Your search
Results 28 resources
-
This thesis applies ideational and institutional theories to analyse how two specific ideas, results and adaptation, have changed the theory and practice of development cooperation. The thesis addresses the question of why the results and adaptation ideas are often treated as binaries and how this debate has evolved historically. In a first theoretical paper, the evolution of results and adaptation is conceptualised as a combination of institutional layering and diffusion within development...
-
Pressure is mounting on international development cooperation agencies to prove the impact of their work. Private and public commissioners as well as the general public are increasingly asking for robust evidence of impact. In this context, rigorous impact evaluation (RIE) methods are increasingly receiving attention within the broader German development system and in GIZ. Compared to other implementing agencies such as DFID or USAid, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale...
-
Rigorous Impact Evaluation in GIZ Governance Programmes (How-To-Note)von Schiller, A. - 2020 - Bonn
Why should I integrate an impact assessment in my programme? How will the programme benefit from it? Are the benefits worth the effort and expenses? How do I design and implement it in detail? Who is addressable for support? What should I pay attention to in order to get the most out of it? This note is meant to answer these questions. It addresses leaders and project staff of governance programmes who are interested in using this tool within their specific governance programme or project....
-
This paper examines adaptive approaches to aid programming in Nigeria. Through field research and desk reviews, we have investigated some of the assertions around the ‘adaptive management and programming’ approach, which has arisen in recent years as a response to critiques of overly rigid, pre-designed, blueprint and linear project plans. This is the second of three case studies in a series which explore if and how adaptive approaches, including rapid learning and planning responses, are...
-
Healthcare systems are increasingly recognised as complex, in which a range of non-linear and emergent behaviours occur. China’s healthcare system is no exception. The hugeness of China, and the variation in conditions in different jurisdictions present very substantial challenges to reformers, and militate against adopting one-size-fits-all policy solutions. As a consequence, approaches to change management in China have frequently emphasised the importance of sub-national experimentation,...
-
For organizations committed to social change, advocacy often figures as a crucial strategic element. How to assess effectiveness in advocacy is, therefore, important. The usefulness of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) in advocacy are subject to much current debate. Advocacy staff, MEL professionals, senior managers, the funding community, and stakeholders of all kinds are searching for ways to improve practices – and thus their odds of success – in complex and contested advocacy...
-
The logical framework approach (LFA) has come to play a central role in the planning and management of development interventions over the last twenty years. Although the logical framework has become universally known, it is far from universally liked. It has been the subject of much criticism over the years, concerning both the theoretical basis of the approach, and the way it is applied in practice. In this review, we have attempted to take stock of the current views of international...
Explore
Theme
-
Development Actors Perspectives
- AFD (Agence Française de Développement) (1)
- China (2)
- FCDO/DFID (UK) (4)
- GIZ (Germany) (3)
- Hivos - Netherlands (1)
- Irish Aid (1)
- KOICA (Korea's International Co-operation Agency) (1)
- NGO Perspectives (6)
- OECD/DAC - Results Based Management (1)
- Private Companies - Development Industry (1)
- Private Donors (OSF, Hewlett...) (2)
- SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (1)
- UNDP, UN Global Pulse, UN... (1)
- USAID (9)
- World Bank (1)
-
MEL4 Adaptive Management
- After Action Reviews (2)
- Capacity Development (1)
- Context Monitoring (1)
- Contribution Analysis (1)
- Critical Friends (1)
- Desk based research/lit review (1)
- Ethnography / Rapid Ethnography (1)
- Ex-post Evaluation (1)
- Impact evaluation (2)
- Impact Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation System (1)
- Innovation System Analysis (1)
- Institutional Histories (1)
- Logical Framework (1)
- MEL in International Development (4)
- Outcome Mapping (1)
- Participatory Action Research (1)
- Portfolio Management (2)
- Process Tracing (1)
- Realist Evaluation (1)
- Rigour (2)
- Scenario Planning (1)
- Strategy testing (1)
- Systemic Change (7)
- Systems Mapping (2)
- TOC (Theory of Change) (1)
- Utilisation focused evaluation (1)
-
Sectors [+]
- Agriculture (3)
- Alternative Development (1)
- Children (2)
- Economic development (6)
- Fragile and Conflict Aflicted Settings (3)
- Gender (2)
- Governance and Accountability (7)
- Health (1)
- Humanitarian Aid (2)
- Innovation (in Development) (2)
- NGOs (2)
- Organizational Change (2)
- Peace Building (1)
- Scaling up / Propagating (1)
- Social Accountability (1)
- Adaptive Approaches [+] (21)
- Cases (12)
-
Geography
(10)
-
Africa
(7)
-
Central Africa
(1)
- Angola (1)
-
Eastern Africa
(5)
- Malawi (1)
- Mozambique (2)
- Rwanda (1)
- Uganda (1)
- Zimbabwe (1)
-
West Africa
(4)
- Benim (1)
- Nigeria (1)
- Senegal (1)
- Sierra Leone (1)
-
Central Africa
(1)
-
Americas
(2)
-
Central America
(1)
- El Salvador (1)
- Guatemala (1)
- South America (2)
-
Central America
(1)
-
Asia
(5)
-
Eastern Asia
(1)
- China (1)
-
Southern Asia
(2)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Nepal (1)
- Pakistan (1)
-
Western Asia
(2)
- Israel (1)
- State of Palestine (1)
- Syrian Arab Republic (1)
-
Eastern Asia
(1)
-
Africa
(7)
-
Practical
(9)
- Tools (1)
Resource type
- Blog Post (1)
- Journal Article (2)
- Magazine Article (1)
- Report (22)
- Thesis (1)
- Video Recording (1)
Publication year
-
Between 2000 and 2024
(28)
-
Between 2000 and 2009
(1)
- 2005 (1)
- Between 2010 and 2019 (4)
- Between 2020 and 2024 (23)
-
Between 2000 and 2009
(1)