The road to results [[electronic resource] ] : designing and conducting effective development evaluations / / Linda G. Morra-Imas, Ray C. Rist

• Autore: Morra Linda G
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (611 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.910684
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - Evaluation; Economics
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RistRay C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Introduction; FOUNDATIONS; Tables; Boxes; PREPARING AND CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT EVALUATIONS; Figures; DESIGNING AND CONDUCTING; MEETING CHALLENGES; LEADING; Illustration; Appendixes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive text presents concepts and procedures for evaluation in a development context. It provides procedures and examples on how to set up a monitoring and evaluation system, how to conduct participatory evaluations and do social mapping, and how to construct a ""rigorous"" quasi-experimental design to answer an impact question. The book begins with a description of the context of development evaluation and how it arrived where it is today. It then discusses current issues driving development evaluation, such as the Millennium Development Goals and the move from simple project eval
• Titolo autorizzato: The road to results
• ISBN: 1-282-13540-6; 9786612135408; 0-8213-7911-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454810003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II