Evaluation

This is a first draft of an effort to measure the quality of a legal system. It is in two parts. The first asks how well the system as whole is performing four key functions: the deterrence of wrongful conduct, the facilitation of voluntary transactions, the resolution of private disputes, and the redress of governmental abuses of power....

Although the current rule-of-law promotion fi eld is still expanding as it approaches the end of its second decade, it still faces a lack of knowledge at many levels of conception, operation, and evaluation. ...

Programs to actively support young people's employment prospects have existed for decades in industrialized countries; however, they are relatively new in developing nations. In a broad sense, youth livelihood interventions support young people's means to earn a living, and include training, public service, youth entrepreneurship, and financial services....

This manual attempts to be a practical step-by-step guide to prepare and carryout benchmarking and impact analyses of projects. The audience is policy makers, mainlyin the research or strategic departments of ministries. However, more operationaldepartments may also have an interest in the concepts explained....

The committee provides recommendationson how USAID can design its activities to gain greaterknowledge of which DG projects are most effective in the field and howto use that knowledge—drawing on both internal experience and outsideexpertise—to guide and improve future democracy assistance....

There have been three major development paradigms in the post-war period.  Each has kept the core content of its predecessor while adding additional concepts.  The first emphasized economic growth.  The second achieved the inclusion of social development, often formulated in terms of basic needs, on an equal footing in terms of importance.  The third is currently in process.  It is generating an inclusion of concepts related to the realization of human rights and covers issues such as empowerment, justice, accountability and governance.  Economic and social development objectives are integrated and redefined as rights.  Goals become mechanisms or instruments to ensure benefits to which people have legitimate claims.   Redefining the objectives of development in a broader human rights paradigm also, and more subtly, results in a quite different positioning of ‘process’ as an objective in itself, rather than just a means to an end.  Process was previously assessed primarily in terms of its effectiveness and efficiency.  In a rights paradigm, process is also assessed in terms of its quality.  Progress in some of these domains may necessarily be defined in qualitative, rather than quantitative terms.  So, positioning rights as the primary goal of development brings a range of new and different issues and concept structures into play....

This 2009 version of the ‘Handbook on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating forDevelopment Results’ aims to support UNDP in becoming more results-oriented andto improve its focus on development changes and real improvements in people’s lives.It replaces and updates the previous Handbook from 2002....

The practical guidance in this booklet is designed to help evaluation managers deliver effectve joint evaluations. This is vital at a time in which this international community is prioritising more effective ways of managing aid and emphasing the importance in mutual accountability in demonstrating results. ...

Taking into consideration implementers’ limited time and resources, the tools in Pathfinder International’s Straight to the Point Series provide clear, concise guidance on a variety of issues related to program design, implementation, and evaluation. ...

The focus of this handbook is on a comprehensive ten-step model thatwill help guide development practitioners through the process ofdesigning and building a results-based M&E system. These steps beginwith a “Readiness Assessment” and take the practitioner through thedesign, management, and, importantly, the sustainability of such systems. The handbook describes each step in detail, the tasks needed tocomplete each, and the tools available to help along the way. ...

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to UNICEFCountry Offices, their partners and Governmental and Civil Societystakeholders, including communities and worst-off groups, on howto design and manage evaluations to assess the contribution of policies,programmes and projects to equitable development resultsfor children....

Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA) is a method to anticipate, observe, or evaluate the impact of planned, ongoing, or completed interventions in the structures and process that decrease the likelihood of violent conflict and improve the chances for peaceful co-existence. ...

USAID has a long history of establishing performance monitoring systems in a wide range of post-conflict situations around the world. In light of two major post-conflict programs (Afghanistan and Iraq), USAID commissioned Management Systems International (MSI) to undertake a desk review of the state of the art for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in post-conflict societies. After a systematic review of existing literature and interviews with policymakers and practitioners, MSI prepared this report, which has three components....

A critical assessment of the peace-building impact of CARE International’s interventions in the NW Balkans during the period 1998-2008, by means of the review CARE project portfolio 1998-2008 (project objectives, scope and key results), based on documentation provided by CARE.  ...

This short briefing paper is aimed at those who are likely to assist local-level mediation efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in understanding the limits, possibilities and opportunities for supporting mediation efforts. It seeks to provide insights into the practice of local mediation and into the multiple challenges involved in achieving resolution....

The issue of children affected by armed conflict is one of the priorities outlined in the 18 month troika programme ‘Strengthening the European Union’s Role as a Global Partner for Development’ as jointly agreed by the three Presidencies of Germany, Portugal and Slovenia....

This guide introduces some of the core debates and considerations for development practitioners involved in designing and managing M&E activities. It introduces key tools and approaches, provides case studies of applying different methodological approaches, and presents lessons learned from international experience of M&E in a range of developing country contexts....

Project design and proposal writing are core responsibilities for CRS programming staff and take much investment of our human and financial resources. ProPack (Project Package) aims to help CRS staff work in a consistent manner with partners to raise the quality of our planning processes....

The M&E Standards Support Tool is intended to support staff to generate discussion and address gaps in the current level of attainment of the Project Performance and Organizational Performance Quality Standards. While the questions are posed in a yes/no manner, responses will require discussion and critical review. ...

This report captures the thoughts and discussions of a meeting held from 14–16 March 2001, between staff of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) Community Peace Building and Development Project (CPBD Project) and the Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa (NPI-Africa)....