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The challenges of evaluating social services programs

Improving the monitoring and evaluation of facilities in the Australian aid program

Social services programs

Evaluating state government social services programs presents a range of challenges…

Published on Linkedin, 31 May, 2021

Three approaches to measurement in program evaluation

Three different approaches for measuring anything

In my experience staff working in international development often struggle with devising measures of outcome variables and abstract concepts such capacity or empowerment.…

Published on Linkedin, 7 May, 2021

Improving the monitoring and evaluation of facilities in the Australian aid program

Ensuring aid reaches those most in need

International development is a highly challenging sector with a range of different approaches used to deliver sustainable impacts for those most in need.

Published on DevPolicyBlog, 23 July, 2019

Managing for Development Results

An Organisational Diagnostic Framework

Over the past 30 years governments around the world have been under pressure to demonstrate the efficient and effective use of public resources…

Published on Linkedin, 16 February, 2018

How Leaders can Demonstrate their Support for Evaluation

Leadership’s critical role in support of evaluation

Senior leaders have many opportunities to demonstrate their support for evaluation using evidence to inform decision making at all stages of the program management cycle to drive continuous improvement.

Published on Evaluation Capacity Development Group, 12 November, 2017

Evaluation for Accountability or Learning?

A comparison of two primary evaluation purposes

The emphasis given to accountability versus learning in an individual study and in an evaluation office’s overall work program is vitally important. It determines the way evaluations will be conducted and which stakeholders will be well served.

Published on Evaluation Capacity Development Group, 17 July, 2017

The symptoms and causes of underperforming public programs

An analysis of ineffective programs

Public sector managers are not always aware of the gaps in the initial design and/or implementation arrangements for their programs.

Published on LinkedIn, 28 May, 2017

Effective Evaluation Policies in Public Sector Agencies

Why do evaluations?

M&E is not an end in itself. Governments and organizations build monitoring and evaluation systems because they believe that such systems will help them to improve their governance and performance.

Published on LinkedIn, 13 May, 2017

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The challenges of evaluating social services programs

Three approaches to measurement in program evaluation

Improving the monitoring and evaluation of facilities in the Australian aid program

Managing for Development Results

How Leaders can Demonstrate their Support for Evaluation

Evaluation for Accountability or Learning?

The symptoms and causes of underperforming public programs

Effective Evaluation Policies in Public Sector Agencies

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