52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 35: Social return on investment in evaluation
In this week’s blog we interview Wouter Rijneveld, a consultant working on measurement and utilisation of results, mainly in international development.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 34 Generalisations from case studies?
An evaluation usually involves some level of generalising of the findings to other times, places or groups of people.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 33: Monitoring policy influence part 2 - like measuring smoke?
In the second part of our mini-series on monitoring and evaluating policy influence, Arnaldo Pellini, Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, explores a project supporting research centres in Australia to monitor their impact on health po
Mixed methods in evaluation Part 3: Enough pick and mix; time for some standards on mixing methods in impact evaluation
In our third blog on mixed methods in evaluation, Tiina Pasanen from ODI focusses in on impact evaluations (IEs) – a specific type of evaluation with a lot of attention in international development right now, with hundreds being conducted every year.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 32: Monitoring and evaluating policy influence and advocacy (Part 1)
This two part mini-series looks at monitoring and evaluation of policy influencing and advocacy.
Mixed methods in evaluation part 2: exploring the case of a mixed-method outcome evaluation
We continue our mini-series on mixed-methods in evaluation with an interview with the three authors of the recently published paper: Mixing methods for rich and meaningful insight.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 30: Manage an evaluation or evaluation system
This week's 52 Weeks of BetterEvaluation post brings our series on the BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework to an end, and presents the final AEA hosted webinar recording.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 29: Weighing the data for an overall evaluative judgement
How do you balance the different dimensions of an evaluation?
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 28: Framing an evaluation: the importance of asking the right questions
BetterEvaluation recently published a paper which presented some the confusion which can result when commissioners and evaluators don’t spend enough time establishing basic principles and understanding before beginning the evaluation.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 27: How can evaluation make a difference?
I'm sure most of our readers will agree that the goal of evaluation is not the fulfilment of a contract to undertake a study but the improvement in social and environmental conditions: evaluators really do want to see their evaluations used for positive
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 26: Understanding causes
If you are doing any kind of outcome or impact evaluation, you need to know something about whether the changes observed (or prevented) had anything to do with the program or policy being evaluated.
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 25: Evaluators have feelings too: Two sides of the evaluation coin
BetterEvaluation recently published a new paper, ‘Two sides of the evaluation coin,’ exploring what can happen when miscommunication, changing leadership and misunderstanding disrupt the smooth running of an evaluation: and what can be done to minimise
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 24: Choosing methods to describe activities, results and context
How many methods do you usually see in evaluation reports as having been used to collect data?
52 weeks of BetterEvaluation: Week 22: The latest resources and events suggested by users
While we work on the remaining blog posts on the recent AEA Coffee Break webinars, this week we're highlighting content and events recently suggested to us by users.