Reducing World Poverty by Improving Evaluation of Development Aid

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Paul Clements, Western Michigan University, clements@wmich.edu, Thomaz Chianca, Western Michigan University, Ryoh Sasaki, Western Michigan University American Journal of Evaluation, Vol. 29, No. 2, 195-214 (2008) Abstract: This article argues that given its structural conditions, development aid bears a particularly heavy burden of learning and accountability. Unfortunately, however, the organization of evaluation ...

Public consultation on DFID’s new performance frameworks with UNDP, UNFPA and UNAIDS

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 ...

Outcome-Based Conditionality: Too Good To Be True?

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Author: Nuria Molina. Date: 2008. Size: 42 pages "Does linking aid disbursement to a results agenda (outcome-based conditionality) actually build recipient ownership and development effectiveness? This report for the European Network on Debt and Development (EURODAD) analyses the different interpretations of outcome-based aid delivery adopted by the World Bank ...

Advancing the Standards, Practice, and Use of Evaluation

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Evaluation News, Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 7 May 2008 MANILA, PHILIPPINES – On 21–24 April 2008, the Evaluation Cooperation Group (ECG) met in Tunis. Its working groups discussed the standards, practice, and use of evaluation vis-vis the private sector, country strategies and programs, technical assistance, and the public sector. They ...

Making Smart Policy: Using Impact Evaluation for Policy Making

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Date: January 15 and 16, 2008 Venue: Washington, DC, USA January 15 and 16, 2008, Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC The Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network, the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG), and the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) of the World Bank are pleased to announce a conference “Making ...