Quality Data for Monitoring and Evaluation
Data is a key component of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) work as the quality of its findings affects decision making.
Full StoryLessons from My First Evaluation Assignment
From expertise and organization focus to technology and finding my fit, I learned a lot from my first evaluation assignment.
Full StoryMonitoring, Evaluation, and Learning in Governance
Good governance requires that citizens monitor power-holders and that power-holders evaluate whether their systems and practices produce the intended positive impact on citizens’ lives. In order...
Full StoryEmerging 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...
Full StoryLessons 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...
Full StoryQualitative 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...
Full StoryWhy 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-...
Full StoryQualitative 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...
Full StoryQualitative 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...
Full StoryImpactful 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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