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Author : David Marsden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Cost effectiveness
ISBN : OCLC:1244717838
Author : David Marsden,Peter Oakley
Publisher : Humanities Press International
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Action research
ISBN : 0855981474
Author : Joseph J. Valadez,Michael Bamberger
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173001402605
Project sustainability has received considerable attention in recent years. The increased awareness stems from a growing concern with social development issues such as poverty reduction, project sustainability, the equal participation of women, and the social costs of economic development. This handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the wide range of techniques available for monitoring and evaluating the main kinds of social development programs. The authors highlight or review a number of topics that have been overlooked in earlier evaluation publications, such as: -The organization of monitoring and evaluation at the project, sectoral, and national levels -The management of the databases required to elect, design, and implement new social projects and programs -The monitoring and evaluation of project sustainability -Simple and cost-effective methods of estimating project impact. The authors also discuss methods for identifying potential beneficiaries and their information needs and ways of managing evaluations.
Author : Judy L. Baker
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821346976
Despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poor. There is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the poor. But for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? Could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? Are resources being spent efficiently? These are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factors. This handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impact. It is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statistics. For some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topic. Chapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methods. Chapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementation. Chapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case study. Chapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of "good practice" evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbook.
Author : June Lennie,Jo Tacchi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415522076
This pathbreaking book provides the latest thinking on international development programs which use communication for development (C4D) to implement social change. It critiques many dominant accountability-based approaches to development and evaluation and offers an alternative holistic, participatory, mixed methods approach, using key concepts and principles that are considered more effective and appropriate for achieving long-term sustainable change. This is supported by examples and case studies from over fifteen years of research and projects undertaken by the authors.
Author : Howard E. Freeman,Peter Henry Rossi,Sonia Rosenbaum,Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Development Centre
Publisher : Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Center
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015015646261
Author : Reidar Dale
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761933107
Issues of evaluation methodology, practice and use have become prominent in recent times since the need for evaluation is increasingly being felt in many different areas of public life. This entirely New Edition of a successful book deals with the focus, scope and methodology of evaluation in the field of societal development. The focus is on development programmes and projects in lesser developed countries but the author’s methodological frameworks have a wider framework.
Author : Frances Rubin
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0855982756
Focuses on the principles underlying evaluation, and deals with issues to be considered at the planning stage, the steps involved in carrying out evaluations and the importance of involving people in the evaluation process throughout.
Author : Linda G. Morra-Imas,Linda G. Morra,Ray C. Rist
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821379110
'The Road to Results: Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations' presents concepts and procedures for evaluation in a development context. It provides procedures and examples on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, how to conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, and how to construct a "rigorous" quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question. The text begins with the context of development evaluation and how it arrived where it is today. It then discusses current issues driving development evaluation, such as the Millennium Development Goals and the move from simple project evaluations to the broader understandings of complex evaluations. The topics of implementing 'Results-based Measurement and Evaluation' and constructing a 'Theory of Change' are emphasized throughout the text. Next, the authors take the reader down 'the road to results, ' presenting procedures for evaluating projects, programs, and policies by using a 'Design Matrix' to help map the process. This road includes: determining the overall approach, formulating questions, selecting designs, developing data collection instruments, choosing a sampling strategy, and planning data analysis for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method evaluations. The book also includes discussions on conducting complex evaluations, how to manage evaluations, how to present results, and ethical behavior--including principles, standards, and guidelines. The final chapter discusses the future of development evaluation. This comprehensive text is an essential tool for those involved in development evaluation.
Author : Novia Carter,Brian Wharf
Publisher : Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social Development
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Evaluation research (Social action programs)
ISBN : 0888101805
A review of the literature and a framework for practice.
Author : Susanne Neubert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136331404
This study of the impact of poverty alleviation programmes considers the state of research on evaluation including the social dimension and the methodology; illustrates the evolution of evaluation in the field of development co-operation; and shows successful and inadequate analyzing methods.
Author : Reider Dale
Publisher : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822026139717
This analysis of the evaluation of organized development work explores all the major issues and aspects of evaluation, chief among which are context, perspectives, methods and management. Among the important features of the book are: an interconnected analysis of the main facets of evaluation; connections made between the evaluation of development schemes with the planning, implementation and monitoring of schemes; a cognizance of the complex nature of societal development; and a number of diagrams illustrating the perspectives and processes of evaluation.
Author : Jan de Graaff
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780429530173
This book provides diverse information and critical know-how to implement appropriate methodology and cost-efficient monitoring and evaluation systems better suited to assess the impacts of soil conservation and wastershed multi-sectoral development activities. It draws on a worldwide experience of specialists and a large array of ground-truthing projects and programmes. This book will meet its objective if it contributes to convince financing institutions and project managers that integrated watershed management activities have the potential to generate highly desirable impacts for the society at large, which have to be accurately measured by adequate M&E systems.
Author : Francis Wambua Mulwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Community development
ISBN : PSU:000026230573
Author : Apollo M. Nkwake
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030330040
This book discusses the crucial place that assumptions hold in conceptualizing, implementing, and evaluating development programs. It suggests simple ways for stakeholders and evaluators to 1) examine their assumptions about program theory and environmental conditions and 2) develop and carry out effective program monitoring and evaluation in light of those assumptions. A survey of evaluators from an international development agency reviewed the state of practice on assumptions-aware evaluation. This 2nd edition has been updated with further illustrations, case studies, and frameworks that have been researched and tested in the years since the first edition. Regardless of geography or goal, development programs and policies are fueled by a complex network of implicit ideas. Stakeholders may hold assumptions about purposes, outcomes, methodology, and the value of project evaluation and evaluators—which may or may not be shared by the evaluators. A major barrier to viable program evaluations is that development programs are based on assumptions that often are not well articulated. In designing programs, stakeholders often lack clear outlines for how implemented interventions will bring desired changes. This lack of clarity masks critical risks to program success and makes it challenging to evaluate such programs. Methods that have attempted to address this dilemma have been popularized as theory of change or other theory‐based approaches. Often, however, theory-based methods do not sufficiently clarify how program managers or evaluators should work with the assumptions inherent in the connections between the steps. The critical examination of assumptions in evaluation is essential for effective evaluations and evaluative thinking. "How does one think evaluatively? It all begins with assumptions. Systematically articulating, examining, and testing assumptions is the foundation of evaluative thinking... This book, more than any other, explains how to build a strong foundation for effective interventions and useful evaluation by rigorously working with assumptions." —Michael Quinn Patton, PhD. Author of Utilization-Focused Evaluation and co-editor of THOUGHTWORK: Thinking, Action, and the Fate of the World, USA. "This updated edition presents us with a new opportunity to delve into both the theoretical and practical aspects of paradigmatic, prescriptive, and causal assumptions. We need to learn, and apply these insights with the deep attention they deserve." —Zenda Ofir, PhD. Independent Evaluator, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy, Berlin, Germany. Honorary Professor, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. “This thought-provoking book explains why assumptions are an essential condition within the theories and methodologies of evaluation; and how assumptions influence the ways that evaluators approach their work...It will enrich the ways that evaluators develop their models, devise their methodologies, interpret their data, and interact with their stakeholders.” —Jonny Morell, Ph.D., President, 4.669... Evaluation and Planning, Editor Emeritus, Evaluation and Program Planning