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DEALING WITH COMPLEXITY IN DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION: A By J. Michael Bamberger
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- Dealing With Complexity in Development Evaluation: A Practical
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SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
148334424X
ISBN-13
9781483344249
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2309701369
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Number of Pages
480 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation : a Practical Approach
Publication Year
2015
Subject
Development / Economic Development, Research, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
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Textbook
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Political Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
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Trade Paperback
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0.9 in
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28.8 Oz
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10 in
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7 in
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College Audience
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2015-029096
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This is an extremely useful book when managing and carrying out evaluations of the increasingly complex nature of international development. It should be required reading for everyone involved in assessing results of development cooperation., This is the first book that seeks to operationalize a complexity perspective into mainstream development evaluation, focusing on the specificities of this broad based sector, encompassing multiple objectives, institutions, contexts, constituencies and beneficiaries. The main conclusions can speak then to larger audiences of evaluators, program designers, managers, and researchers throughout the world, making a very useful contribution to evaluation culture and practice., This is the 'nuts and bolts' book that evaluation practitioners have been waiting for. Authored by highly experienced evaluators and grounded in real life examples from all parts of the world it illuminates the core ideas of complexity theory, makes sense of abstruse systems concepts and guides the reader through the contemporary maze of program theory, mixed methods and web based information technologies. A lucid and comprehensive treatment of the evaluation state of the art it is a must-have text for emerging evaluators, advanced evaluators and evaluation managers operating in uncertain, turbulent and conflict ridden environments., This volume provides useful guidance to development evaluation specialists to deal with their increasingly complex contexts and tasks. -- Mark Ginsburg The book shows, through a meticulous review of academic studies and some specific cases of real evaluations, that complex development interventions can be evaluated effectively and some of the techniques that make this possible. -- John Mathiason This is the 'nuts and bolts' book that evaluation practitioners have been waiting for. Authored by highly experienced evaluators and grounded in real life examples from all parts of the world it illuminates the core ideas of complexity theory, makes sense of abstruse systems concepts and guides the reader through the contemporary maze of program theory, mixed methods and web based information technologies. A lucid and comprehensive treatment of the evaluation state of the art it is a must-have text for emerging evaluators, advanced evaluators and evaluation managers operating in uncertain, turbulent and conflict ridden environments. -- Robert Picciotto This is an extremely useful book when managing and carrying out evaluations of the increasingly complex nature of international development. It should be required reading for everyone involved in assessing results of development cooperation. -- Per Oyvind Bastoe This book is impressive in its breadth and depth of coverage of a topic increasingly on the minds of evaluation practitioners. It provides much needed practical guidance and valuable conceptual insights in an area that's often discussed but rarely well understood. The book will appeal to a wide range of experienced evaluation professionals, emerging evaluators and students of evaluation. -- Penny Hawkins This is one of the most important books ever published in the field of development evaluation. Dealing with complex systems is a premier challenge for evaluators working in real life situations. As a practitioner in the field I cannot emphasize the value of this book enough. The authors tackle the issue of complexity and its critical significance from both theoretical and practical points of view. They offer concrete ways in which evaluators and organizations can deal effectively with complexity. The editors, each one of them an eminent authority in the field, have put together a group of authors who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Highly recommended to evaluation commissioners and practitioners, as well as those with an interest in the scientific aspects of evaluation approaches and methodologies. -- Juha I. Uitto This is the first book that seeks to operationalize a complexity perspective into mainstream development evaluation, focusing on the specificities of this broad based sector, encompassing multiple objectives, institutions, contexts, constituencies and beneficiaries. The main conclusions can speak then to larger audiences of evaluators, program designers, managers, and researchers throughout the world, making a very useful contribution to evaluation culture and practice. -- Mita Marra, This book is impressive in its breadth and depth of coverage of a topic increasingly on the minds of evaluation practitioners. It provides much needed practical guidance and valuable conceptual insights in an area that's often discussed but rarely well understood. The book will appeal to a wide range of experienced evaluation professionals, emerging evaluators and students of evaluation., The book shows, through a meticulous review of academic studies and some specific cases of real evaluations, that complex development interventions can be evaluated effectively and some of the techniques that make this possible., This volume provides useful guidance to development evaluation specialists to deal with their increasingly complex contexts and tasks., This is one of the most important books ever published in the field of development evaluation. Dealing with complex systems is a premier challenge for evaluators working in real life situations. As a practitioner in the field I cannot emphasize the value of this book enough. The authors tackle the issue of complexity and its critical significance from both theoretical and practical points of view. They offer concrete ways in which evaluators and organizations can deal effectively with complexity. The editors, each one of them an eminent authority in the field, have put together a group of authors who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Highly recommended to evaluation commissioners and practitioners, as well as those with an interest in the scientific aspects of evaluation approaches and methodologies.
Table Of Content
Part 1: Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: A FrameworkChapter 1: Complexity in Development Evaluation: The Framework of the Book - Michael Bamberger, Jos Vaessen, and Estelle RaimondoChapter 2: Toward More Complexity-Responsive Evaluations: Overview and Challenges - Estelle Raimondo, Jos Vaessen, and Michael BambergerChapter 3: Management of Complexity-Responsive Evaluations - Michael BambergerPart 2: Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: Methodological ApproachesChapter 4: Impact Evaluation Approaches and Complexity - Jos Vaessen, Estelle Raimondo, and Michael BambergerChapter 5: Understanding What is Being Evaluated: Theory-Based Evaluation - Frans L. LeeuwChapter 6: Five Practical Evaluation Problems to Which TBE Can Contribute - Frans L. LeeuwChapter 7: Dealing with Complexity by Unpacking and Reassembling Elements of a Complex Program - Michael Bamberger, Estelle Raimondo, and Jos VaessenChapter 8: The Importance of a Mixed Methods Approach for Evaluating Complexity - Michael BambergerPart 3: Emerging Data and Innovative Techniques to Deal with Complexity in Development EvaluationChapter 9: Complexity in Review and Synthesis Studies - Jos VaessenChapter 10: Emergent Technologies and Creative Use of Multiple Sources of Information - Susan van den Braak, Sunil Choenni, and Michael BambergerChapter 11: Applying Emergent Technologies to Complex Program Evaluation From the INGO Perspective - Kerry Bruce and Alison E. KolerChapter 12: The Evaluation of Complex Development Interventions in the Age of Big Data - Emmanuel Letouzé, Ana Areias, and Sally JacksonPart 4: Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: The Institutional ChallengesChapter 13: Dealing with Institutional Complexity: Implications for Evaluation Design, Process, and Use - Estelle RaimondoChapter 14: Gender Equality in Development Evaluation: The Intersection of Complexities - Estelle Raimondo and Michael BambergerPart 5: Complexity of Evaluation in Practice: Case StudiesChapter 15: A Case Study in Complexity: Evaluating a Long-Term Effort to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in El Salvador - Allison R. Davis and Melida GueveraChapter 16: Microcredit and Womens Empowerment: Complexity in Systematic Review - Jos Vaessen, Ana Rivas and Frans L. LeeuwChapter 17: Evaluation of Coordination Against Trafficking in Persons: A Case Study of a Complexity-Responsive Evaluation - Kim ForssChapter 18: Complexity from the Perspective of Philanthropic Foundations and Their Evaluation Practices - Leny van OijenChapter 19: Evaluating General Budget Support - Antonie de Kemp and Geske DijkstraChapter 20: Dealing with Complexity in a Realist Synthesis: Community Accountability and Empowerment Initiatives - Gill Westhorp, Bill Walker, and Patricia RogersGlossaryIndex
Synopsis
Recognizing that complexity calls for innovative, conceptual, and methodological solutions, this unique book offers practical guidance to policymakers, managers, and evaluation practitioners on how to design and implement complexity-responsive evaluations that can be undertaken in the real world of time, budget, data, and political constraints. Introductory chapters present comprehensive, non-technical overviews of the most common evaluation tools and methodologies, and additional content addresses more cutting-edge material. The book also includes six case study chapters to illustrate examples of various evaluation contexts from around the world., A practical guide for people who commission, implement and use evaluations of complex development interventions.
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