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xxiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Contents note continued: Around and Around; Back to Assessing Impact and Aid for Trade / Viktor Jakupec -- Conclusion / Viktor Jakupec -- References / Viktor Jakupec -- Introduction / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Changing Aid Environment / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Pursuit of Success / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- Understanding the "Results Culture" / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Accountability and Transparency Agenda / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Learning and Efficacy Agenda / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- A Fly in the Ointment? / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Push for Impact Assessment / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Changing Face of Impact Assessment / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- |
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Contents note continued: Case Study 1: Accelerating the Flow of Scientific Knowledge in Indonesia / William Loxley -- Case Study 2: Institutional Capacity Building in the Maldives / William Loxley -- Case Study 3: Choosing Funding Modalities for Project Integrity in Pakistan / William Loxley -- Case Study 4: Computer-Assisted Instruction in Sri Lankan Schools / William Loxley -- Summary and Conclusion / William Loxley -- References / William Loxley -- Introduction / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Background / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Determinants of Evaluation Use / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Evaluation Stakeholders / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Points of Coordination / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Procurement and Evaluation Predesign / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Design / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Dissemination / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Conclusion / Mateusz Pucilowski -- References / Mateusz Pucilowski -- Introduction / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- |
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Contents note continued: Defining Limitations / Marc M. Cohen -- The Assumed Global Causality / Marc M. Cohen -- From Corporate Results to Country Results / Marc M. Cohen -- From Operational Performance to Corporate Results / Marc M. Cohen -- From Institutional Reforms to Operational Performance / Marc M. Cohen -- Issues of Data Aggregation / Marc M. Cohen -- Results Versus Risks / Marc M. Cohen -- Short-Term Versus Long-Term Impact / Marc M. Cohen -- Ownership and Politicization of the Agenda / Marc M. Cohen -- New Avenues for New Realities / Marc M. Cohen -- Improved Conceptual Underpinning / Marc M. Cohen -- Quality Matters / Marc M. Cohen -- Toward a Culture of Results / Marc M. Cohen -- Priorities and Ownership / Marc M. Cohen -- Toward Joint Integrated Frameworks / Marc M. Cohen -- Conclusions / Marc M. Cohen -- References / Marc M. Cohen -- Introduction / William Loxley -- Donor Initiated Evaluation Research / William Loxley -- |
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Contents note continued: Building the Evidence Base [-] Making the Case for Scale-Up / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- The Importance of Time / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Children of Uruzgan Program, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Background / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Understanding and Working Within Local Systems / Yasamin Alttahir / Veronica Bell -- A Contextually Relevant Approach to Measuring Results / Yasamin Alttahir / Veronica Bell -- Building the Evidence Base [-] Making the Case for Scale-Up / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- The Importance of Time / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Challenges Associated with Impact Assessment / Yasamin Alttahir / Veronica Bell -- Timeframes / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Cost-Effectiveness / Yasamin Alttahir / Veronica Bell -- Ex-Post Evaluations / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Conclusion / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- |
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Contents note continued: Gold Standard Methods / Donna Loveridge -- Independence / Donna Loveridge -- Part 3 [-] The Status of Monitoring and its Future / Donna Loveridge -- Part 4 [-] Emerging Approaches to Improve Monitoring / Donna Loveridge -- Conclusion / Donna Loveridge -- References / Donna Loveridge -- Introduction / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Save the Children Australia / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Save the Children's Global Theory of Change / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Measuring Our Results / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Primary Health Care Program, Sayaboury and Luang Prabang Provinces, Lao PDR / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Background / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Understanding and Working within Local Systems / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- A Contextually Relevant Approach to Measuring Results / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- |
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Contents note continued: Introduction / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- Overview of Development Aid / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- Economic Reforms in Pics: Key Issues / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- The Limitations of Economic Reforms / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- Case Study 1: Sovi Basin Conservation Area in Fiji / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- Case Study 2: Ongoing ADB Reform "Promoting Economic Use of Customary Land" in Samoa / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- Conclusion / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- References / Amerita Ravuvu / Alec Thornton -- Introduction / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Defining RIA / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- A Critical Analysis of MDB's Contemporary Approaches to RIA / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- The Neoliberal Agenda / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- A Brief Ideological Critique / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- A Brief Implementation Critique / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- |
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Contents note continued: References / Veronica Bell / Yasamin Alttahir -- Introduction / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- Contemporary Debates in Impact Assessment / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- Impact Assessment Methods and Tools / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- The Logic Model / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- Program Logic and Theory of Change / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- The Most Significant Change / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- Participatory Rural Appraisal/Participatory Learning Action / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- Tiny Tools / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- Challenges of Impact Assessment and the Way Forward / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- References / Jonathan J. Makuwira -- Introduction / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Development Theory and Global Economic Paradigms / Max Kelly / Viktor Jakupec -- The Elephant in the Room...Politics and Foreign Policy / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Complexity / Max Kelly / Viktor Jakupec -- Impact... / Max Kelly / Viktor Jakupec -- Conceptual Understandings / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- |
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Contents note continued: Methodology and Method / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Impact Assessment in the Real World [-] Ex-Ante, Ex-Post, or Somewhere in Between? / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Conclusion / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- References / Max Kelly / Viktor Jakupec |
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Contents note continued: Results Reporting and Impact Assessment in a Contested, Dynamic, and Political Environment / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- Program Design / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- Programme Delivery and Management / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- Reporting, Accountability, and (Impact) Evaluation / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- Lesson Learning and Application / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- An Evolving Context? / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- Looking Forward / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Implications for Aid Investments and the Framing of Results / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- The Implications for Impact Assessment / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- Conclusion / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- References / Simon Milligan / Steve Bertram / Alwyn Chilver -- |
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Contents note continued: Planning / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Participative Presence / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Reflective Flexibility / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Ethical Representation / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- The World Bank's CBRDP in Ghana: Summary of Ethnographic Research Findings / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- "Highly Functional" Decentralization System and CDD Programs / Peter Hancock / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante -- When Empowerment Disempowers / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Community-Based Program in Nonexistent Communities / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Discussion / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Conclusion / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- References / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Introduction / Donna Loveridge -- Part 1 [-] Key Definitions and Concepts / Donna Loveridge -- Part 2 [-] The Rise of Impact Assessment / Donna Loveridge -- |
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Contents note continued: Inference: the Policy Cycle and the Project Cycle / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- The Policy Cycle / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- The Project Cycle / Max Kelly / Viktor Jakupec -- A Pointer to Procedures: Transcending Policy and Project Cycle / Max Kelly / Viktor Jakupec -- Applying RIA for ODA Projects and Programs / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Problematics of Ex-Ante RIA / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Conclusion: A Case in Favor of RIA in ODA / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- References / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Setting the Stage: Pressing for Results / Marc M. Cohen -- What are Corporate Results Frameworks? / Marc M. Cohen -- How are Corporate Results Frameworks used in Practice? / Marc M. Cohen -- Focus on Agency Results and Performance / Marc M. Cohen -- Powerful Communication Tools / Marc M. Cohen -- Simplicity and Economy / Marc M. Cohen -- Strategic Alignment and Focus / Marc M. Cohen -- Flexibility / Marc M. Cohen -- |
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Contents note continued: The Quest for Modernization: the Neoclassical Foundations / John McKay -- Dissenting Voices from the South: the Challenge of the Dependency Theory / John McKay -- Basic Needs / John McKay -- The Rise of Neoliberalism: Globalization and Development Theory / John McKay -- The Global Financial Crisis and Emerging Challenges to Neoliberalism / John McKay -- Concluding Thoughts: Toward a New Development Paradigm and a New / John McKay -- Role for Aid / John McKay -- References / John McKay -- Introduction / Viktor Jakupec -- Unpacking "Aid for Trade" within a Context of ODA / Viktor Jakupec -- The Increased Quest for Accountability / Viktor Jakupec -- AfT from Theoretical Underpinnings to Conceptualization / Viktor Jakupec -- A critique of AfT / Viktor Jakupec -- Trade not Aid / Viktor Jakupec -- Critique of the Neoliberal ODA Agenda / Viktor Jakupec -- Toward a Paradigm Shift in MT / Viktor Jakupec -- Paradigm Shift: AfT as a Subset of VfM / Viktor Jakupec -- |
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Contents note continued: The Intellectual Roots and Grounding of Meta-Modeling / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- The Five Steps of Meta-Modeling / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- The Application of Meta-Modeling / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Step 1: Define the Research Question / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Step 2: Search and Retrieve Studies / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Step 3: Relevance Appraisal / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Step 4: Code Studies / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Step 5: Develop a Meta-Summary / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Final Thoughts on Meta-Modeling / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Studies Included in Review / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- References / Sebastian Lemire / Gordon Freer -- Introduction / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- Applied Ethnography / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- The Four Dimensional Ethnographic Impact Assessment Framework / Kwadwo Adusei-Asante / Peter Hancock -- |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Aid, ODA, and Resource Flows to the Developing World / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Background to Foreign Aid / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Contemporary Debates, Aid Effectiveness, Value for Money, and Aid for Trade / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Aid Effectiveness / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Value for Money / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Aid, Development, Results, and Impact / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Conclusion / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- References / Viktor Jakupec / Max Kelly -- Introduction / Max Kelly -- Results and Impact / Max Kelly -- The Evolution of Impact Assessment / Max Kelly -- Impact Assessment in Theory and Practice / Max Kelly -- Transparency and Accountability / Max Kelly -- Ex-Ante and Ex-Post IA / Max Kelly -- Conclusion / Max Kelly -- References / Max Kelly -- Introduction / John McKay -- A Political Economy Background / John McKay -- |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Evaluation.
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Economic assistance -- Developing countries.
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| Author |
Jakupec, Viktor, 1945- editor
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Kelly, Max, editor
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| LC no. |
2015949609 |
| ISBN |
0128036605 |
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9780128036600 |
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