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   Final report of the external evaluation of the Think Tank Initiative

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 22 September 2013

   John Young, Volker Hauke, Paul Engel

   A major mid-term evaluation of the Think Tanks Initiative, a multi-donor programme dedicated to strengthening the capacity of independent policy research organisations in the developing world.

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2. Coalitions for transparency in extractive industries: a study of the Publish What You Pay campaign

   Publication - Research reports and studies - 28 August 2013

   Simon Hearn and Simon Batchelor

   This study reviews the 'Publish What You Pay' global civil society network, testing the organisation theory of change and recommending good practice for how coalitions can best be managed and supported.

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   Monitoring policy influence: like measuring smoke?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 13 August 2013

   'With creativity and maybe imagination it is possible to measure the influence of research on policy, which can seem as impalpable as smoke.'

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   Monitoring and evaluating policy influence

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 2 August 2013

   'Influencing policy and practice is an important component of many social interventions. But evaluating policy influence is more difficult: here are some tips on monitoring and evaluating campaigning and advocacy.'

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   Enough pick and mix: time for some standards on mixing methods in impact evaluation

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 31 July 2013

   'If we want mixed methods designs to be rigorous and credible, shouldn’t there be some minimum standards on how methods and data are used, combined and reported?'

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   Mixed methods in evaluation: a warm up

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 29 July 2013

   'Mixed methods are very much in the lime-light at the moment, but what do you understand as mixed methods in evaluation and why is it so important?'

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   A whistle-stop tour of outcome mapping

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 24 July 2013

   'We’d like to share with you our whistle-stop-tour of outcome mapping and how it can add value to your evaluations, drawing on our practical experiences with this method and our involvement in the Outcome Mapping Learning Community.'

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   52 weeks of BetterEvaluations: how can evaluation make a difference?

   Opinion - Articles and blogs - 5 July 2013

   What can be done to move from a situation where evaluation reports sit on shelves gathering dust – or worse are misused – to a situation where evaluations contribute to 'social betterment'?

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   Oragami interlacing

   Oragami structure of five interlocking tetrahedra
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   Credit: fo.ol
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   BetterEvaluation webinar: report and support use of findings

   Event - Webinar - 28 May 2013 21:00 - 21:20 (GMT+01 (BST))

   This webinar, part seven in an eight-part series on the BetterEvaluation rainbow framework, focuses on tasks to report findings and to support use of them.

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    Walking through maze

    A boy walks through a grass maze
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: ailatan
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    BetterEvaluation webinar: define what is to be evaluated

    Event - Webinar - 9 May 2013 21:00 - 21:20 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Simon Hearn presents a short webinar focusing on tasks to define what is to be evaluated – developing an initial description, developing or refining the program theory/theory of change, and identifying possible unintended results.

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