Sub-national and district management:
Monitoring and evaluation of service delivery
M&E techniques
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Conducting Indepth Interviews: A Guide for Designing and Conducting In-Depth Interviews for Evaluation Input
Carolyn Boyce and Palena Neale, 2006, Pathfinder International
When is an indepth interview appropriate? Advantages and limitations; processes for conducting an indepth interview; potential sources of information; elements of an indepth interview; presenting an indepth interview.
(16 pages, pdf 152kb) -
Preparing a Case Study: A Guide for Designing and Conducting a Case Study for Evaluation Input
Palena Neale, Shyam Thapa and Carolyn Boyce, 2006, Pathfinder International
When is a case study appropriate? Advantages and limitations; processes for conducting a case study; potential sources of information; elements of a case study; presenting your casestudy.
(16 pages, 155kb) -
Conducting Quality Impact Evaluations Under Budget, Time and Data Constraints
2006, The World Bank
Simplifying the evaluation design; working with comparison group designs; working with secondary data; reconstructing baseline data; reducing the costs of data collection; strengthening evaluation designs when working under budget, time and data constraints
(35 pages, pdf 367kb)
En español: Realización de evaluaciones de impacto de calidad con limitaciones de presupuesto, tiempo e información -
Health Impact Assessment: A Practical Guide
2007, Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity
A combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, programme or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population -- to inform and influence decision-making and to reduce health inequalities.
(43 pages, pdf 927kb) -
A step-by-step Primer on Monitoring, Benchmarking, and Impact Evaluation
Rebekka E. Grun, 2006, World Bank
Value for money; indicators to measure effectiveness and efficiency; evaluating the impact of a specific project; calculating the cost-effectiveness of a project; templates for data collection
(59 pages, pdf 1.7MB) -
The Most Significant Change Technique: A Guide to its Use
Rick Davies (www.mande.co.uk) and Jess Dart (www.clearhorizon.com.au), 2005, MandE NEWS
10 steps; the use of stories; collecting and validating stories; meta-monitoring
(104 pages, pdf 1.2MB)