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When do communities know best? UNICEF’s search for relevant social indicators in Zimbabwe

01/06/2004

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Project monitoring and evaluation in Africa have traditionally depended on the `expert’ knowledge of `professional’ evaluators to develop so-called SMART indicators. But this expert knowledge has not permeated the various implementing agencies – which include communities themselves. The result has been sporadic and unreliable data and weak monitoring and evaluation frameworks. In Zimbabwe, these difficulties […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Chukua Hatua Tanzania

21/10/2013

3 documents

55 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Chukua Hatua is a five-year governance and accountability initiative being implemented by Oxfam GB and partners in five regions in Tanzania. The goal of Chukua Hatua is to increase the accountability and responsiveness of government to its citizens. The programme aims to achieve this by creating active citizenship; that is citizens who know their rights […]

Evaluation report

Financial Transaction Tax campaign: Evaluation report

08/07/2012

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax campaign) is a series of loosely coordinated national campaigns aiming at a small tax on financial transactions, with some of the proceeds spent on development. First launched in the UK in February 2010, by mid-2012 the campaign has spread to a number of countries in both Europe and […]

Evaluation report

Mid Term Evaluation of Food Security and Livelihoods Programme in Kitgum district, Uganda

01/12/2007

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The North Uganda Emergency Programme aims to save lives and protect livelihoods of people affected by conflict and natural disasters. The Kitgum programme has been running since 1997 providing water, sanitation, public health promotion and livelihoods support to 150,000 people displaced by conflict into IDP camps in Kitgum and Pader districts. Due to the insecure […]

Journal article

Establishing cooperatives for effective community development in rural China

01/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The article presents the results of participatory monitoring and evaluation of projects which aimed to aid the establishment and development of 24 modern rural cooperatives in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China. The evaluation was designed to assess the economic and community development outcomes of the cooperatives after three years of operation. The data were collected […]

Journal article

The most significant lessons about the Most Significant Change technique

01/06/2007

13 pages long

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Overview

This article presents field-based insights into the application of the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique as a method to monitor social change resulting from a development intervention. Documentation of this innovative qualitative monitoring technique is slowly growing, but is mostly limited to grey literature. In particular, there is a lack of rigorous investigation to assess […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Cash Transfer Pilot Project in Western Province, Zambia

01/01/2007

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB provided an unconditional, monthly cash transfer to up to 13,500 households n Kaoma and Mongu Districts, Western Province, from November 2005 to March 2006. The purpose of the project was to support households to achieve short-term food security without having to employ harmful coping strategies, and to prevent malnutrition. Cash transfers are an […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Chad

01/11/2005

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of Oxfam GB corporate priorities. Oxfam GB defines gender mainstreaming as a process of ensuring that all our work, and the way we do it, contributes to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between the women and men. A Gender Representation Advisor was recruited in 2004 to support Oxfam’s […]

Journal article

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

12/12/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

Keywords

Overview

Patriarchal, imperialist, and colonial forces have long attempted to delegitimise global South epistemologies and elevate Western modes of thinking, knowing, and therefore being. In particular, within development discourse, the principles and practice of mainstream Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (popularly known as MEL) continue to legitimise these forms of knowledge construction, production, and dissemination. Traditional MEL […]

Showing 72 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

When do communities know best? UNICEF’s search for relevant social indicators in Zimbabwe

01/06/2004

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Project monitoring and evaluation in Africa have traditionally depended on the `expert’ knowledge of `professional’ evaluators to develop so-called SMART indicators. But this expert knowledge has not permeated the various implementing agencies – which include communities themselves. The result has been sporadic and unreliable data and weak monitoring and evaluation frameworks. In Zimbabwe, these difficulties […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Chukua Hatua Tanzania

21/10/2013

3 documents

55 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Chukua Hatua is a five-year governance and accountability initiative being implemented by Oxfam GB and partners in five regions in Tanzania. The goal of Chukua Hatua is to increase the accountability and responsiveness of government to its citizens. The programme aims to achieve this by creating active citizenship; that is citizens who know their rights […]

Evaluation report

Financial Transaction Tax campaign: Evaluation report

08/07/2012

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax campaign) is a series of loosely coordinated national campaigns aiming at a small tax on financial transactions, with some of the proceeds spent on development. First launched in the UK in February 2010, by mid-2012 the campaign has spread to a number of countries in both Europe and […]

Evaluation report

Mid Term Evaluation of Food Security and Livelihoods Programme in Kitgum district, Uganda

01/12/2007

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The North Uganda Emergency Programme aims to save lives and protect livelihoods of people affected by conflict and natural disasters. The Kitgum programme has been running since 1997 providing water, sanitation, public health promotion and livelihoods support to 150,000 people displaced by conflict into IDP camps in Kitgum and Pader districts. Due to the insecure […]

Journal article

Establishing cooperatives for effective community development in rural China

01/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article presents the results of participatory monitoring and evaluation of projects which aimed to aid the establishment and development of 24 modern rural cooperatives in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China. The evaluation was designed to assess the economic and community development outcomes of the cooperatives after three years of operation. The data were collected […]

Journal article

The most significant lessons about the Most Significant Change technique

01/06/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents field-based insights into the application of the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique as a method to monitor social change resulting from a development intervention. Documentation of this innovative qualitative monitoring technique is slowly growing, but is mostly limited to grey literature. In particular, there is a lack of rigorous investigation to assess […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Cash Transfer Pilot Project in Western Province, Zambia

01/01/2007

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB provided an unconditional, monthly cash transfer to up to 13,500 households n Kaoma and Mongu Districts, Western Province, from November 2005 to March 2006. The purpose of the project was to support households to achieve short-term food security without having to employ harmful coping strategies, and to prevent malnutrition. Cash transfers are an […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Chad

01/11/2005

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of Oxfam GB corporate priorities. Oxfam GB defines gender mainstreaming as a process of ensuring that all our work, and the way we do it, contributes to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between the women and men. A Gender Representation Advisor was recruited in 2004 to support Oxfam’s […]

Journal article

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

12/12/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

Keywords

Overview

Patriarchal, imperialist, and colonial forces have long attempted to delegitimise global South epistemologies and elevate Western modes of thinking, knowing, and therefore being. In particular, within development discourse, the principles and practice of mainstream Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (popularly known as MEL) continue to legitimise these forms of knowledge construction, production, and dissemination. Traditional MEL […]

Showing 72 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

When do communities know best? UNICEF’s search for relevant social indicators in Zimbabwe

01/06/2004

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Project monitoring and evaluation in Africa have traditionally depended on the `expert’ knowledge of `professional’ evaluators to develop so-called SMART indicators. But this expert knowledge has not permeated the various implementing agencies – which include communities themselves. The result has been sporadic and unreliable data and weak monitoring and evaluation frameworks. In Zimbabwe, these difficulties […]

Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Chukua Hatua Tanzania

21/10/2013

3 documents

55 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Chukua Hatua is a five-year governance and accountability initiative being implemented by Oxfam GB and partners in five regions in Tanzania. The goal of Chukua Hatua is to increase the accountability and responsiveness of government to its citizens. The programme aims to achieve this by creating active citizenship; that is citizens who know their rights […]

Evaluation report

Financial Transaction Tax campaign: Evaluation report

08/07/2012

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax campaign) is a series of loosely coordinated national campaigns aiming at a small tax on financial transactions, with some of the proceeds spent on development. First launched in the UK in February 2010, by mid-2012 the campaign has spread to a number of countries in both Europe and […]

Evaluation report

Mid Term Evaluation of Food Security and Livelihoods Programme in Kitgum district, Uganda

01/12/2007

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The North Uganda Emergency Programme aims to save lives and protect livelihoods of people affected by conflict and natural disasters. The Kitgum programme has been running since 1997 providing water, sanitation, public health promotion and livelihoods support to 150,000 people displaced by conflict into IDP camps in Kitgum and Pader districts. Due to the insecure […]

Journal article

Establishing cooperatives for effective community development in rural China

01/11/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article presents the results of participatory monitoring and evaluation of projects which aimed to aid the establishment and development of 24 modern rural cooperatives in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China. The evaluation was designed to assess the economic and community development outcomes of the cooperatives after three years of operation. The data were collected […]

Journal article

The most significant lessons about the Most Significant Change technique

01/06/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents field-based insights into the application of the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique as a method to monitor social change resulting from a development intervention. Documentation of this innovative qualitative monitoring technique is slowly growing, but is mostly limited to grey literature. In particular, there is a lack of rigorous investigation to assess […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Cash Transfer Pilot Project in Western Province, Zambia

01/01/2007

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam GB provided an unconditional, monthly cash transfer to up to 13,500 households n Kaoma and Mongu Districts, Western Province, from November 2005 to March 2006. The purpose of the project was to support households to achieve short-term food security without having to employ harmful coping strategies, and to prevent malnutrition. Cash transfers are an […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Chad

01/11/2005

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Gender mainstreaming is one of Oxfam GB corporate priorities. Oxfam GB defines gender mainstreaming as a process of ensuring that all our work, and the way we do it, contributes to gender equality by transforming the balance of power between the women and men. A Gender Representation Advisor was recruited in 2004 to support Oxfam’s […]

Journal article

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

12/12/2023

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Disrupting learning and evaluation practices in philanthropy from a feminist lens

Keywords

Overview

Patriarchal, imperialist, and colonial forces have long attempted to delegitimise global South epistemologies and elevate Western modes of thinking, knowing, and therefore being. In particular, within development discourse, the principles and practice of mainstream Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (popularly known as MEL) continue to legitimise these forms of knowledge construction, production, and dissemination. Traditional MEL […]