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rssBlog: Read India - When ‘Scale’ Met ‘System’
This post is about how Sukhpreet Sekhon and his team set up a measurement system for a large scale education initiative that stretched across 15 states in India reaching half a million children.
The need for institutional change in capacity development of tertiary agricultural education
Authors: Mundie Salm, Gerard Baltissen, Richard Hawkins, Jifke Sol, Ruud Ludemann, Anouka van Eerdewijk, Mariana Wongtschowski, Driek Enserink and Marlene Roefs.
Publication date: October 2014
A Guide for Developing a Logical Framework
Author: Centre for International Development and Training
The Logical Framework is a tool to help strengthen project design, implementation and evaluation. This guide helps to develop and use a Logical Framework.
Budgeting in the real world: 2013 CAPE conference report
Author: Welham, B. (for ODI)
Publication date: 2014
The 2013 CAPE Conference on ‘budgeting in the real world’ took place on the 13 and 14 of November in London and was broadcast live online.
The focus was on real-life issues facing budget managers, and their supporters, as they develop, execute and report on national expenditure plans.
Results management in norwegian development cooperation: A practical guide
Author: Norad
Publication date: 2008
Findings from Management Reviews of Norwegian development cooperation reveal a need and a demand for a practical introduction to the main concepts, principles and especially tools of results management. This short guide is an attempt to respond to that demand, the purpose being to increase staff’s knowledge of the main principles of results and risk management and what it means in practical terms throughout the various stages of programme management.
A guide for planning and strategy development in the face of complexity
Authors: Hummelbrunner, R. & Jones, H.
Publication date: 2013
This Background Note is a guide, explaining how planning and strategy development can be carried out despite complexity. While it is true that complex situations require a greater focus on learning and adaptation, this does not render planning irrelevant.
A guide for managing projects and programmes in the face of complexity
Authors: Hummelbrunner, R. & Jones, H.
Publication date: 2013
Complexity heightens the importance of effective management, but poses challenges for the tools and approaches used most widely to manage international development projects.
This ODI guide, which follows 'A guide to planning and strategy development in the face of complexity', addresses the challenges managers face steering development interventions towards their intended goals in the face of three types of challenges:
How Feedback Loops Can Improve Aid (and Maybe Governance)
Author: Whittle, D. (for the Center for Global Development)
Publication Date: 2013
If private markets can produce the iPhone, why can’t aid organizations create and implement development initiatives that are equally innovative and sought after by people around the world? The key difference is feedback loops. Well-functioning private markets excel at providing consumers with a constantly improving stream of high-quality products and services. Why? Because consumers give companies constant feedback on what they like and what they don’t.
ALNAP: Harnessing the power of evaluation in humanitarian action: An initiative to improve understanding and use of evaluation
Authors: Hallam, A. (for ALNAP)
Publication Date: 2011
ALNAP commissioned a process of action research, of which this paper is a part, focusing on strengthening institutional understanding, capacities, and processes in order to better harness the power of Evaluations of Humanitarian Action (EHA). The initial research, which involved a literature review and interviews across the ALNAP member organisations, identified areas for further examination. A central emerging lesson is that improving EHA capacities and processes is a complex undertaking that involves a wide range of actors and factors, including allocation of resources engaging senior leaders and realigning operational procedures.
A guide to project M&E - Managing for Impact
Authors: I. Guijt & J.Woodhill
Publication Date: 2000
Collection of booklets focusing on project M&E and stakeholder engagement in M&E through understanding, learning and agreeing. Clear overview of background ideas and details on how to set up and implement an M&E system.
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