Free World Bank Guidebooks in Evaluation

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• The Road to Results: Designing and Conducting Effective Development Evaluations (World Bank Training Series).  Linda G. Morra,‎ Ray C. Rist.  2011.  World Bank.

• Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System: A Handbook for Development Practitioners. Jody Zall Kusek, Ray Rist. 2004. World Bank.

• Making Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Work: A Capacity Development Toolkit. Marelize Gorgens, Jody Zall Kusek. 2009. World Bank.

• A Guide to Assessing Needs: Essential Tools for Collecting Information, Making Decisions, and Achieving Development Results. Ryan Watkins, Maurya West Meiers, Yusra Visser.  2012.  World Bank.

• How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government.  Keith MacKay. 2007.  World Bank.

• Handbook on Impact Evaluation: Quantitative Methods and Practices.  Shahid Khandker, Gayatri Koolwal, Hussain Samad.  2010.  World Bank.

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Other Guidebooks in Evaluation

• Evaluation, 2nd Edition.  Carol H. Weiss, Harvard University. 1998. Pearson.

• Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, 7th Edition 7th Edition. Peter H. Rossi,‎ Mark W. Lipsey,‎ Howard E. Freeman.

• Evaluation: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Guiding, and Improving Policies and Programs 1st Edition.  Melvin M. Mark,‎ Gary T. Henry,‎ George Julnes,‎ Gary Henry.  2000.  Jossey-Bass.

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Online Training

• EvalPartners - elearning courses

• Measure Evaluation – A consortium supporting development programs in health (largely USAID funded) – They have a number of free online M&E health courses.

• JPAL Online courses.  Impact evaluation and other courses.

• World Bank SIEF and Georgetown University.  Impact Evaluation Methods with Applications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

• Acumen – has courses that are not necessarily M&E, but related topics (e.g., systems)

• Coursera Data Collection and Questionnaire Design (University of Maryland)

• Calling BS Data Reasoning in a Digital World.  This is a semester-long course from the University of Washington and useful for those who know about research methods but want to dive more into how data are used, misused, etc.

• For those interested in environmental projects, the course https://olc.worldbank.org/content/introduction-global-environment-facility-gef 

• MIT: Research skills for conducting interviews: https://www.edx.org/course/lean-research-skills-for-conducting-interviews-0?utm_campaign=mitx&utm_medium=partner-marketing&utm_source=email&utm_content=mailchimp-ec.745x-jan2019 

• Stanford: Essentials of Programme Strategy and Evaluation https://www.classcentral.com/course/stanford-openedx-essentials-of-program-strategy-and-evaluation-8981?utm_source=quartz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october…?

• University of Witzwartesland. ToC for Development ​https://www.classcentral.com/course/edx-theory-of-change-for-development-9449?utm_source=quartz&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=new_courses_october

 

University Evaluation Courses

• Map of Evaluation Courses in Europe 

• American Evaluation Association maintained list 

 

Other Organizations

• IPDET - International Program for Development Evaluation Training 

• CLEAR – Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results

• CLEAR IFAD PRIME - Program in Rural M&E (Global courses in English, French and Spanish on M&E Fundamentals I and II, and Impact Assessment)

• The Evaluators’ Institute

• JPAL – Poverty Action Lab.  Impact evaluation courses (quantitative)

• Better Evaluation – They advertise many courses and other evaluation resources.  Look under events for courses and explore their website for many more resources.