Evaluating Capacity Development

Author : Douglas Horton
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552501115

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Evaluating Capacity Development by Douglas Horton Pdf

The perspective that informs this important book is that every evaluation of a capacity development effort should itself contribute to the capacity development effort and ultimately to the organization’s performance. This is a revolutionary idea in evaluation. With the idea have come the questions: Can it be done? And, if it is done, what will be the consequences? This book elucidates and deepens the idea, shows it can be done, and examines the consequences, both intended and unintended, of engaging in capacity development evaluation

Author : Horton, Douglas E,International Service for National Agricultural Research,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : Hague : ISNAR ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Organizational effectiveness Evaluation
ISBN : 9291180696

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Evaluating Capacity Development by Horton, Douglas E,International Service for National Agricultural Research,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

This book explains how the project used an action-learning approach, bringing together people from various countries and different types of organizations. As they conducted six evaluation studies over the course of 3 years, project participants learned a great deal about capacity development and the process of evaluation. The authors use examples and lessons drawn from the evaluation studies as a basis for making more general conclusions regarding how capacity-development efforts and evaluation can help organizations to achieve their missions.

Author : D. Horton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:710784502

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Evaluating Capacity Development by D. Horton Pdf

The evaluating capacity development project: an expriment in evaluating capacity development; The basics of capacity, organizational ccapacity development, and evaluation; Why manages should be concerned with organizational capacity development and its evaluation; Towards a holistic approcach to organizational cpcity development; Towards patnership in organizational capacity development; Approaches for evaluating organizational capacity development; Using and benefiting from a evaluation.

Author : Hallie Preskill,Darlene F. Russ-Eft
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483370620

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Building Evaluation Capacity by Hallie Preskill,Darlene F. Russ-Eft Pdf

The Second Edition of Building Evaluation Capacity provides 89 highly structured activities which require minimal instructor preparation and encourage application-based learning of how to design and conduct evaluation studies. Ideal for use in program evaluation courses, professional development workshops, and organization stakeholder trainings, authors Hallie Preskill and Darlene Russ-Eft cover the entire process of evaluation, including: understanding what evaluation is; the politics and ethics; the influence of culture; various models, approaches and designs; data collection and analysis methods; communicating and reporting progress and findings; and building and sustaining support. Each activity includes an overview, instructional objectives, minimum and maximum number of participants, range of time required, materials needed, primary instructional method, and procedures for facilitators to help learners in the most common evaluation practices.

Author : Charles Lusthaus,Gary Anderson,Elaine Murphy
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 9780889367715

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Institutional Assessment by Charles Lusthaus,Gary Anderson,Elaine Murphy Pdf

Institutional Assessment: A framework for strengthening organizational capacity for IDRCs research partners

Author : D. Horton,A. Andersen,R. Mackay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:174853358

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Evaluating Capacity by D. Horton,A. Andersen,R. Mackay Pdf

Author : Stewart I. Donaldson,Tarek Azzam,Ross F. Conner
Publisher : IAP
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623961855

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Emerging Practices in International Development Evaluation by Stewart I. Donaldson,Tarek Azzam,Ross F. Conner Pdf

The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas presented in this volume are a useful contribution to the ongoing efforts at rethinking, reforming and reshaping international development evaluation. They come from leading thinkers and practitioners in development, evaluation, research and academia who have recognized that development evaluation must evolve if it is to respond to the challenges of the 21st Century and play a meaningful role in social and economic transformation. This volume will be of great interest to evaluation scholars, practitioners, and students, particularly to those interested in international development projects, programs, and policies. This book will be appropriate for a wide range of courses, included Introduction to Evaluation, International Development Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Policy Evaluation, and evaluation courses in International Development, International Relations, Public Policy, Public Health, Human Services, Sociology, and Psychology.

Author : Marelize G ergens,Jody Zall Kusek
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821381873

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Making Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Work by Marelize G ergens,Jody Zall Kusek Pdf

This manual explains the skills and steps for making a monitoring and evaluation system that functions well, organizing the people, processes and partnershipsso that they collect and use good information that can be used by decision makers and other stakeholders.

Author : Nancy Edwards,Dan Kaseje,Eulalia Kahwa
Publisher : Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781775822073

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Building and Evaluating Research Capacity in Healthcare Systems by Nancy Edwards,Dan Kaseje,Eulalia Kahwa Pdf

Over the past decade, there have been many international calls to strengthen and support/sustain research capacity in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This capacity is considered an essential foundation for cost-effective healthcare systems. While there have been long-standing investments by many countries and research funding organisations in the training of individuals for this purpose, in many LMICs research capacity remains fragmented, uneven and fragile. There is growing recognition that a more systems-oriented approach to research capacity-building is required. Nonetheless, there are considerable gaps in the evidence for approaches to capacity-building that are effective and sustainable. This book addresses these gaps, capturing what was learned from teams working on The Global Health Research Initiative. This book brings together the experiences of research capacity-building teams co-led by Canadians and LMIC researchers in several regions of the world, including China, Chile, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821384039

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Influencing Change by Anonim Pdf

This book: (i) reviews how evaluation can lead the change process in policy and institutional development; (ii) presents a variety of good practices and lessons learned in building up evaluation capacities; and (iii) introduces new perspectives on evaluation capacity building.

Author : Adrian Curaj,Ligia Deca,Eva Egron-Polak,Jamil Salmi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319080543

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Higher Education Reforms in Romania by Adrian Curaj,Ligia Deca,Eva Egron-Polak,Jamil Salmi Pdf

Romania is an active player in various international higher education areas, while undergoing a series of higher education reforms within its national framework. The Higher Education Evidence Based Policy Making: a necessary premise for progress in Romania project was implemented by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) in the timeframe February 2012 – February 2014, being co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Operational Programme “Administrative Capacity Development”. The project aimed to increase the capacity of public administration for evidence-based policy making in the field of higher education, while focusing on good practices at international level and impact assessment. With the contribution of the national and international experts, the project has generated a number of analysis and studies on the existing higher education public policies (quality assurance, internationalisation, equity, data collection, the Bologna Process, financing of higher education). Based on the results of the project, the book will reunite a number of policy research articles which would tap into the innovative aspects of the project's activities and provide a concise overview of what good practices can be drawn from the empirical research conducted in this project. The book will therefore aim to improve the information on Romanian higher education reforms, as well as on the concrete evidence-based policy proposals which could be transformed into future policy solutions in the Romanian higher education system.

Author : Charles Lusthaus,Marie-Hélène Adrien,Peter Morgan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000076103443

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Integrating Capacity Development Into Project Design and Evaluation by Charles Lusthaus,Marie-Hélène Adrien,Peter Morgan Pdf

Author : June Lennie,Jo Tacchi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136155147

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Evaluating Communication for Development by June Lennie,Jo Tacchi Pdf

Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. It critiques dominant instrumental, accountability-based approaches to development and evaluation and offers an alternative holistic, participatory, mixed methods approach based on systems and complexity thinking and other key concepts. It maintains a focus on power, gender and other differences and social norms. The authors have designed the framework as a way to focus on achieving sustainable social change and to continually improve and develop C4D initiatives. The benefits and rigour of this approach are supported by examples and case studies from a number of action research and evaluation capacity development projects undertaken by the authors over the past fifteen years. Building on current arguments within the fields of C4D and development, the authors reinforce the case for effective communication being a central and vital component of participatory forms of development, something that needs to be appreciated by decision makers. They also consider ways of increasing the effectiveness of evaluation capacity development from grassroots to management level in the development context, an issue of growing importance to improving the quality, effectiveness and utilisation of monitoring and evaluation studies in this field. The book includes a critical review of the key approaches, methodologies and methods that are considered effective for planning evaluation, assessing the outcomes of C4D, and engaging in continuous learning. This rigorous book is of immense theoretical and practical value to students, scholars, and professionals researching or working in development, communication and media, applied anthropology, and evaluation and program planning.

Author : Vernooy, R.,Nelles, W., Campilan, D.,Li, Z.
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Learning to evaluate capacity development and collaborative learning about community-based natural resource management. by Vernooy, R.,Nelles, W., Campilan, D.,Li, Z. Pdf

Author : James W. Altschuld
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483321745

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Bridging the Gap Between Asset/Capacity Building and Needs Assessment by James W. Altschuld Pdf

In the groundbreaking text, Bridging the Gap Between Asset/Capacity Building and Needs Assessment, James W. Altschuld examines the synthesis of two antithetical ideas—needs assessment and asset/capacity building. At the heart of this approach is a focus on assessing the strengths and assets that communities have and demonstrating how to make those assets stronger. The author explains the foundation of needs assessment and asset/capacity building, discusses their similarities and differences, and offers a new hybrid framework that includes eight steps for how they can be done jointly for better results. The author then applies a checklist for judging the quality of this approach to six cases that represent real-world applications of hybrid principles. The last chapter demonstrates how such efforts might be studied in the future, emphasizing ways findings and results from hybrid ventures can be used effectively. A wide range of examples, tables, and figures appear throughout, with insightful discussion questions at the end of each chapter to facilitate meaningful discourse.