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DESIGNING EVALUATIONS:

DESIGNING EVALUATIONS:

This publication supersedes PEMD-10.1.4, Designing Evaluations, May 1, 1991. GAO assists congressional decision makers in their deliberations by furnishing them with analytical information on issues and options. Many diverse methodologies are needed to develop sound and timely answers to the questions the Congress asks. To provide GAO evaluators with basic information about the more commonly used methodologies, GAO’s policy guidance includes documents such as methodology transfer papers and more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

UNDP Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results

UNDP Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results

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This ‘Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Results’ is an updated edition of the 2002 edition of ‘Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluation for Results’1. It seeks to address new directions in planning, monitoring and evaluation in the context of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) corporate strategic plan, the requirements of the UNDP evaluation policy approved by the Executive Board in 2006 and the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) ‘Standards for more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

Research Excellence Framework

The UK's Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the new system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). It will replace the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) and will be completed in 2014. The REF will be undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies. The exercise will be managed by the REF team based at HEFCE and overseen by the REF Steering Group, consisting of representatives of the four funding bodies. The primary purpose of more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

Big Data from Cheap Phones

Big Data from Cheap Phones

technologyreview.com –

Caroline Buckee, a Harvard epidemiologist, is using detailed data on population movements - gleaned from mobile phones - to build precise new tools for fighting the spread of malaria. Buckee’s most recent study, published last year in Science and based on records from 15 million Kenyan phones, is a result of a collaboration with her husband, Nathan Eagle, who has been working to make sense of cell-phone data for more than a decade. That demonstration suggests how such data might be harnessed more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

DFID Working Paper 38. Broadening the range of designs and methods for impact evaluations.

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Summary: This report brings together the findings and conclusions of a study on Impact Evaluation (IE) commissioned by DFID. It comprises an executive summary and 7 chapters: Introducing the study Defining impact evaluation Choosing designs and methods Evaluation questions and evaluation designs Programme attributes and designs Quality assurance Conclusions and next steps Each of the main chapters has a main message box at the beginning that highlights the key points in that chapter. more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

Challenges for Community Radio in India's Rural Development

Challenges for Community Radio in India's Rural Development

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India’s 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) talks of challenges emanating from the economy’s transition to a higher growth path, the structural changes that come with it and the expectations it generates. These parameters are more critical for an estimated 833 million people in India who continue to live in rural areas and a very large proportion of whom, both men and women, are either wholly or significantly still dependent for their livelihood on farm as well as non-farm activities. A grant of more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Research to Action

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Research to Action (R2A) is an initiative catering for the strategic and practical needs of people trying to improve the way social, economic and environmental development research is communicated and utilised. Its stated mission is "to guide and support effective research engagement and communication. The result of which can 'help give research a chance' to inform decision-making processes, bring about social change and have ‘impact’. We believe that if research is made more interesting, more...

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John Daly on May 20, 2013

Who Stole My Cow? Open Data and Praedial Larceny

Who Stole My Cow? Open Data and Praedial Larceny

blog.usaid.gov –

Praedial larceny — the theft of agricultural produce and livestock - is widely acknowledged as a major threat to agricultural production and food security in developing countries. It robs legitimate producers, stifles incentives for farming entrepreneurs and adversely affects the poor. In Jamaica, this scourge deprives farmers of more than JA$5 billion (US$52 million) each year. At its core, praedial larceny thrives on information asymmetries that limit coordination between stakeholders, such more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

The Problem with Our Data Obsession

The Problem with Our Data Obsession

technologyreview.com –

In his trenchant new book, To Save Everything Click Here, Evgeny Morozov, a writer for Slate and The New Republic, uses the Eightmaps episode to support his claim that “Internet-centrism” is warping our view of what’s truly important. Transparency is ascending at the expense of other values, Morozov suggests, mainly because it is so cheap and easy to use the Internet to distribute data that might someday prove useful. And because we’re so often told that the Internet more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency

Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency

In the fourth quarter of 2012, consumers worldwide bought approximately 217 million smartphones, which weigh about four ounces and fit in the palm of the hand. Consumers derive enormous benefits from these devices, which are used to make audio and video phone calls, buy movie tickets, check traffic on the regular commute, browse a digital library while waiting for an appointment, and connect with friends for spontaneous get-togethers. The mobile ecosystem has changed in other ways, too. The more...

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D C on May 20, 2013

ICT4Ag 2013 Conference, Plug & Play Day, Kigali, Rwanda, 4 November, 2013: Call for Innovations Opens!

Plug&Play Day - 4 November 2013

As a precursor to the ICT4Ag conference being coorganised by CTA, MINAGRI and partner organisations in Kigali, Rwanda, the Plug and Play Day (November 4, 2013) offers participants a valuable and very practical insight into the latest technological developments in the field of ICT for agriculture. Proposals are being solicited from the general public for apps/tools/solutions developers and “techies”, who may be interested in demonstrating or teaching others how to use these technologies more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on May 20, 2013

ICT4Ag 2013 Conference, Kigali, Rwanda 4-8 November, 2013: Call for Content Opens!

ICT4Ag 2013 Conference, Kigali, Rwanda 4-8 November, 2013: Call for Content Opens!

Co-hosted by CTA and MINAGRI, and supported by an impressive array of international organisations working in the fields of ICTs and agriculture, this conference taking place in Kigali, Rwanda on 4-8 November 2013, offers participants the opportunity to discover exciting opportunities and cutting edge technologies. Proposals are being solicited from interested resource persons under a broad range of session topics within the field of ICTs and agriculture. If interested in submitting a content more...

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Giacomo Rambaldi on May 20, 2013

comparison of socio-economic characteristics of ethnic minority vis-a-vis main stream population: New survey evidence from Vietnam

comparison of socio-economic characteristics of ethnic minority vis-a-vis main stream population: New survey evidence from Vietnam

The ethnic minority people are known to be poor in general, low in education and perform less compared to the main stream population in Vietnam. There is however less evidence backed by field data to compare the overall standards of ethnic minority people and the main stream people. This note based on survey data gathered from 420 households (75% minority and 25 % main stream) corroborates that minority households in general perform poorly compared to main stream population is. Out of the 11 more...

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Anura Widana on May 19, 2013

"Socio-Capitalism" Is This the new order world wants?

Vegitable market in Paris

sadashivan.com –

Socio Capitalism is an economic structure which privileges Communities, Individuals, Capitalists and Governments involve together to achieve Economic Goal. Thus Growth Share reaches entire population. Socio Capitalism is a system where capitalist invests and gets due reward. Its role is to invest but functions by communities and its people to promote the project and shared by all involved, encourages involved having equal interest in the growth. Government’s role does not merely sticking to more...

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sadashivan nair on May 19, 2013

A website that helps save your electricity bill

A website that helps save your electricity bill

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Abhishek Jain has come a long way since he left a high-profile job in Deloitte to help Indians save electricity at home. His online initiative, bijlibachao.com, not only helps analyse electricity bills but also calculates how a consumer can save money by choosing the right colour for a room and correctly placing appliances. “An electricity bill is a confusing entity. If the bill is Rs. 2,000 - 3,000, let’s go pay it, but how it gets to Rs. 2,000 - 3,000 no one knows, and one just goes and pays more...

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D C on May 19, 2013

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