Topics: Evaluation methods

The Paper is based (i) on a review of the M&E systems across the 74 World Bank-supported agricultural and rural development (ARD) projects, that were...

The need for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems that can help countries understand how to best adapt to climate change has become...

This scoping review, commissioned by the Global SDG Synthesis Coalition, systematically assesses available evidence from systematic reviews and United...

Commissioned by the evaluation units of the Adaptation Fund, CIF, GEF, and GCF, this 2025 study explores the potential of AI to enhance the quality...

This Manual provides clear and detailed guidance on evaluation methodologies, processes, approaches and the practical aspects of conducting...

The purpose of this note is to summarize empirical literature in economics addressing two key evidence challenges: (i) scaling up innovations or...

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2025 marks the tenth annual stocktaking of global progress toward the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

Strengthening the professional capacity of UN evaluators to design and manage evaluations is a central objective of the United Nations Evaluation...

As we cross the midpoint of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and amidst stalled progress on achieving gender equality, the independent...

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...

This document offers practical guidance on how to apply Machine Learning (ML) analytical approaches in evaluations. It presents an operational...

There are constant and growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to demands from internal and external...

The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers...

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...

The purpose of this workbook is to help public health program managers, administrators, and evaluators develop a joint understanding of what...

This guide provides an excellent high-level overview of monitoring and evaluation design concepts. It clarifies that teams should consider their...

Through analysing a large number of evaluation dissemination products produced recently and information collated from interviews with relevant...

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...

As the author enter the second decade of the twenty-first century, governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)...

This guide, written by Jane Davidson for UNICEF, looks at the use of evaluative reasoning in impact evaluation. Evaluative reasoning synthesises the...

This Guidance document aims to support UN entity leaders and governing bodies as well as those organizing and conducting evaluations for the UN to...