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Measuring Results

Photographs courtesy of Sudipto Das, Tetyana Korinna, Martin Edstrom

This page brings together results measurement (RM) resources that are likely to be of interest to those working in private sector development; additional input is always welcome. The publications here are from a wide range of sources. For information about the DCED's own work on results measurement and the DCED Standard in particular, click here. You can also access impact studies on the DCED databases for various agencies, in value chain development and business environment reform.

Future Training and Events

Introductory DCED Seminar on the Standard for Results Measurement, Nairobi, Kenya, 27-29 September

Results Measurement for Sustainable Private Sector Development (Basic Training Course on  DCED Standard). Hans Posthumus Consulting and Opportunities Unlimited. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,  4-8 October 2010

Advanced Training Course on the DCED Standard for Results Measurement, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11-15 October 2010

Agency Policies and Methodologies on RM generally

ADA. (2008) Guidelines for Evaluation in Austria’s Official Development Cooperation

AusAID. (2005) AusGuide - A Guide to Program Management. Chapter 5: Completion and Evaluation
AusAID. (2006) Impact evaluation - ODE briefing note
CIDA. (2004) Evaluation Guide
Danida. (2006) Evaluation Guidelines
DFID. (2005) Guidance on Evaluation and Review for DFID Staff
DFID. (2006) Monitoring and Evaluation: A Guide for DFID-contracted Research Programmes
DFID. (2009) Building the Evidence to Reduce Poverty: The UK's Policy on Evaluation for International  Development
IDRC. (2004) Evaluation Guidelines
IFAD. (2002) Managing for Impact in Rural Development: a Guide for Project M&E
Norad. (2006) Evaluation Policy 2006–2010
OECD. (2006) DAC Evaluation Quality Standards
Sida. (2007) Looking Back, Moving Forward
UNDP. (2002) Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluating for Results
UNDP. (2001) Managing for Results: Monitoring and Evaluation in UNDP - A Results-Oriented  Framework
UNDP. (2007) Guidelines for an Assessment of Development Results
UNIDO. (2006) Evaluation Policy
USAID. (2010) Time To Learn: An Evaluation Strategy for Revitalised Foreign Assistance
World Bank. (2006) Impact Evaluation and the Project Cycle
World Bank. Methods and Techniques

Methodologies specific to value chain development

GTZ. (2007) Value Links Manual. Module 11: Monitoring and Managing Impact
ILO. (2009) Value Chain Development for Decent Work, Chapter 6: Monitoring and Evaluation for  Value Chain Development (6 MB)

Methodologies specific to business environment reform

The Monitoring and Evaluation Handbook for Business Environment Reform

Examples of Results Chains, Impact Reports, etc.

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs. (2009) Impact Report (11 MB)

Other methodological and technical papers, particularly relating to PSD

GTZ. (2009) Measuring Employment Effects of Technical Cooperation Interventions: Some  Methodological Guidelines.

OECD-DAC. Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management. Paris: OECD.
Creevey, Lucy. (2008) Common Problems in Impact Assessment Research, USAID Impact Assessment  Primer Series, Washington, DC: USAID Creevey, Lucy and Don Snodgrass. (2006) Collecting and  Using Data for Impact Assessment, USAID Impact Assessment Primer Series, Washington, DC: USAID
Leuww, Frans and Jos Vaessen on behalf of the Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation (NONIE).  (2009) Impact and Evaluation: NONIE Guidance. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Woller, Gary. (2007) Developing a Causal Model for Private Sector Development Programmes. USAID  Impact Assessment Primer Series, Washington, DC: USAID.
Woller, Gary and Jeanne Downing. (2007) Causal Models as a Useful Programme Management Tool:  Case Study of PROFIT Zambia, USAID Impact Assessment Primer Series, Washington, DC: USAID