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Understanding the Public Policy Landscape: Lessons from a Retrospective Evaluation (Presentation slides) These slides accompanied a presentation at the American Evaluation Association's annual conference in October 2013 in Washington, DC.
Author: Veena Pankaj and Kat Athanasiades, Innovation NetworkType: Presentation Slides Date: Oct 16, 2013 Be the first to review this resource! Download (1.41 MB) -
Using Evaluation to Become an Effective Learning Organization Philanthropists have an obligation to learn. The best way to make smarter philanthropic investments over time—and get better results from those investments—is to generate good information about what’s working, what’s not working, and why. And evaluation is key in this process.
Author: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and PhilanthroFiles Type: Research & Reports Date: Sep 24, 2014 Be the first to review this resource! Web Link -
Voices for Change: A Taxonomy of Public Communications Campaigns and Their Evaluation Challenges This research report makes the case that communications campaigns cover a broad range of different types and characteristics, and can be differentiated along the axes of Purpose, Scope, and Maturity. It examines what communications campaigns that fall on different areas of these three axes look like, and how this positioning may affect the lead to distinct evaluation challenges and needs. Author: Berkeley Media Studies Group Type: Research & Reports Date: Nov 1, 2002 Be the first to review this resource! Download (643.93 KB) -
What's different about evaluating advocacy and policy change? In this article from The Evaluation Exchange, Julia Coffman highlights the differences inherent in evaluating advocacy and policy change, and offers recommendations for evaluators who work in the advocacy and policy change field. Author: Julia Coffman Type: Newsletters & Periodicals Date: Mar 1, 2007
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When Will We Ever Learn? This seminal report, which came out in 2006, raised important questions and recommendations for the international development and evaluation sectors. It questioned why, with billions of dollars spent on thousands of programs to improve health, education and other social sector outcomes in the developing world each year, is there little evidence and data to back up development results.
Author: Center for Global Development Type: Research & Reports Date: May 31, 2006 Point K Pick
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