DAC Guidelines and Reference Series
- Publication Date :08 Nov 2012
- Pages :88
- ISBN :9789264106802 (PDF) ; 9789264106796 (print)
- DOI :10.1787/9789264106802-en
Abstract
Recognising a need for better, tailored approaches to learning and accountability in conflict settings, the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) launched an initiative to develop guidance on evaluating conflict prevention and peacebuilding activities. The objective of this process has been to help improve evaluation practice and thereby support the broader community of experts and implementing organisations to enhance the quality of conflict prevention and peacebuilding interventions. It also seeks to guide policy makers, field and desk officers, and country partners towards a better understanding of the role and utility of evaluations. The guidance presented in this book provides background on key policy issues affecting donor engagement in settings of conflict and fragility and introduces some of the challenges to evaluation particular to these settings. It then provides step-by-step guidance on the core steps in planning, carrying out and learning from evaluation, as well as some basic principles on programme design and management.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
Glossary
Introduction: Why guidance on evaluating donor engagement in situations of conflict and fragility?
Chapter 1. Conceptual background and the need for improved approaches in situations of conflict and fragility
Chapter 2. Addressing challenges of evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility
Chapter 3. Preparing an evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility
Chapter 4. Conducting an evaluation in situations of conflict and fragility
Annex A. Conflict analysis and its use in evaluation
Annex B. Understanding and evaluating theories of change
Annex C. Sample terms of reference for a conflict evaluation
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