Rogers, rmit university australia and betterevaluation. Technical and advisory services usaidjordan and its implementing partners in the areas of project. Ruth levine provided overall leadership on the policys content, and assumed the challenging role of drafting and. The evaluation rigorously assesses the impact of performance audits and csoled social audits on improving accountability and service delivery outcomes by randomly assigning one of the two activity. Do they generate more results for less cost than if the agency just gave poor people cash. Planning an outcomeimpact evaluation new partners initiative technical assistance nupita project june 2011. Allen, phd senior evaluation specialist, usaid bureau for policy, planning, and learning usaid entered my life in 1963, when i participated in the school lunch program at my elementary school, the congo town municipal primary school in the outskirts of freetown, sierra leone. Profit monitoring and evaluation plan 1 overview introduction profit is a 5 year program that uses production finance and improved technology as the means to achieve usaid s broader objective of increased sector competitiveness in agriculture and natural resources so.
Impact evaluation final report final report i yes youth can. Early attention to the design for an impact evaluation is consistent with usaid evaluation policy requirements for preintervention baseline data and a. This randomizedcontrolled trial, impact evaluation tests the effect of two distinct efforts to increase. Monitoring and evaluation plan january 2008 6, tukuluho road, private bag 307x lusaka, longacres tel. Ads and notices system 501, 504 usaid information and records 502, 503,505508, 510, 511, 516 headquarters management 512515, 517519, 524, 529, 531 travel and transportation 521523. Although only a small share of programs has been subject to rigorous evaluation to date, efforts have gradually expanded over time. Agency for international development under cooperative. Examples of key evaluation questions for impact evaluation. Usaids performance monitoring and evaluation tips provide practical advice and suggestions to usaid managers and partners on issues related to performance monitoring and evaluation. Ghana strengthening accountability mechanisms gsam impact. An impact evaluation of feed the future cambodia harvest project.
Usaid jordan monitoring and evaluation support program mesp organization type. Usaid s performance monitoring and evaluation tips provide practical advice and suggestions to usaid managers and partners on issues related to performance monitoring and evaluation. Building knowledge through evaluations and research 2008 chapter. Usaidjordan monitoring and evaluation support program. Ibtci under the evaluation services iqc, aid6to1200001. Impact evaluations introduction this note defines impact evaluations, explains when they should be commissioned according to usaid policy and describes different designs for quasiexperimental and experimental impact evaluations. It was prepared under order aid663bc101 of the global evaluation and monitoring gem ii bpa, edh. Draft an environmental impact evaluation to 22 cfr 2 i 6. Although only a small share of programs has been subject to. This document discusses how to conduct an endofproject evaluation keywords. Land tenure and property rights impact evaluation tool 2 the impact evaluation tool was prepared by tetra tech on behalf of usaid, under the property rights and resource governance. With the release of the evaluation policy in january 2011, usaid made an ambitious commitment to rigorous and quality program evaluation the systematic collection and analysis of information and evidence about program performance and impact. Intended primarily to guide staff decisions regarding the practice of evaluation within projects managed by usaid, it also serves to communicate to implementing partners and key stakeholders a new.
Evaluation factor response document guidance and sample. Intended primarily to guide staff decisions regarding the practice of evaluation within projects managed by usaid, it also serves to communicate to implementing partners and key stakeholders a new approach to evaluation. Agency for international development usaid has used a results framework rf model as its principle planning strategy to achieve strategic objectives. I had been at usaid for less than a year and had just been asked to serve as acting deputy administrator. Usaidjordan monitoring and evaluation support program mesp. Impact evaluation of usaids communitybased crime and violence prevention approach in central america. Allen, phd senior evaluation specialist, usaid bureau for policy, planning, and learning usaid entered my life in 1963, when i participated in the school lunch program at my elementary. Agency for international development usaid was established on november 3, 1961. David kinyua, jeremiah carew, richard nyarsuk anyieth, i clear in the place of colin provided you consider the very minor. An impact evaluation relies on rigorous methods to determine the changes in outcomes which can be attributed to a specific intervention based on causeandeffect analysis.
For example, in a study in ukraine, the usaid and pepfarfunded measure evaluation is using mixed methods medical facility surveys, provider interviews, and patient chart extraction to study the impact on a range of tuberculosis tb and hiv treatment outcomes of providing social support services to improve tb treatment adherence and improve. However, care must be taken about generalizing from a specific context. An annual report for congress and the broader public summarizes agency biodiversity and forestry results from the prior year and. Usaidjordan monitoring and evaluation support program mesp organization type. The impact evaluation shows that usaids programs, built on experiences from man.
This report describes an impact evaluation ie design for the climate smart agriculture csa pilot of the usaid tenure and global climate change tgcc program in zambia. The usaid tgcc zambia climate smart agriculture pilot is a 3. Lapop carried out an extensive mixedmethods, multiyear, fournation impact evaluation of usaids program in violence prevention programs focused at the neighborhood level. An impact evaluation of feed the future cambodia harvest. Background, operations, and issues congressional research service 1 he u. The new partners initiative technical assistance nupita project is funded by the united states. An impact evaluation of feed the future cambodia harvest project helping address rural vulnerabilities and ecosystem stability cambodiaharvest was a fiveyear program 20112016. S cities, have a significant positive impact on communities. The quantitative findings, which assessed the success of usaid presence neighborhoods compared to how they. Usaid achieves multiple conservation and development objectives through programs that protect biodiversity in forests and other ecosystems, maintain or increase carbon stocks in forests, and. Acknowledgements this policy paper was the workofusaids evaluation policytaskteam,carried out under the overallguidance of ruth levine and. The main finding of this impact evaluation of the usaids community intervention programs is that in several key respects the programs have been a success.
The quantitative findings, which assessed the success of usaidpresence neighborhoods compared to how they. For example, in a study in ukraine, the usaid and pepfarfunded measure evaluation is using mixed methods medical facility surveys, provider interviews, and patient chart extraction to study the. The authors views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the united states agency for. Measure evaluation is funded by the united states agency for international development usaid and the u. Evaluation of the development impact of usaidaihas. In this role, i worked on the design of programming for a usaid funded project on youth and governance, as well as a nutrition and education proposal. Ghana strengthening accountability mechanisms gsam. Impact evaluation of usaid haiti projustice program. Mindanao youth for development mydev program fy15 impact. Evaluation of the development impact of usaidaihas health. Profit monitoring and evaluation plan 1 overview introduction profit is a 5 year program that uses production finance and improved technology as the means to achieve usaids broader objective of. The evaluation rigorously assesses the impact of performance audits and csoled social audits on improving accountability and service delivery outcomes by randomly assigning one of the two activity treatments or a pure control group status to 150 districts in ghana. In this role, i worked on the design of programming for a usaidfunded project on youth and.
Evaluation factor response document guidance and sample responses. Usaid uses evaluation findings to inform decisions, improve program effectiveness, be accountable to stakeholders, and support organizational learning. Outline of principles of impact evalation discussion dra. Building on its evaluation policy approved in 2011, usaid has increasingly begun to rigorously evaluate its programs. Assessing the impact of usaidindias distribution reform, upgrade and management program and its water and energy nexus program today, 78 million rural. Land tenure and property rights impact evaluation tool 2 the impact evaluation tool was prepared by tetra tech on behalf of usaid, under the property rights and resource governance program under the prosperity, livelihoods and critical ecosystems place indefinite quantity contract iqc contract no. These publications are supplemental references to the automated directive service ads chapter 203 pdf, 264kb. Impact evaluations need to account for the counterfactual what would have occurred without the intervention through the use of an experimental or quasiexperimental design using comparison and treatment groups. Usaid definition of impact evaluation part 1 impact evaluations measure the change in a development outcome focused on higher level results outcomes rather than inputs and outputs e. Principle five of the code of conduct for international red cross and red crescent. The authors views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the united states.
Impact evaluation of usaids communitybased crime and. Usaid achieves multiple conservation and development objectives through programs that protect biodiversity in forests and other ecosystems, maintain or increase carbon stocks in forests, and restore forests lost or damaged by poor management or land conversion. Some definitions focus on very precise understandings of impact, while others cast a much broader net. Ads and notices system 501, 504 usaid information and records 502, 503,505508, 510, 511, 516 headquarters management 512515, 517519, 524, 529, 531 travel and transportation 521523, 580. An impact evaluation of feed the future cambodia harvest project helping address rural vulnerabilities and ecosystem stability cambodiaharvest was a fiveyear program 20112016 supported under the global hunger and food security initiative ghfsi and the global climate change gcc and biodiversity program. Usaid education fact sheet pdf 112k usaid education fact sheet investments in education in developing countries are a wise use of u. Usaid performance monitoring and evaluation tips innovation. Main findings the main finding, on average, of this multiyear impact evaluation of the communitybased5 interventions is that in several key respects the programs have been. Principle nine of the conduct for international red cross and red crescent movement and ngos in disaster relief 6 box 2.
Cleland, mba, team leader mary linehan, mph, ma lisa v. Usaid mindanao youth for development program fy 15 impact evaluation report v been incorporated into this final evaluation report. Finally, i worked with headquarters to develop proposals for all programming incountry. The new partners initiative technical assistance nupita project is funded by the united states agency for international development usaid and implemented by john snow, inc. Usaid impact evaluation of the makhalidwe athu project. Acknowledgements this policy paper was the workofusaids evaluation policytaskteam,carried out under the overallguidance of ruth levine and dana deruiter. A summary of usaids results framework planning and. Purpose of impact evaluation impact evaluation serves both objectives of evaluation. Impact evaluation is the main means for empirically testing what actually happens when interventions are implemented. The environmental impact evaluation must identify mitigation measures or adaptation strategies based on the climate analysis, and build those measures into design, implementation, and oversight of those. In this report, we describe the main impact evaluation results, and discuss. Usaid, pepfar, jsi, nupita, global health, project evaluation, usg, anc, pmtct, data sources created date.
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