Utilization-focused Evaluation

This 109-page primer summarizes experiences with five utilization focused evaluations (UFE) that were completed in Asia with International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-funded research partners. We have found UFE to be 'simple on the surface' yet complex in implementation....

The Assessment Framework provides guidance on options and specific tools based on suggested stages of the assessment process. These stages include:• Planning• Background Analysis• In- Country Assessment• Report and Recommendations ...

This guide is provides a basic foundation on how to make evaluations matter. It brings together existing concepts, evaluation methods and tools that have been found to work well in the field in a way that is straightforward and easy to follow....

This publication aims to contribute to the international debate on how the evaluation function can contribute to achieving equitable development results by conceptualizing, designing, implementing and using evaluations focused on human rights and equity. ...

These modules focus on two of the major challenges in evaluation: getting an answer to the question about whether the program has an effect, and whether the evaluation results are useful to people involved in the program. ...

Utilization-Focused Evaluation (U-FE) begins with the premise that evaluations should be judged by their utility and actual use; therefore, evaluators should facilitate the evaluation process and design any evaluation with careful consideration of how everything that is done, from beginning to end, will affect use. Use concerns how real people in the real world apply evaluation findings and experience the evaluation process....