Using Evaluation to Enhance the Performance of Development Partnerships
What do we know about the performance of partnership programs, and how can evaluation enhance their effectiveness?
How complicated does the (Intervention) Model have to be?
Even though simple models are incomplete and inadequate for some questions, more elaborate models are not necessarily generating more accurate predictions or explanations of reality.
We come in Peace! (from "Mars Attacks!")
To get the best development results, evaluators and project managers must see beyond the mutual distrust, and instead focus on asking the right questions
Value for Money - Getting it Right During the Evaluation Process
Why focus on Value-for-Money ? Isn't this part of evaluation practice well established by now?
The Complexity of Estimating the Value and Costs of an Evaluation
How do we estimate, or even calculate the value for money (VfM) from any given evaluation?
Behind the Mirror: A Report on the Self-Evaluation Systems of the World Bank Group
(also known as the ROSES Report) The World Bank Group began using self-evaluation to measure the outcomes of its investments 40 years ago. The systems cover most operational activities. This evaluation seeks to assess…
The first step to a great evaluation? Make the right choices
What can evaluators ask in order to create value rather than destroy it?
Program for Results: An Early Stage Assessment of the Process and Effects of a New Lending Instrument
This evaluation assesses the early experience with the design and implementation of Program for Results (PforR) operations and identifies lessons and recommendations to strengthen this new instrument.
Agile Evaluation
How can evaluators shorten response times without compromising the quality of analysis, the strength of the evidence-base, and the validity of findings?
