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This Manual provides clear and detailed guidance on evaluation methodologies, processes, approaches and the practical aspects of conducting evaluations. At the core of the evaluation system is the use of recognised international practices and...

The purpose of this note is to summarize empirical literature in economics addressing two key evidence challenges: (i) scaling up innovations or interventions that have shown promising impacts at smaller scales, and (ii) assessing the external...

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 marks the tenth annual stocktaking of global progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. With the 2030 deadline only five years away, the report delivers a stark assessment: the...

Strengthening the professional capacity of UN evaluators to design and manage evaluations is a central objective of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Strategy for 2020 – 2024 as UNEG aims to support the professionalization and capacities of...

As we cross the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the independent evaluation offices of UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, and WFP saw an opportunity to conduct an inter...

This guide provides a ten-step model to help plan, design, and implement a results-based M&E system for good management in organisations working in the public sector. The guide describes these steps in detail, the tasks needed to complete them, and...

This document offers practical guidance on how to apply Machine Learning (ML) analytical approaches in evaluations. It presents an operational framework that was developed after a thorough literature review and UNICEF Evaluation Office’s (EO)...

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...

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...

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).

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...

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...

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.