Economic Assistance - Evaluation

Economic Development Projects

Evaluation Research - Social Action Programs

Table of Contents
Part 1: Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: A Framework
Chapter 1: Complexity in Development Evaluation: The Framework of the Book - Michael Bamberger, Jos Vaessen, and Estelle Raimondo
Chapter 2: Toward More Complexity-Responsive Evaluations: Overview and Challenges - Estelle Raimondo, Jos Vaessen, and Michael Bamberger
Chapter 3: Management of Complexity-Responsive Evaluations - Michael Bamberger
Part 2: Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: Methodological Approaches
Chapter 4: Impact Evaluation Approaches and Complexity - Jos Vaessen, Estelle Raimondo, and Michael Bamberger
Chapter 5: Understanding What is Being Evaluated: Theory-Based Evaluation - Frans L. Leeuw
Chapter 6: Five Practical Evaluation Problems to Which TBE Can Contribute - Frans L. Leeuw
Chapter 7: Dealing with Complexity by Unpacking and Reassembling Elements of a Complex Program - Michael Bamberger, Estelle Raimondo, and Jos Vaessen
Chapter 8: The Importance of a Mixed Methods Approach for Evaluating Complexity - Michael Bamberger
Part 3: Emerging Data and Innovative Techniques to Deal with Complexity in Development Evaluation
Chapter 9: Complexity in Review and Synthesis Studies - Jos Vaessen
Chapter 10: Emergent Technologies and Creative Use of Multiple Sources of Information - Susan van den Braak, Sunil Choenni, and Michael Bamberger
Chapter 11: Applying Emergent Technologies to Complex Program Evaluation From the INGO Perspective - Kerry Bruce and Alison E. Koler
Chapter 12: The Evaluation of Complex Development Interventions in the Age of Big Data - Emmanuel Letouzé, Ana Areias, and Sally Jackson
Part 4: Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation: The Institutional Challenges
Chapter 13: Dealing with Institutional Complexity: Implications for Evaluation Design, Process, and Use - Estelle Raimondo
Chapter 14: Gender Equality in Development Evaluation: The Intersection of Complexities - Estelle Raimondo and Michael Bamberger
Part 5: Complexity of Evaluation in Practice: Case Studies
Chapter 15: A Case Study in Complexity: Evaluating a Long-Term Effort to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in El Salvador - Allison R. Davis and Melida Guevera
Chapter 16: Microcredit and Women's Empowerment: Complexity in Systematic Review - Jos Vaessen, Ana Rivas and Frans L. Leeuw
Chapter 17: Evaluation of Coordination Against Trafficking in Persons: A Case Study of a Complexity-Responsive Evaluation - Kim Forss
Chapter 18: Complexity from the Perspective of Philanthropic Foundations and Their Evaluation Practices - Leny van Oijen
Chapter 19: Evaluating General Budget Support - Antonie de Kemp and Geske Dijkstra
Chapter 20: Dealing with Complexity in a Realist Synthesis: Community Accountability and Empowerment Initiatives - Gill Westhorp, Bill Walker, and Patricia Rogers
Glossary
Index