This text, authored by Linda G. Morra Imas and Ray C. Rist, is intended as a tool for use in building development evaluation capacity. It aims to help development evaluators think about and explore the new evaluation architecture and especially to design and conduct evaluations that focus on results in meeting the challenges of development.
It includes all steps for preparing, designing, managing and leading evaluations including Results-Based management and theories of change, evaluation methods, approaches to data collection, how to present results.