Emerging Technology Trends in M&E

Technology is playing a large role in the recent trends we are seeing in monitoring and evaluation. In response to increasing demands for more inclusive and timely stakeholder feedback and faster...

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Lessons Learned from a New Evaluation Consultant

I am used to blank stares and polite nods when strangers ask what I do for a living. “An evaluator?” they ask with a curious head tilt. Evaluation is not a commonly understood occupation. In fact...

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Qualitative Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation: Interviewing Tips

Gathering very rich, detailed, emic data! This is the purpose of our qualitative interviews. As evaluators, we need to think through what questions and interview situations facilitate the...

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Why Measurement & Evaluation is Important Today as a Project Management Tool

As a project management tool, Measurement and Evaluation is a rapidly expanding field that has proven invaluable to any institute or organization, both public and private, government and non-...

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Qualitative Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation: Ethical Considerations in Qualitative Research

Evaluators use the emic perspective, and qualitative data collection techniques, to understand the how and why around a project. This can give us insight into the planning, implementation, outputs...

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Qualitative Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation: Free Lists

One way to gather emic, or insider perspective, definitions of project concepts and indicators is to conduct free list interviews, wherein the evaluator asks respondents to list the terms that...

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Impactful Quantitative Analysis in Evaluation Research

Quantitative approaches can be the vehicle deploying the scientific method in evaluation research. Good quantitative analyses start with using a program’s logical frame (or theory of change) to...

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Choosing a Master’s for Your Monitoring and Evaluation Job Plan

If you are planning on continuing your education for your career by getting monitoring and evaluation training and are researching paths to take, you may want to learn more about what the career...

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Measurement and Evaluation Jobs Series

Measurement and evaluation are important tools in both the public and private sectors, in functional areas as diverse as business and sales, data analytics, education, social work, and...

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The Analytics of Measurement and Evaluation

By taking inspiration from the way corporations use business analytics to optimize their Big Data, our program measurement and evaluation processes can be greatly enhanced.

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