Volume overview: Working with assumptions. Existing and emerging approaches for improved program design, monitoring and evaluation

Apollo M Nkwake; Nathan Morrow

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.05.016

Volume overview: Working with assumptions. Existing and emerging approaches for improved program design, monitoring and evaluation

Eval Program Plann. 2016 Dec:59:94-96. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.05.016. Epub 2016 Jun 3.

Authors

Apollo M Nkwake¹, Nathan Morrow²

Affiliations

¹ African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), Hosted by World Agroforestry Centre, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P. O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Payson Program for Global, Development, Tulane University, 5721 Magazine St, #188, New Orleans, LA 70115, United States. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27329488
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.05.016

Abstract

This volume attempts to systematically capture the state of practice, highlight commonalities linking existing and emerging approaches to assumption-making and evaluation. It tries to organize existing and emerging knowledge, tools and terminology into an emergent but useful typology for working with assumptions and complexity in program designs, monitoring and evaluation.

Keywords: Assumptions; Complexity; Evaluation practice; Volume overview.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Humans
Models, Theoretical
Program Development
Program Evaluation / methods*
Research Design