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Monitoring payments for watershed services schemes in developing countries
Article / Working Paper, Land Governance, Academic/Think TankPayments for watershed services (PWS) are schemes that use funds from water users (including governments) as an incentive for landholders to improve their land management practices. They are increasingly seen as a viable policy alternative to watershed management issues, and a means of addressing chronic problems such as declining water flows, deteriorating water quality and flooding. In some...
Guide to Statistics in European Commission Development Co-operation
Civil Society, Guide / Manual / Indicators, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThis publication is a key tool for developing, assessing and evaluating aid programs. This comprehensive guide is organized in four parts, the first of which - part A - is devoted to how to use it. It refers to practical examples of statistical projects, policies and strategies that are developed throughout the rest of the guide, making it a user-friendly guide for development practitioners. ...
MDG Report 2012 l Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
Africa, Public Administration, Report, UNDP ProducedWith less than three years before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target date of 2015, development practitioners, including agencies of the United Nations (UN), are already initiating consultations aimed at defining the contours of the post-2015 development agenda. Any meaningful discussion of Africa’s priorities after 2015 must, however, be grounded in Africa’s experiences and lessons...
Monitoring and Evaluation when Politics Matters l Background Paper
Article / Working Paper, Civil Society, Civil SocietyEveryone agrees that there is a crucial role for research and evidence in development policy-making. But the apparently simple claim that policy decisions should be based upon clear and rigorous evidence of value and effectiveness masks the inherently political – and normative - nature of how we define what counts as ‘valid evidence’, and what this means for policy decisions. This is the...
Assessment of the delivery of the Vietnam development report 2010 : modern institutions and its impact on policy debates around institutional reforms in Vietnam
Article / Working Paper, Asia and the Pacific, Local Governance and Decentralization, Inter-Governmental OrganizationAs development processes become ever more complex, there is a growing demand for knowledge products that provide the necessary informationtoimplement evidence-based policy change. However, the practice ofmonitoring the impact of knowledge products, often produced by international donors, is relatively new. Viet Nam has seen sustained economic growth and rapid reductions in poverty since the...
Project Facts Malawi
Africa, Civil Society, GAP, PresentationSince the end of Hasting Banda’s regime in 1994 Malawi has taken important strides towards deepening and consolidating democracy. This includes the introduction of a multi-party system and competitive elections. Political space has gradually opened up and civil society organizations are growing in numbers and potency. The electoral processes in the country are gaining more credibility and...
Integrating a Gender Dimension into Monitoring & Evaluation of Rural Development Projects
Framework, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, Inter-Governmental OrganizationThe Toolkit for Integrating Gender into Monitoring and Evaluation has been developed to assist project task teams, borrowers and partners to recognize and address gender concerns in designing rural development sector projects, to monitor progress in gender integration during implementation, and to evaluate its impact in achieving overall rural well-being. The toolkit contains among other things...
My M&E
Civil Society, Framework, Other UN Agency, Civil SocietyThis web-site is designed to provide civil society organisations with quick and practical general guidance as you undertake an evaluation . The site is divided into a number of topics taking you through the different steps when conducting a monitoring and evaluation: Plan an Evaluation Manage an Evaluation Conduct an Evaluation Assure the Quality of an Evaluation Use the...
Human Rights Impact Assessment and Management (HRIAM) Guide & Online Tool
Framework, Human Rights, Inter-Governmental Organization, Civil SocietyThe Guide to Human Rights Impact Assessment and Management (HRIAM) has been developed as an online tool for companies committed to assessing and managing the human rights risks and impacts of their business activities. In particular, the Guide to HRIAM provides guidance on how to: Identify and assess potential and/or existing human rights risks and impacts Implement mitigation action plans to...
Toolkits on Civil Society Accountability
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Framework, Latin America and the Carribean, Civil Society, GovernmentIn partnership with the Commonwealth Foundation, One World Trust worked on a project across three Commonwealth countries, Belize, India and Uganda, and one region, the Pacific islands, to stimulate discussion among CSOs on what it means to be accountable. Working with Society for Education and Research (SPEAR) in Belize, Voluntary Action Network India (VANI)in India, Development Network of...