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by SDS EditorEvaluation 22/01/2016Comments are Disabled

UN Women, Claremont Graduate University and IOCE, under the EvalPartners initiative, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and in partnership with UNEG, OECD/DAC EvalNet, ALNAP, UNICEF, ReLAC, IPEN and EvalMENA, are pleased to announce the opening of the registration for the first 2016 cohort of the introductory e-Learning programme on Development Evaluation, which starts on 19 January 2016. In the …

Enhancing the #evaluability of Sustainable Development Goal 2 (#SDG2) #zerohunger

by SDS EditorEvaluation 21/12/2015Comments are Disabled

IFAD invited us to Rome for a technical seminar jointly organized by the evaluation offices of CGIAR, FAO, IFAD and WFP. The documentation is ready at http://www.ifad.org/evaluation/events/2015/sdg2/index.htm There is also a Storify on https://storify.com/ifadnews/technical-seminar-on-enhancing-the-evaluability-of

New Independent Evaluation Group IEG Website

by adminEvaluation 26/07/2013Comments are Disabled

This site http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org has been developed with a number of enhancements, with the goal of improving your experience online with the World Bank Group. The site has over 20 new features and enhancements, designed to simplify and improve access to resources, promote learning, and enhance engagement. Among the new features are knowledge and learning highlights, …

From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

by adminEvaluation, Methods, Poverty, Research, Rural Economies 25/03/2013Comments are Disabled

This week the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) published thirteen outcome stories. “Islands of success” in the middle of an ambitious “ocean of change”. For instance, in Cambodia, the story of drip irrigation farming linked to market opportunities demonstrates how improved water efficiency, primarily in the form of irrigation drip-kits, resulted in …

From Outcome Stories to Strategy | CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food

by adminEvaluation, Methods, Poverty, Research, Rural Economies 25/03/2013Comments are Disabled

Review of the use of ‘Theory of Change’ in international development

by adminDevelopment, Evaluation, Methods, Research 08/09/2012Comments are Disabled

Report commissioned by DFID evaluation division considers the current uses and definitions of ‘Theory of Change’ (ToC). It’s purpose is to suggest a more consistent approach for DFID in applying a concept which is gaining in reputation and use within the international development community. Based on information gathered from interviews with staff from 25 different …

World Bank | Handbook on Impact Evaluation | Quantitative Methods and Practices

by adminDevelopment, Evaluation, Methods, OECD 30/07/2012Comments are Disabled

Handbook on Impact Evaluation: Quantitative Methods and Practices, by Shahidur R. Khandker, Gayatri B. Koolwal, Hussain A. Samad, The World Bank, Washington DC, 2010, online at http://tinyurl.com/cm4q99v Identifying the precise effects of a policy is a complex and challenging task. This issue is particularly salient in an uncertain economic climate, where governments are under great …

Outcome Mapping Learning community

by adminEvaluation 03/07/2012Comments are Disabled

The Outcome Mapping Learning Community is an informal group of over a thousand members from around the world. It acts largely as a dynamic platform for sharing knowledge and experiences relating to Outcome Mapping. Members come together to solve problems, to showcase and trade their discoveries and good practices, and to support one another in …

Linear versus complexity: A new thinking paradigm for the development world

by adminEvaluation 24/02/2011Comments are Disabled

Linear versus complexity: A new thinking paradigm for the development world. On 28 February at 10:00am, Dave Snowden, founder of Cognitive Edge, a leading knowledge management practitioner, a thought leader who brings together academic and practitioner perspective into a single comprehensible purview, a well-known figure for his work on the role of narrative and sensemaking …