Evaluating Social Development Projects
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Evaluating Social Development Projects
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Author : David Marsden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Evaluating Social Development Projects written by David Marsden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Cost effectiveness categories.
Evaluating Social Development Projects
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Author : David Marsden
language : en
Publisher: Oxfam Publications
Release Date : 1990
Evaluating Social Development Projects written by David Marsden and has been published by Oxfam Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Action research categories.
The goals of many social development programmes include the promotion of participation, the awakening of political consciousness, & the encouragement of self-reliant strategies. How are these achievements to be measured? Are evaluations of such projects essentially different from those of more conventional infrastructural projects? This book offers some guidelines to NGO planners.
Monitoring And Evaluation In Health And Social Development
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Author : Stephen Bell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-01
Monitoring And Evaluation In Health And Social Development written by Stephen Bell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-01 with Social Science categories.
New approaches are needed to monitor and evaluate health and social development. Existing strategies tend to require expensive, time-consuming analytical procedures. The growing emphasis on results-based programming has resulted in evaluation being conducted in order to demonstrate accountability and success, rather than how change takes place, what works and why. The tendency to monitor and evaluate using log frames and their variants closes policy makers’ and practitioners’ eyes to the sometimes unanticipated means by which change takes place. Two recent developments hold the potential to transcend these difficulties and to lead to important changes in the way in which the effects of health and social development programming are understood. First, there is growing interest in ways of monitoring programmes and assessing impact that are more grounded in the realities of practice than many of the ‘results-based’ methods currently utilised. Second, there are calls for the greater use of interpretive and ethnographic methods in programme design, monitoring and evaluation. Responding to these concerns, this book illustrates the potential of interpretative methods to aid understanding and make a difference in real people’s lives. Through a focus on individual and community perspectives, and locally-grounded explanations, the methods explored in this book offer a potentially richer way of assessing the relationships between intent, action and change in health and social development in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Impact Assessment For Development Agencies
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Author : Chris J. R. Roche
language : en
Publisher: Oxfam
Release Date : 1999
Impact Assessment For Development Agencies written by Chris J. R. Roche and has been published by Oxfam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.
This book considers the process of impact assessment and shows how and why it needs to be integrated into all stages of development programmes. In-depth case studies are included and show a variety of approaches.
Evaluating Social Programs And Problems
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Author : Stewart I. Donaldson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-01-30
Evaluating Social Programs And Problems written by Stewart I. Donaldson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-30 with Business & Economics categories.
This book presents visions of how to solve social problems in the 21st century and how programs SHOULD be evaluated, not how they will be evaluated.
Assessing The Social Impact Of Development Projects
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Author : Hari Mohan Mathur
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-12-16
Assessing The Social Impact Of Development Projects written by Hari Mohan Mathur and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-16 with Science categories.
This book shows how social impact assessment (SIA), which emerged barely five decades ago, as a way to anticipate and manage potentially negative social impacts of building dams, power stations, urban infrastructure, highways, industries, mining and other development projects, is now widely in use as a planning tool, especially in developed countries. Although SIA has still not gained much acceptance among development planners in Asia, the situation is gradually changing. In India, SIA initially mandated as a policy guideline in 2007 is now a legal requirement. SIA in China has also recently become obligatory for certain types of development projects. Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are other Asian countries that provide examples from a variety of externally funded projects illustrating the use of social impact analysis in project planning to improve development outcomes. With contributions from an array of leading experts, this book is a valuable resource on SIA, indispensable for policymakers, planners, and practitioners in government, international development agencies, private-sector industry, private banks, consultants, teachers, researchers and students of social sciences and development studies, also NGOs everywhere, not in Asia alone.
Evaluating Communication For Development
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Author : June Lennie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-02-11
Evaluating Communication For Development written by June Lennie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-11 with Business & Economics categories.
Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in new ways. It critiques dominant instrumental, accountability-based approaches to development and evaluation and offers an alternative holistic, participatory, mixed methods approach based on systems and complexity thinking and other key concepts. It maintains a focus on power, gender and other differences and social norms. The authors have designed the framework as a way to focus on achieving sustainable social change and to continually improve and develop C4D initiatives. The benefits and rigour of this approach are supported by examples and case studies from a number of action research and evaluation capacity development projects undertaken by the authors over the past fifteen years. Building on current arguments within the fields of C4D and development, the authors reinforce the case for effective communication being a central and vital component of participatory forms of development, something that needs to be appreciated by decision makers. They also consider ways of increasing the effectiveness of evaluation capacity development from grassroots to management level in the development context, an issue of growing importance to improving the quality, effectiveness and utilisation of monitoring and evaluation studies in this field. The book includes a critical review of the key approaches, methodologies and methods that are considered effective for planning evaluation, assessing the outcomes of C4D, and engaging in continuous learning. This rigorous book is of immense theoretical and practical value to students, scholars, and professionals researching or working in development, communication and media, applied anthropology, and evaluation and program planning.
A Basic Guide To Evaluation For Development Workers
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Author : Frances Rubin
language : en
Publisher: Oxfam
Release Date : 1995
A Basic Guide To Evaluation For Development Workers written by Frances Rubin and has been published by Oxfam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
Focuses on the principles underlying evaluation, and deals with issues to be considered at the planning stage, the steps involved in carrying out evaluations and the importance of involving people in the evaluation process throughout.
Social Impact Assessment
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Author : Reidar Kvam
language : en
Publisher: Inter-American Development Bank
Release Date : 2018-06-01
Social Impact Assessment written by Reidar Kvam and has been published by Inter-American Development Bank this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-01 with Business & Economics categories.
This note provides an overview of good practice standards in Social Impact Assessment (SIA). It has been prepared by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to provide guidance to practitioners and decision-makers. By applying the approach presented in this note, it is expected that the quality, consistency, and operational relevance of SIAs will improve. SIA facilitates the systematic integration of social issues in the planning and implementation of projects. It improves the quality and sustainability of projects, supports and strengthens national requirements, and enhances project acceptance and local ownership. The SIA helps to identify and manage potential adverse social impacts a project may cause or contribute to, and to maximize benefits to local communities and other groups.
Evaluating The Impact Of Development Projects On Poverty
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Author : Judy L. Baker
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2000
Evaluating The Impact Of Development Projects On Poverty written by Judy L. Baker and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
Despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poor. There is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the poor. But for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? Could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? Are resources being spent efficiently? These are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factors.This handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impact. It is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statistics. For some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topic. Chapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methods. Chapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementation. Chapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case study. Chapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of 'good practice' evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbook.