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Book

Making monitoring and evaluation systems work : a capacity development toolkit

Issued by World Bank

There are constant and growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to demands from internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development...

Book

Impact Evaluation in Practice, Second Edition

Issued by World Bank

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners.The updated version covers the newest techniques for evaluating...

Guidance Document

MONITORING AND EVALUATION UNDAF CAMPANION GUIDANCE

The purpose of this companion guidance piece is to provide practical steps and tools for the UN system in taking an integrated approach to the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

Book

Developing an Effective Evaluation Plan

Issued on 2011 by Atlanta, Georgia: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

The purpose of this workbook is to help public health program managers, administrators, and evaluators develop a joint understanding of what constitutes an evaluation plan, why it is important, and how to develop an effective evaluation plan in the...

Guidance Document

Designing Monitoring and Evaluation Approaches for Learning

Issued on 2019

This guide provides an excellent high-level overview of monitoring and evaluation design concepts. It clarifies that teams should consider their resources and need for precision and establishing causality when choosing their M&E design. This guide is...

Guidance Document

Creative communication for evaluation Dissemination

Issued by European Commission -Evaluation Support Service of the DG DEVCO 04 Brussels,

Through analysing a large number of evaluation dissemination products produced recently and information collated from interviews with relevant institutions, this study produced a series of five “How-to guidelines” on the most frequently used...

The purpose of this companion guidance is to provide practical and hands-on technical guidance on developing a theory of change as an integral part of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) process.

Guidance Document

THEORY OF CHANGE UNDAF CAMPANION GUIDANCE

Issued by United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF)

The purpose of this companion guidance is to provide practical and hands-on technical guidance on developing a theory of change as an integral part of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) process.

Guidance Document

Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Methods and Tools for Poverty and Inequality Reduction Programs

Issued by The Worldbank

As the author enter the second decade of the twenty-first century, governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), philanthropic organizations, and civil society groups worldwide are actively focusing on evidence-based...

Guidance Document

Evaluative Reasoning

Issued by International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), UNICEF

This guide, written by Jane Davidson for UNICEF, looks at the use of evaluative reasoning in impact evaluation. Evaluative reasoning synthesises the answers to lower and mid-level evaluation into defensible arguments that directly answer the...

Guidance Document

UNEG Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation

Issued on 2020 by UNEG

This Guidance document aims to support UN entity leaders and governing bodies as well as those organizing and conducting evaluations for the UN to ensure that an ethical lens informs day to day evaluation practice.

Guidance Document

GIS and Sampling

Issued on 2014 by MEASUREEvaluation

Abstract: This manual details how geographic information systems (GIS) can inform the sampling process, opening the door to powerful new possibilities for obtaining samples representative of particular subpopulations of interest, and the...

Report

Mapping Evaluation Management Practices in International Research and Development Organizations

Issued on 2025 by CGIAR IAES

This study explores how evaluation management practices affect the use of evaluation findings and recommendations in decision-making, policies, and actions. It maps practices across independent evaluation entities and highlights perceptions of...

e-learning

NAP Global Network: Online Course on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for National Adaptation Plan Processes

Issued by NAP Global Network:

Monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems are essential to understanding whether national adaptation plan (NAP) processes work, how they work, and for whom, while offering insights to improve climate change adaptation actions. This course...

e-learning

FAO: E-learning course: How to monitor and promote policy changes on governance of tenure

Issued by FAO

How to monitor and promote policy changes on governance of tenure The course provides guidance on some of the main issues to consider when implementing a monitoring activity: how to select the most appropriate approach or to identify the best data...