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A guide to goodness: Values for money

economist.com –

Want to know if a product is virtuous? There’s an app for that.GoodGuide.com, launched in 2008, is a website and smartphone app that rates 140,000 consumer products (currently only in America) according to their safety, environmental sustainability and the ethics of the firms that make them. Now GoodGuide has created a new “purchase analyser” app designed to inform consumers not just about the values embedded in products, but also about whether they are the virtuous shoppers they say they want more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on November 22, 2011

More on Calculating Poverty

economix.blogs.nytimes.com –

"Poverty researchers have been debating alternatives to the traditional poverty rate for years. So it’s not surprising that some people wondered why we chose the particular method that we used for today’s article about poverty."Under guidelines established by National Academy of Sciences, the Census Bureau publishes eight alternative methods of calculating poverty. They are broadly similar. All take a fuller accounting of economic well-being than the official poverty measure does. They include more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on November 06, 2011

MEASURE EVALUATION: Online Courses

cpc.unc.edu –

MEASURE Evaluation makes free online courses on monitoring and evaluation (M&E) topics available for researchers, program managers, trainers, policy makers, students, and other public health professionals. These courses have been developed by global experts in order to provide state-of-the-art information on M&E topics.MEASURE Evaluation is regularly adding course offerings. For additional information on these and other MEASURE Evaluation training materials, tools and activities, please more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 29, 2011

REGIONAL WORKSHOP: Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Programs

New Delhi, India USAID’s MEASURE Evaluation Project and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) are pleased to offer a regional workshop on “Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Programs,” from February 13 – 22, 2012 in New Delhi, India. Applications must be submitted to PHFI by December 20, 2011. Please find the workshop brochure attached. This announcement is intended to serve as a means of informing you of the availability of the program, but also to ask for referrals of more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 29, 2011

Old School or New School, the Question is the Same: How can development institutions make measurement core to their business?

blogs.worldbank.org –

SUBMITTED (to the Private Sector Development Blog of the World Bank( BY NIGEL TWOSE, CO-AUTHOR: JODI NELSON ON MON, 2011-09-19 18:59"Firms maximize their profits by developing strategy with targets, tracking progress, and using incentives to drive achievement. Without the natural feedback of the market, how can we use this approach to drive toward results for the poor? "One of us works for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – an old school Bretton Woods institution with years of more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 18, 2011

Americans' Access to Basic Necessities at Recession Level

gallup.com –

More Americans struggling to access healthcare, food, and shelterFewer Americans had access to basic life necessities in September. The nation's Basic Access Index score fell to 81.4 last month -- on par with the 81.5 measured in February and March 2009 amid the recession.

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 17, 2011

Urban Upgrading: Issues and Tools

web.mit.edu –

This website with its project planning and management tools is provided by MIT.Tools topics are categorized according to the phases in project implementation: Getting Started, Setting It Up, Carrying It Out, Capturing Experience. A more general category Miscellaneous is also included. more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 13, 2011

The ZOPP approach (Zielorientierte Projektplanung, or GOPP- Goal Oriented Project Planning)

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The ZOPP approach ((Zielorientierte Projektplanung, or GOPP- Goal Oriented Project Planning - as it is sometimes presented in English) is used and promoted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ - German Technical Cooperation). The approach provides a systematic structure for identification, planning, and management of projects developed again in a workshop setting, with principal interest groups. The ZOPPs output is a planning matrix – the logical project framework – more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 13, 2011

Tango for Organizations: 40 Tools for International Development and Organizational Strengthening

toolkitsportdevelopment.org –

This is a pdf file that can not be copied, with lots of tools from a consultancy in the Netherlands.

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 13, 2011

The Next Step Project Management Tools

toolkitsportdevelopment.org –

Why are some projects a success while other projects fail? Clearly, it is not only a matter of budget and dedication. Luck helps naturally. Research shows however that projects which are designed and planned with care, have a much higher success rate and longer lasting effects. So thorough planning contributes highly to success. It is recommendable to consider a number of key questions at the start of the process:Where are you now and where do you want to be?What will you need to do to get more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 13, 2011

Thoughts on the Logical Framework

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This blog post suggests some limitations to the use of the logical framework approach.John Daly, Thoughts About K4D, October 13, 2011.

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Logical framework approach

en.wikipedia.org –

The Logical Framework Approach (LFA) is a management tool mainly used in the design, monitoring and evaluation of international development projects. It is also widely known as Goal Oriented Project Planning (GOPP) or Objectives Oriented Project Planning (OOPP).This is the Wikipedia entry describing the Logical Framework Approach.

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 13, 2011

Jobs: experts for the assessment of progress made in the reforming reproductive and child health care in India.

AEDES is looking to hire 2 experts for the assessment of progress made in the reforming reproductive and child health care in India. The two experts should have HMIS experience. Please see the job description. The deadline is very soon, on the 17th of this month - October, 17th 2011. Those who are interested should contact Hilary Barry (hbarry@aedes.be) who is copied on this mail more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 11, 2011

USAID EVALUATION POLICY

usaid.gov –

"Built on our agency’s rich tradition of evaluation, this policy sets out an ambitious recommitment to learn as we do, updating our standards and practices to address contemporary needs. In an increasingly complex operating environment, the discipline of development demands a strong practice and use of evaluation as a crucial tool to inform our global development efforts, and to enable us to make hard choices based on the best available evidence."This policy was developed in response to calls more...

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 07, 2011

Barbara Fillip's Knowledge Management Blog

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Primarily about Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning.Dr. Fillip works in Knowledge Management as a contractor at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in the Office of the Chief Knowledge Officer. She is the author of Making the Connection: Scaling Telecenters for Development.

Added by Zunia to Monitoring and Evaluation on October 07, 2011

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