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Ricardo Ramirez, Dal Brodhead

May 8, 20184 min read

Capacity development in both evaluation & communication: proven benefits and future directions

[This blog post was written by Ricardo Ramirez & Dal Brodhead, Principal Investigators of the project Designing Evaluation and...

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Zenda Ofir

Apr 6, 20163 min read

GOOD evaluation engages with POWER

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Zenda Ofir, South African scientist, independent international evaluator, and knowledge...

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Outcome Mapping: a liberating tool for program design

Clara Richards

Jan 20, 20164 min read

Outcome Mapping: a liberating tool for program design

I have been using the logical framework approach for many years to help organisations with designing their projects or monitoring and...

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Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 2

Clara Richards

Oct 8, 20153 min read

Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 2

In May 2015, as part of INASP’s strategy development process, we engaged an independent consultant to conduct a phone/skype survey of 39...

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Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 1

Clara Richards

Oct 6, 20153 min read

Insights into the state of research systems in developing countries – Part 1

In May 2015, as part of INASP’s strategy development process, we engaged an independent consultant, Teresa Hanley, to conduct a...

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Monitoring, evaluation and learning to manage and implement research projects at think tanks

Clara Richards

Oct 1, 20152 min read

Monitoring, evaluation and learning to manage and implement research projects at think tanks

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Rezarta Delibashzade, Project management/Researcher at the Democracy for Development Institute...

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Reflections on developing a MEL framework

Clara Richards

Aug 27, 20154 min read

Reflections on developing a MEL framework

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Dena Lomofsky from of Southern Hemisphere. It emerges from reflection from P&I´s online course...

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Our need to talk about power & knowledge in evaluation & policy cultures

Clara Richards

Jul 21, 20154 min read

Our need to talk about power & knowledge in evaluation & policy cultures

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Paul R. Kelly, PhD Researcher in Impact, Evaluation & Service Design, Lancaster University,...

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Strenghts of think tanks for MEL: it’s time to make better use of them

Clara Richards

Jul 2, 20153 min read

Strenghts of think tanks for MEL: it’s time to make better use of them

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Dena Lomofsky from of Southern Hemisphere. It emerges from reflection from P&I´s online course...

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RAC´s takeaways on how to monitor and evaluate policy influence: the importance of starting small

Clara Richards

May 19, 20153 min read

RAC´s takeaways on how to monitor and evaluate policy influence: the importance of starting small

[Editor’s note: This post was written by Zoryana Kozak, co-founder and Senior Policy Expert of the Resource & Analysis Centre “Society...

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Fostering the use of evaluation and research in policy making: the Presidency’s Department of

Clara Richards

Mar 19, 20152 min read

Fostering the use of evaluation and research in policy making: the Presidency’s Department of

South Africa has had a policy unit in the Presidency for some time, which since the mid-2000s also focused on M&E. This was reinforced in...

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What’s the evidence on Evidence Informed Policy Making?

Clara Richards

Nov 18, 20143 min read

What’s the evidence on Evidence Informed Policy Making?

One of the key indicators of policy influence is ‘framing debates’ (Jones and Villar, 2008) and there is no doubt that the narratives...

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Implementing an M&E system – a postcard from the trenches

Clara Richards

Sep 16, 20144 min read

Implementing an M&E system – a postcard from the trenches

Implementing an M&E system – a postcard from the trenches ‘Seriously?! As if we don’t have enough work already! Besides, we’re...

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Monitoring and evaluation for management

Clara Richards

Jul 31, 20142 min read

Monitoring and evaluation for management

[Editor’s note: This post originally appeared at On Think Tanks. It is part of a series of posts reflecting on a long term mentoring...

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M&E systems: the importance of adopting a systems approach to implementing M&E systems

Clara Richards

Jul 10, 20143 min read

M&E systems: the importance of adopting a systems approach to implementing M&E systems

[Editor’s note: This post is the second of a series of posts focused on the nitty-gritty of designing and implementing M&E systems by...

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How can organisations better implement Monitoring and Evaluation plans?

Clara Richards

Jun 20, 20144 min read

How can organisations better implement Monitoring and Evaluation plans?

[Editor’s note: This post is the first of a series of posts focused on the nitty-gritty of designing and implementing M&E systems by...

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Cry for help: monitoring, evaluating and learning in the South, how can we do it better?

Clara Richards

Jun 9, 20144 min read

Cry for help: monitoring, evaluating and learning in the South, how can we do it better?

By kat m research at flickr.com under CC license Catherine Fisher´s post on our Lessons learned paper as well as Antonio Capillo´s points...

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Lesson #16: Bring others into monitoring, evaluation and learning of capacity building activities

Clara Richards

May 2, 20144 min read

Lesson #16: Bring others into monitoring, evaluation and learning of capacity building activities

At Spaces for Engagement, our M&E approach was linked to the way the programme was developed: since we presented yearly plans on...

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Mentoring researchers in evaluation & communication: Examples in the making

Clara Richards

Nov 18, 20133 min read

Mentoring researchers in evaluation & communication: Examples in the making

This post is about a mentoring approach to capacity development in the field of evaluation, more specifically using Utilization-focused...

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Nine challenges towards think tanks evaluation in Latin America

Clara Richards

Nov 14, 20134 min read

Nine challenges towards think tanks evaluation in Latin America

[Editor’s Note: This post was written by Natalia Aquilino, Director of the influence, Monitoring and Evaluation Programme at CIPPEC, with...

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