This OEC report provides a broad analysis across 42 countries of the institutionalisation of policy evaluation, its quality and use. This systemic perspective allows for a full discussion of how evaluation can contribute to the policy cycle, as well as an overview of the policy tools that rely upon...

These pioneering evaluation guidelines provide the framing, criteria, dimensions, and methods for assessing the quality of CGIAR research for development. They can be adapted by like-minded organizations conducting research for development (R4D).

This chapter of the book Purposeful Program Theory (2011) of Funnel and Rogers, explains how program theory can be used to learn from success, failure, and mixed results to improve planning, management, evaluation, and evidence-based policy.

This report presents key steps to present the lessons learned from documentation. Capturing lessons learned is essential for helping us to identify good practices, avoid repeating errors, and to tap into the cumulative knowledge we have as an Organization and to use that knowledge to strengthen our...

These tips of USAID provide practical advice and suggestions on issues related to performance monitoring and evaluation. They provide guidance for evaluators on the structure, content, and style of evaluation reports.

This report of The Nature Conservancy provides an opportunity to discuss successes during the project, unintended outcomes, and recommendations for others involved in similar future projects. The report mentions a guide that presents the main lessons learned.

In this report, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) proposes a framework of evaluation lessons within the context of face-to-face communication with project/programme managers to ensure that lessons truly become 'lessons learned'.

La carte des usages de l’évaluation d’impact a été conçue comme un outil pédagogique au service des praticiens de l'évaluation: elle permet, au sein des départements d’évaluation, de réfléchir aux usages effectifs que les services font des évaluations, et notamment d’impact, et de monter...

ALNAP adapted an action learning approach for use in frontline humanitarian contexts. Action learning is a practical approach to learning-by-doing that only requires a limited time and resource investment. It focuses on both reflection and practical solutions, by encouraging actions that can have an...

This resource pack aims to strengthen frontline learning by introducing ‘action learning’ as a straightforward approach to sharing knowledge and solving problems in fast-paced environments. The pack is for programme staff who are implementing projects, staff in monitoring, evaluation, accountability...

This handbook, assembled by Mosaic & ZENDialogue, address how Results-Based Management (RBM) can be used to focus on achieving outcomes, implementing performance measurement, learning, and adapting, as well as reporting performance. RBM influences how we approach every stage in the programme cycle...

This resource of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank focuses on the use of traditional and new methods and data sources in generating poverty maps, which are an increasingly useful tool for evaluation. Using new sources of relevant data in generating such maps helps improving how we...

This policy brief documents experiences of evidence use in policies and programmes. The brief explores how relationships between knowledge producers and users build, maintain and facilitate evidence use.

Lamia Remaud her paper presents a new system-based approach to designing and evaluating programmes in a way that fully embeds environment and biodiversity issues. It seeks to put nature back at the centre of development work in an effort to encourage stronger ambitions when it comes to mitigating or...