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Planning and Managing an Evaluation

Part IV: Managing the Evaluation Process

Publisher: Office of Oversight and Evaluation

Place of Publish: New York

Year: 2001

Acc. No: 670-S

Category: Soft Documents

Type of Resource: Monitoring and evaluation, UNFPA

Languages: No

ISBN: English

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This part IV of Tool number 5 discusses various aspects of managing the evaluation process: “who” does “what”; steps in the development of a terms of reference and in the selection of an evaluator/evaluation team; and pointers on managing and supervising the conduct of an evaluation. The tool provides overall guidance for a traditional approach to evaluation with limited stakeholder participation. However, the principles and management responsibilities mentioned in the tool should, with some adaptation, be applied to all types of evaluations. For further details on participatory monitoring and evaluation approaches, consult Tool Number 4: Stakeholder Participation in Monitoring and Evaluation. The content is based on a review of the literature both from academia and international development agencies such as UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, Save the Children and bilateral donor agencies such as DANIDA, OECD, USAID and the U.S. Department of health and Human
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