Table of contents
Foreword - Robert Chambers;
Introduction;
PART ONE: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AID EVALUATION;
A Brief History of Aid Evaluation;
PART TWO: BASIC ISSUES: PURPOSES, TECHNIQUES AND METHODS;
A Basic Issue;
Why Evaluate? For Accountability or for Lesson Learning?;
A Taxonomy of Aid Evaluation;
Organization of Evaluation Activity;
Project Cycle Management;
A Basis for Effective Monitoring and Evaluation;
Techniques and Methods of Aid Evaluation;
The Counterfactual, Effectiveness and Efficiency;
Techniques and Methods of Aid Evaluation;
Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis, Unintended Effects and Rating/Scoring Systems;
PART THREE: MONITORING, LEARNING AND FEEDBACK;
The Links between Monitoring and Evaluation;
A Neglected Area;
The Role of Organizational Dynamics and Organizational Learning in Evaluation;
Feedback;
Client Orientation of Evaluation Reports;
Feedback;
Mechanisms of Feedback;
Feedback;
The Role of Management Information Systems;
PART FOUR: IMPACT, EMPOWERMENT, STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND THE PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;
Impact Evaluation;
Evaluating Sustainability;
Sectors Presenting Special Problems in Evaluation;
Technical Co-operation, Research and Development, Good Governance and Policy-Level Evaluation;
Sectors Presenting Special Problems in Evaluation;
Poverty Alleviation, Non-Government Organizations, Small States and Structural Adjustment;
International Co-operation in Aid Evaluation;
Evaluation as Viewed by the Beneficiary Stakeholders;
Empowerment and the Stakeholder Approach;
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation;
Is this the Ultimate Destination?;
PART FIVE: THE WIDER HORIZON AND THE WAY AHEAD;
A Look at Tomorrow's Evaluation World