Preface -- Searching for approaches to improve international development evaluations / Stewart Donaldson, Tarek Azzam, and Ross Conner -- Evaluation in developing countries : what makes it different? / Shiva Kumar and Zenda Ofir -- Organizational performance assessment / Charles Lusthaus and Katrina Rojas -- Evaluating capacity development / Peter Morgan -- Evaluating policy influence / Fred Carden and Colleen Duggan -- Evaluating networks and partnerships / Heather Creech -- Evaluating coalitions / Jared Raynor -- Evaluating sustainable development / Steve Bass and Alastair Bradstock -- Evaluating innovation / Steve Rochlin and Sasha Radovich -- Future directions for improving international development evaluations / Stewart Donaldson, Tarek Azzam, and Ross Conner -- About the contributors