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Guidance Document

Leveraging the power of youth in evaluation A practical guide to meaningfully engaging youth in evaluation processes

Issued on 2024 by UNFPA

This resource provides guidance on meaningfully engaging young people in each phase of an evaluation. It promotes a deeper understanding of systematic, purposeful and meaningful youth engagement throughout the evaluation lifecycle and beyond. This...

Guidance Document

Capacity development in evaluation and communication_ Prompts for facilitators

Issued on 2024 by IDRC

This guide is meant for facilitators of capacity development and organizational learning. This includes professionals from various fields including evaluation, communication, organizational learning, adaptive management, and strategic planning...

Briefing note

Independent Evaluation Typology and Nomenclature

Issued on 2024 by Independent Evaluation Department, IsDB

The aim of this compilation of the Typology of Evaluation is to differentiate and categorize the evaluation types and products and to create a shared understanding of the types of evaluation and their ensuing knowledge products. A common...

Book

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 Financing to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms

Issued on 2024 by FAO; IFAD; UNICEF; WFP; WHO

Every year, this most intensely scrutinized of FAO’s reports presents the headline number of undernourished people around the world, while advocating for strategies against hunger and malnutrition. Following publication of the global report, a wealth...

Cover of the study CC Mitigation evaluations by the GEF IEO

Technical Paper

Meta-Evaluation of Climate Mitigation Evaluations

Issued by GEF Independent Evaluation Office

This study by the GEF IEO develops a program theory for evaluating climate change mitigation interventions, moving beyond output-based assessments to focus on market conditions enabling sustainable energy adoption. By analyzing mitigation evaluations...

Cover of Climate Mitigation evaluations by GEF IEO

Technical Paper

Guidelines to Climate Mitigation Evaluations

Issued on 2013 by GEF Independent Evaluation Office

This paper contributes to addressing persistent methodological challenges in climate change mitigation evaluation by proposing a set of guidelines. It focuses on a theory-based approach to assessing mitigation interventions and tackles key conceptual...

Technical Paper

Good Practice Study on Principles for Indicator Development, Selection, and Use in Climate Change Adaptation Monitoring and Evaluation

Issued on 2015 by GEF Independent Evaluation Office

This study was conducted by the GEF Independent Evaluation Office (IEO), on behalf of the Earth-Eval community. It identifies key challenges in Climate Change Adaptation M&E, offering principles for the development, selection, and use of indicators...

EvalForEarth Summary

Summary: Evaluability Assessments- an Invitation to Reflect and Discuss.

Issued on 2024 by EvalForward

The Evaluation Function of the CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES), collaborating consultants, and the EvalForward team supported the in-depth and lively discussion on the role and value of EAs in program evaluations. The online...

Book

Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation Emerging Technologies and Their Implications for Evaluation

Issued on 2024 by Routledge

Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation: Emerging Technologies and Their Implications for Evaluation is a groundbreaking exploration of how the landscape of program evaluation will be redefined by artificial intelligence and other emerging digital...

Technical Paper

Developing holistic assessments of food and agricultural systems. A meta-framework for metrics users

Issued on 2024 by CIFOR

This paper puts forward general steps for developing a holistic agrifood system assessment, as well as principles to guide decision-making at each step of the design process, intended to support metrics users in navigating the jungle of available...

Cover of Framework for M&E of Climate Change Adaptation by GEF IEO

Technical Paper

Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation of Adaptation to Climate Change

Issued on 2011 by GEF Independent Evaluation Office

This framework paper developed by the GEF IEO in the context of the Earth-Eval community of practice (formerly Climate-Eval) in 2011 provides practical guidance on applying sound monitoring and evaluation (M&E) methodologies to climate change...

Technical Paper

Evaluation of Adaptation to Climate Change from a Development Perspective

Issued on 2008 by GEF Independent Evaluation Office

This report was commissioned by the GEF Independent Evaluation Office and financed by Department for International Development (formerly DFID), as part of the GEF Evaluation Office International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development...

e-learning

Introduction to Environmental Evaluation Approaches and Tools

Issued on 2024 by GEF IEO

This course, developed by the Independent Evaluation Office of the Global Environment Facility (GEF IEO) is a self-paced online training designed to provide foundational frameworks and tools for evaluating the environmental dimensions of a...

Book

Theories of Change in Reality. Strengths, Limitations and Future Directions.

Issued on 2024 by Taylor & Francis Group

For over 50 years, evaluators have used theories of change to articulate the causal logic underpinning how an intervention is intended to bring about a desired change. From its origins in programme evaluation, the approach has been adopted more...