What would Planet Earth post about humans on its profile? The Earth fast forwards through a virtual relationship with humans — but soon starts to ask itself whether it wants to be friends with a species that exploits its national resources. The conclusion is reassuring: yes, it does, because humans
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Addressing attribution of cause and effect in small n impact evaluations
Increased demand for results has resulted in a growth in large n impact evaluations involving tests of statistical significance between outcomes for treatment and comparison groups. However, this type of statistical analysis is not suitable for all evaluations. When there are insufficient units of assignment to conduct tests of statistical
Weitzenegger’s Evaluation Resources Library
Search 120+ Evaluation Websites here with this search engine powered by Google. No more endless link lists and online library forms! I stuffed all contents related to evaluation in this search engine and let Google do the work. You can access all relevant online content on M&E for international cooperation
Monitoring and Evaluation Repository – Click4it
Click4it, UNITAR learning & training wiki, provides a knowledge base of terms, definitions, tools and methods, training techniques and guidelines. It is a repository of knowledge that aims to be a reference point in the field of training and learning. This section of the repository compiles scores of M&E-related terms
DOCON Directory of Consulting Firms updated
DOCON Directory of Consulting Firms active in International Development Cooperation was updated at http://www.docon.info. Here you can find consultants, consortium partners or employers. The list is sorted by country of origin or registration. That makes it easy to find local partners or jobs. Since I first published this directory in
My new paper.li: Development Cooperation Daily
Development Cooperation Daily shows what comes up for international cooperation professionals. You can read online or have it mailed to you. Daily and free. Enjoy! http://paper.li/kweitzenegger/development-cooperation
PIA improves decision making for development results
How can donors and partner countries assess the intended and unintended consequences of donor interventions? The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) explores ex ante Poverty Impact Assessment (PIA), which can assist in modifying the design of interventions to improve pro-poor impacts by identifying key areas for monitoring and
How PIA works
Poverty Impact Assessment (PIA) helps donors and partner countries identify the intended and unintended consequences of their interventions. PIA provides a framework for improving baseline data and monitoring the impact hypothesis during implementation and inputs for ex post evaluations. It formulates recommendations for decision makers on how the intervention might
Key reading on ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment
Promoting Pro-Poor growth: A Practical Guide to ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment http://www.oecd.org/document/… This practical guide, developed by the DAC Network on Poverty Reduction (POVNET), is designed to help staff in developing countries and in aid agencies to plan and execute PIAs and to interpret their findings, the ultimate goal being
Networks you can use for poverty impact assessment
African Parliamentary Poverty Reduction Network – (APRN) http://www.parlcent.ca/africa/prnetwork/pr_network_e.php The APRN was created in 2003 in response to demands by African parliamentarians for a network that would bring together Members of Parliament from all over Africa interested in central issues such as poverty reduction to discuss and share best practices, lessons
Websites you can use for poverty impact assessment
BRIDGE – Gender and Poverty http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_pov.htm BRIDGE Gender and Poverty publications include summaries of key materials, good practice cases, lists of tools and checklists and key online resources. British Library for Development Studies Subject Guide on Poverty http://blds.ids.ac.uk/guides/pov.html This Guide provides quick access to BLDS resources through pre-designed searches of
How will developing countries be affected by the global financial crisis?
A new report from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) looks at the impact of the global financial crisis on the developing world. Results show that developing countries cannot be treated as a homogenous block. Concerns vary significantly across countries, depending on their current economic situation, exposure to specific impacts