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Disability inclusion in evaluation
Issued on 2023 by EvalForward Judith Kaitesi Katabarwa raised a discussion on EvalForward to encourage the sharing of experience and practice on disability inclusion in evaluation...
Topics: Evaluation process
Blog
Visual tools are powerful - Handle with care!
Posted on 27/07/2023 by Harriet Maria Matsaert Reflections on the Evalforward discussion ‘Can visual tools help evaluators communicate and engage better?’
Discussion
Disability inclusion in evaluation
Posted on 25/07/2023 by Judith Katabarwa Evaluations support learning, improve effectiveness and efficiency of projects and programs and help to hold donors and governments accountable for...
Discussion
Can visual tools help evaluators communicate and engage better?
Posted on 26/06/2023 by Harriet Matsaert Dear Members I would like to start a discussion on the potential of visual tools, like whiteboard animations and infographics, to help us communicate...
Blog
Leaving no one behind: Meaningful inclusion of persons with disabilities in evaluations
Posted on 16/06/2023 by Kevan Moll Many evaluators work in contexts where there is little to no existing data to help identify persons with disabilities for participation in evaluations...
Guidance Document
GeneraTOR - Terms of reference generator
Better Evaluation developed 'GeneraTOR, which is a guide to write on the different sections of a Terms of References (ToRs). It is a word document...
Guidance Document
Guidebook for evaluating fisheries co-management effectiveness
This FAO (2023) Guidebook presents a flexible approach that can be used in many types of fisheries co-management systems with different contexts and...
Guidance Document
SOWING & HARVESTING Participatory Evaluation Handbook
This handbook for participatory evaluation was put together by EvalParticipativa as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the field of evaluation...
Guidance Document
Practical tips for addressing cross-cutting objectives in evaluations
This document from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland presents key considerations during the different phases of the evaluation process...
Guidance Document
The Rigor of Case-Based Causal Analysis Busting Myths through a Demonstration
This paper of the World Bank Group (2023) busts two myths regarding the use of case-based designs in evaluations that aim to answer effectiveness...
Guidance Document
Addressing environmental sustainability through the OECD DAC Criteria for Evaluation of Development Assistance
This document discusses how the six evaluation criteria of the OECD DAC (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development – Development...
Guidance Document
Project/programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E) guide
The purpose of this Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) guide, published in September 2021, is to promote a common understanding and reliable practice of...
Blog
Will artificial intelligence replace us as evaluators?
Posted on 19/03/2023 by Rami Assaf Technological progress can make jobs obsolete, will evaluators follow suit?
Guidance Document
Evaluability Assessments in Austrian development cooperation
Evaluability Assessments (EAs) aim at determining the overall quality of the design of an intervention, whether a programme, a project, a strategy, or...
Blog
Evaluators are interpreters. What about ChatGPT?
Posted on 27/02/2023 by Silva Ferretti Is Artificial Intelligence smart enough to make our evaluation work easier, and how far we can go with using it?
Technical Paper
An empirically driven theory of poverty reduction
This research project paper of CEDIL describes the use of secondary evaluation data from four government unconditional cash transfer programmes (UCTs)...
Guidance Document
Key informant identification in M&E system diagnosis
This paper from the Global Evaluation Initiative provides some recommendations regarding the identification of key stakeholders to strengthen M&E...
Report
How Can Governments Leverage Policy Evaluation to Improve Evidence Informed Policy Making?
This OEC report provides a broad analysis across 42 countries of the institutionalisation of policy evaluation, its quality and use. This systemic...
Discussion
What type of evaluator are you?
Posted on 27/01/2023 by EvalForward Team Dear EvalForward members, Evaluators can wear different hats, play a variety of roles and embrace different approaches to their work. What type of...
Guidance Document
Applying the CGIAR quality of research for development framework to process and performance evaluations
These pioneering evaluation Guidelines provide the framing, criteria, dimensions, and menu of methods for assessing the quality of research for...
Guidance Document
Key Ideas in Program Theory
This chapter of the book Purposeful Program Theory (2011) of Funnel and Rogers, explains how program theory can be used to learn from success, failure...