Topics: Evaluation process

Guidance Document

Learning Links | resources for monitoring and evaluation practitioners and decision-makers

Issued on 2023 by ALNAP

ALNAP Learning Links is a collection of resources and references which can be used for professional development, background reading and/or as part of...

EvalForEarth Summary

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...

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...