Guidance Document
Maximizing the Use of Evaluation Findings
This note by the Asian Development Bank summarizes the meanings of evaluation utilization and the factors influencing evaluation utilizations based on...
Topics: Evaluation methods
Discussion
Reporting and supporting evaluation use and influence
Posted on 25/08/2021 by Gordon Wanzare Dear EvalForward members, Use of evaluation has attracted a lot of attention recently due to the acknowledgement of the critical importance of...
Journal Article
Assumptions, conjectures, and other miracles: The application of evaluative thinking to theory of change models in community development
This paper describes an evaluation capacity building (ECB) approach designed to help community development practitioners work more effectively with...
Guidance Document
Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting: common concepts, differences and uses
This brief describes the commonalities and differences of Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting. It presents the main concepts shared by the...
Guidance Document
Applying Evaluation Criteria Thoughtfully
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has established common definitions for six evaluation criteria – relevance...
Blog
Insights from participatory outcome evaluation with social forest groups in Myanmar
Posted on 26/02/2021 by Binod ChapagainBlog
Behind the glossy cover: six reflections on communicating evaluations
Posted on 22/02/2021 by Alexander VocciaGuidance Document
Good practices in gender-responsive evaluations
This publication showcases good and promising practices on gender-responsive evaluation approaches and methods by featuring gender-responsive...
Guidance Document
Getting Evidence Quicker: the development of Rapid Evaluations in selected African Countries
This brief by Twende Mbele looks at Rapid Evaluations in the public sector of selected African Countries. Rapid evaluations are intended to reduce the...
Blog
Making voices count - Gathering community feedback in times of remote evaluation
Posted on 11/02/2021 by Johanna Pennarz, Prashanth KotturiGuidance Document
Mejores criterios para una mejor evaluación
Definiciones revisadas de los criterios de evaluación y principios para su utilización. Esta adaptación al español de “Better Criteria for Better...
Blog
EvalForward Talks - Remote evaluations during COVID-19: how can we cope and adapt? What are the best solutions?
Posted on 28/01/2021 by Federica BottamediGuidance Document
Evaluation of International Development Interventions - An Overview of Approaches and Methods
This guide compiled by the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank provides an overview of evaluation approaches and methods that have been...
Blog
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected evaluation design?
Posted on 15/12/2020 by Nanae Yabuki The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions on travel and face-to-face meetings have had a major impact on evaluation design.
Video
Evaluation: les ficelles du métier
Dans cette vidéo, Olivier Cossée du Bureau de l’évaluation de la FAO, donne des conseils pratiques sur comment combiner approches qualitatives et...
Blog
We are evaluating a moving picture
Posted on 17/11/2020 We interviewed Julia Betts, independent evaluation consultant, who is currently supporting WFP evaluation activities related to the response to COVID...
Guidance Document
Engaging your audience. Creative communications for evaluation dissemination.
This interactive report has been produced to disseminate the findings of the study on evaluation dissemination at DG DEVCO, EU Delegations and non-EU...
Guidance Document
Evaluation in Hard-to-Reach Areas
This paper presents an overview of innovative technologies to overcome the obstacles to evaluation in fragile and conflict affected states and in hard...
Blog
Evaluating business innovations in agriculture-based social enterprises
Posted on 26/10/2020 by Ravinder Kumar, Andy Frost Innovation is not about technology alone. Innovation is about the process of using ideas (novel or otherwise) in new ways and combinations, for...
Discussion
Rapid evaluation to measure the impact of the COVID pandemic in mountainous areas
Posted on 12/10/2020 by Malika Bounfour Hello community, I work with NGOs in the mountainous areas near Marrakech and I am a member of one of them. We see the impact of the COVID pandemic on...
Guidance Document
Outcome mapping learning brief
This briefing note explores the use of outcome mapping (OM) as a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) approach to track behavioural change and...