This is a large reading list on culture and development. You can use Weitzenegger’s Culture for Development Cruiser to access them quickly. Use your own search terms. It’s as easy as Google. Loading Weitzenegger’s Culture4dev Reader http://culture4dev.weitzenegger.de This page displays recent news and links on culture and development from the
Sustainable Development Solutions
Karsten Weitzenegger supports private and public organisations to reach sustainable results of their actions and strategies.
Planet Earth now has a timeline. Friend request sent.
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
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
Are Evaluations Useful? A Review of the Literature on Knowledge and Decision-making
Are Evaluations Useful? A Review of the Literature on “Knowledge and Decision-making”. by Agence Française de Développement The use of evaluations to improve public policy-making is a central issue in a number of ongoing debates in the development aid sector, notably in connection with the drive to increase aid effectiveness
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