learning and program evaluation, and promotes the examination of research paradigms, institutional norms, management practices …

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) is a practical planning, and monitoring and evaluation approach developed … evaluation (M&E). PIPA goes beyond the traditional use of logic models and logframes by engaging stakeholders in a structured …

A weak evaluative culture undermines many attempts at building an effective evaluation and results management regime … information on performance is deliberately sought in order to learn how to better manage and deliver programmes and services. Such …

Evaluation processes of all types, including monitoring, review and impact assessment, offer unique opportunities for … members, partners and beneficiaries in the evaluation process allows them to reflect on their work, revisit their … understanding of the project’s goals and activities, assess their effectiveness and take ownership of the evaluation findings. The …

Utilization-focused evaluation (UFE) is based on the principle that an evaluation should be judged by its utility. So … no matter how technically sound and methodologically elegant, an evaluation is not truly a good evaluation unless the … findings are used. UFE is a framework for enhancing the likelihood that evaluation findings will be used and lessons will be …