Every now and then I observe robust discussion about the merit of quantiative vs qualitative methods for M&E. Some people seem to feel passionately about one or the other. The...
Category: Zen and the art of monitoring & evaluation
Over the past few weeks I've been writing up an evaluation report. Part of the evaluation involved a review of the M&E arranagements employed by four prominent international NGOs. It...
I'm just in the throws of writing up a report for AusAID; an evaluation of emergency response interventions in Pakistan following the earthquake in October 2005. The earthquake was 7.6...
There has been further discussion about my appraisal comments regarding the Cambodia rural development program discussed in my last blog. The following is drawn from my email response, seeking...
The tension between Aristotle's functionalist ('classical') view and Plato's interpretist ('romantic') view of M&E that I discussed in my last blog is everywhere. I'm engaged as an M&E...
Emergent approaches v ‘blue print’ approaches to intervention design
I've just completed an appraisal of a project design for an AusAID NGO Cooperation Agreement. I found the design document to be well written, and in some ways innovative. The design...