Evaluation

 

Evaluation


Theories of Change in Sustainability Science

2019 | Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Christoph Oberlack, Thomas Breu, Markus Giger, Nicole Harari, Karl Herweg, Sarah-Lan Mathez-Stiefel, Peter Messerli, Stephanie Moser, Cordula Ott, Isabelle Providoli, Theresa Tribaldos, Anne Zimmerman, Flurina Schneider

Science-based initiatives generate particular changes towards sustainable development. But why and how does this work? Theories of change (ToCs) can help in understanding the theoretical…


The Role of the External in Local Peacebuilding: Enabling Action -- Managing Risk

2013 | Global Governance
Jannie Lilja and Kristine Hoglund

Local peacebuilding has been embraced in principle by many donors, but the practice of external support to local initiatives needs further systematic study. While previous…


The Limits of Formal Metrics During Conflict and Post-Conflict Transition: Exploring Opportunities for Qualitative Assessment in Sri Lanka

2013 | Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Sarah Holt

Peacebuilding as an approach to assisting states in the transition from war to peace has been around since the mid-1990s, and has become a policy…


The Dual Track of Democracy Promotion in Post-War Peacebuilding in Cambodia: The Gap Between Institutional Development and Civil Society Mobilisation

2018 | Peacebuilding
SungYong Lee and Park WookBoem

Through consideration of the promotion of democracy in post-war reconstruction in the country, this article aims to explain why anti-government protests in Cambodia have recently…


Testing Conflict Sensitivity of Development Projects in Ghana an Evaluation of Two Projects in Ejisu-Juaben District, Ashanti Region

2013 | Intenraitonal Journal of Political Science and Development
Sheka Bangura

There has been serious concern about the nexus between development assistance and conflicts in the recipient nations. Thus, donors have been rethinking their assistance packages…


Stakeholder Participation in Freshwater Monitoring and Evaluation Programs: Applying Thresholds of Potential Concern Within Environmental Flows

2018 | Environmental Management
John Conallin, Craig A. McLoughlin, Josh Campbell, Roger Knight, Troy Bright, and Ian Fisher

The complex nature of freshwater systems provides challenges for incorporating evidence-based techniques into management. This paper investigates the potential of participatory evidence-based techniques to involve…


Refugee Camps and Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 | Journal of Development Economics
Colette Salemi

To date, there have been few quasi-experimental efforts to evaluate the impact of refugee camps on host landscapes. Yet many stakeholders believe refugee camps lead…


Peace Parks and Jaguar Trails: Transboundary COnservation in a Globalizing World

2008 | GeoJournal
Brian King and Sharon Wilcox

An increasingly utilized strategy for expanding conservation in the developing world has been the promotion of protected areas that supersede national borders. Alternatively known as…


Social Dialogue: A Tool of Social Reintegration and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Nepal

2019 | Asian Journal of Peacebuilding
Chiranjibi Bhandari

Successfully reintegrating former rebels into civil society is a crucial task in post conflict countries. In the aftermath of a decade-long conflict (1996-2006) in Nepal,…


Seeing Like the International Community: How Peacebuilding Failed (and Survived) in Tajikistan

2008 | Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
John Heathershaw

The international community claims transformative power over post-conflict spaces via the concept of peacebuilding. International actors discursively make space for themselves in settings such as…


Reclaiming Everyday Peace: Local Voices in Measurement and Evaluation After War

2018 | Cambridge University Press
Pamina Firchow


Putting Peace Back Into the Peace Corps: Restoring International Volunteering for Development as a Peacebuilding Modality

2020 | Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Joshua M. Inton-Campbell

International volunteering for development is neglected as a peacebuilding model, despite its origins in the early 20th-century pacifist movement. In part, this is due to…


Project Evaluation: Summary Report Tunisia Development of Rural Regions Integrated Water Resources Management (AGIRE)

2013 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
GIZ

Water is already a scarce and over-used resource in Tunisia. The rising demand, combined with the effects of climate change, could lead to more conflicts…


Practical Approaches to Theories of Change in Conflict, Security, and Justice Programmes

2013 | UKAID
Vanessa Corlazzoli and Jonathan White

The goal of this document is to improve the effectiveness of DFID programmes and the measurement of their impacts by providing DFID Advisers with the…


Post-Crisis Zimbabwe's Innovative Financing Mechanisms in the Social Sectors: A Practical Approach to Implementing the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States

2014 | International Health and Human Rights
Peter Salama, Wei Ha, Joel Negin, Samson Muradzikwa

By focusing on working with line ministries in non-contested sectors to determine local priorities rather than following global prescriptions, pooling funds to achieve scale rather…


PeacePlayers International: A Case Study on the Use of Sport as a Tool for Conflict Transformation

2011 | The SAIS Review of International Affairs
Brendan Tuohey and Brian Cognato

Since 2001, PeacePlayers International has helped over 50,000 young people overcome deep ethnic, religious or social divides in their communities through basketball. The authors describe…


Peacebuilding Through a Gender Lens and the Challenges of Implementation in Rwanda and Côte d'Ivoire

2009 | Security Studies: Feminist Contributions
Heidi Hudson

With the hypothesis in mind that discrimination against women increases the likelihood that a state will experience internal conflict, this article contends that considering gender…


Peace Operation Success: The Evaluation Framework

2012 | Journal of International Peacebuilding
Paul F. Diehl and Daniel Druckman

This article outlines and summarizes the Diehl and Druckman evaluation framework that is used in the case studies that follow. An overview of the decision…


Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment (PCIA): Lessons from Pakistan

2011 | The Peace and Conflict Review
Zahid S. Ahmed

In the early 1990s, on the basis of prior experiences of International Development Agencies (IDAs) in conflict zones, a need was identified to explore, understand…


Peace & Sustainability: An Evaluation of the United Nations' Peacebuilding Missions in Afghanistan

2019 | Lund University
Natalie Varady

This study is an evaluation of the peacebuilding missions in Afghanistan, made by the United Nations, in relation to policies of sustainable development. The theoretical…


Participatory Monitoring and Evluation, Power Dynamics, and Stakholder Participation: Analysing Dynamics of Participation Between World Vision and Its Stakeholders in The Husalushaka Area Development Programme PM&E

2018 | University of Pretoria
Vongaishe T. Mujuru

Participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) is a concept meant to ensure the extensive involvement of project beneficiaries in all stages of the project or programme…


Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (Pm&E) And Service Delivery in Uganda: A Case of USAID-Safe Program in Gulu District

2016 | Uganda Management Institute
Ronny Kajaga, Innocent Nuwagaba, and George Mugerwa

This study examined the extent to which Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) enhances service delivery in Uganda. It was carried out on the USAID-SAFE program…


Monitoring and Evaluation of a Participative Planning Process for the Integrated Management of Natural Resources in the uThukela District Municipality (South Africa)

2014 | University of Pretoria
Magalie Bourblanc

This paper intends to monitor the changes in perceptions and behaviour of stakeholders induced by the Afromaison participatory process, which is aimed particularly at helping…


From Conflict to Collaboration in Natural Resource Management: A Handbook and Toolkit for Practitioners Working in Aquatic Resource Systems

2014 | Collaborating for Peace
Lukas Ruettinger, Arne Janßen, Christopher Knupp, and Laura Griestop

The approaches and tools described here are tailored toward local and communitybased conflicts, such as those between different communities, between communities and government agencies, or…


Mind the Gap: The Importance of Local Institutional Development in Peace-Building-Funded Security Interventions

2013 | Conflict, Security, and Development
Sari Graben and Ann Fitz-Gerald

In this paper, the authors analyse current spending priorities of the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF)-funded security sector reform (SSR) programmes. They conclude that these spending priorities…


Measuring Peacebuilding: Challenges, Tools, Actions

2011 | Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre
Svein E. Stave

How can the effectiveness of peacebuilding operations in countries marked by conflict be better measured? This policy brief examines the steps needed to improve the…


Making Sense of Community Natural Resource Governance Perceptions

2020 | Forest Briefs, IUCN
IUCN

How do you encourage the participation of communities and traditional institutions in enhancing landscape governance in and around protected areas? Ask them. Understanding attitudes and…


Local Peace Committees in Africa: The Unseen Role in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuidling

2016 | The Journal of Pan African Studies
Abdul K Issifu

This article seeks to unveil the role of Local Peace Committees (LPCs) in conflict resolution and peacebuilding in Africa. Thus, violence emanating from religious extremism,…


Local Level Challenges to Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

2003 | International Peacekeeping
Carrie Manning

Laying the basis for a sustainable political order in the aftermath of civil war requires a broader perspective on the state than the one commonly…


Local Experiences of Liberal Peace: Marketization and Emergent Conflict Dynamics in Sierra Leone

2016 | Journal of Peace Research
Gearoid Millar

Over the past 20 years scholars have repeatedly highlighted the complex relationship between conflict, peace and economics. It is today accepted that economic factors at…