CONTENTS

Preface and Acknowledgements
Glossary of Terms
Executive Summary
Synthèse
A la recherche de l'impact
A la recherche de méthodes

PART A: INTRODUCTION
1. Overview

PART B: SEARCHING FOR IMPACT
2. Data and Data Quality
3. Donor-Based Impact Studies
3.1 Introduction and approach
3.2 The achievement of objectives
3.3 Impact: livelihoods, poverty reach and alleviation of poverty
3.4 Sustainability
3.5 Cost-effectiveness
3.6 Innovation and flexibility
3.7 Replicability and scaling-up
3.8 Gender
3.9 Environmental impact
3.10 Democracy and pluralism
3.11 Factors contributing to project success and failures
4. The Donor and Country Case Studies
4.1 Introduction
4.2 France, Belgium and the European Commission
4.3 Finland
4.4 Norway and the Netherlands
4.5 The United Kingdom
4.6 The United States
4.7 Bangladesh and Brazil
4.8 Chile
4.9 Kenya
4.10 Senegal
5. Thematic and Sectoral Studies of Impact
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Donors, NGOs, themes and sectors
5.3 Child Survival Programs
5.4 Microenterprise Innovation Projects
5.5 Capacity-building
5.6 Shift towards new partnerships

PART C: SEARCHING FOR METHODS
6. Introduction
7. Methods and Approaches in Donor-Commissioned Studies
7.1 Overview
7.2 Judging impact
7.3 Participatory evaluation and who evaluates
7.4 Implications of the donor-commissioned studies in term of methodology
8. Methods and Approaches beyond the Donor-Commissioned Studies
8.1 Introduction
8.2 NGO view on evaluations
8.3 Evaluation methods and approaches used by NGOS

PART D: LESSONS LEARNT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
9. Conclusions: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Dangers of generalising
9.3 Ignorance and the need to improve access to knowledge
9.4 Enhancing impact
9.5 Enhancing methods
9.6 External and internal evaluations
9.7 Encouraging evaluation activity among smaller NGOs
9.8 Sustainability issues: development versus welfare
9.9 Using and misusing impact data
9.10 Follow-up
9.11 Disseminating this Report

ANNEX A: REFERENCES CITED
BOXES
APPENDICES

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