" Summary Results-based management involves focusing on what occurs beyond the process of translating inputs into outputs, namely outcomes (or "expected accomplishments") to which it ...

Who Answers to Women? GENDER & ACCOUNTABILITY

Thursday, January 8th, 2009

Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009. Full Report. Published by United Nations Development Fund for Women. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009: Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability shows that realising women's rights and achieving the Millennium Development Goals depends on strengthening accountability for commitments to women and gender ...

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 ...

Monitoring and Evaluation for Results – Vienna, Austria

Friday, September 19th, 2008

URL: www.worldbank.org/wbi/evaluation/training/vienna2008 Date: December 2008 Join us in December 2008 in Vienna for a one-week course covering the fundamental issues of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for programs and projects. The course is organized by the World Bank Institute Evaluation Group – with experience teaching over 4,000 participants across 60 countries in the ...