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Influential Evaluations
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Annual Report on Operations EvaluationInfluential Evaluations: Evaluations that Improved the Performance and Impacts of Development Programs provides a collection of 8 case studies of evaluations and reviews which have had a significant impact. For many of these, it has been possible to compare the costs of conducting the evaluation and the economic benefits produced, and to show that the evaluation was a highly cost-effective tool for improving program management and for supporting government resource allocation decisions. The publication provides a summary of lessons learned about how to ensure evaluations are utilized intensively. A companion volume, Influential Evaluations: Detailed Case Studies, discusses the 8 case studies and utilization lessons in depth. It presents key lessons about how to design evaluations which are influential.
Influential Evaluations: Evaluations that Improved the Performance and Impacts of Development Programs


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- Video of the workshop "How to Increase the Utilization of Evaluations"
- What is Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)?
- Monitoring & Evaluation Tools, Methods and Approaches



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