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Systematic reviews summarise and synthesise the global evidence about an intervention. By incorporating causal chain analysis, a systematic review moves beyond the question of ‘does it work?’ to ‘why does it work, for whom, under what circumstances...

This brief takes a practical, how-to approach in outlining ten steps for building a middle-level theory of change.

In the CEDIL Methods brief, ‘Evaluating complex interventions: What are appropriate methods?’ we identify four types of complex development interventions: long causal chain interventions, multicomponent interventions, portfolio interventions, and...

Timely evaluations produce results when they are needed to inform decision making while using appropriate, rigorous designs. While traditionally evaluations are carried out at the end of a programme, this brief explores methods for evaluation during...

Choosing appropriate approaches and methods are pre-requisites for credible, independent and useful evaluation exercises in the United Nations. The Compendium of Evaluation Methods Reviewed is a guidance document resulting from discussions among...

Impact evaluations are studies that attempt to measure the causal impact of a project, program or policy on one or more outcomes of. This book provides a comprehensive exposition of how to conduct impact evaluations. Part I provides an overview of...

This SenseMaker Practitioner Guide is for those who wish to use SenseMaker to conduct assessments, monitor progress, and undertake evaluations or research. Drawing on more than a decade of experience, the authors share dozens of examples from...

Cette synthèse publiée par le Réseau Francophone de l'Evaluation et rédigée par Jannick Christelle N’gbéché (ENAP - Québec), porte sur les déterminants de l’émergence de la pratique de l’évaluation et s’interroge sur les facteurs facilitants et les...

This Report provides a review of the progress on the implementation of the UN General Assembly Resolution 69/237 on building national evaluation capacities and identifies areas for improvement. It includes a shared definition and theory of change for...

This guideline seeks to help countries who are thinking of establishing a national evaluation system (NES) and suggests the minimum requirements for doing so. At present in Africa there are three countries with established NESs, Benin, Uganda and...

Twende Mbele has developed a guideline on establishing a national monitoring and evaluation policy (NMEP) or evaluation policy (NEP), targeting the M&E champions in government, as well as their supporters in the wider M&E ecosystem. The Purpose of...

With the help of multiple partners, FAO has developed a global analytical framework for the multidimensional assessment of the performance of agroecology: the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE). This document provides guidance on how...

Science-Metrix developed this technical note to provide recommendations on the use of bibliometrics in mixed-methods evaluations and monitoring of Quality of Science (QoS) in One CGIAR research. As such, this technical note combines bibliometric...

This paper was prepared by the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank for international development specialists, with both evaluation professionals and nutrition sector practitioners in mind. It presents the methodology and results used to...