Over the years I have collected a huge amount of resources I’d like to make available to you on this page. You find links to different free online resources (books, articles, blogs, podcasts, discussion papers, etc.) I find useful listed by topics. The page is work in progress. So bookmark the page to see what’s new.
Monitoring, evaluation and impact
- BOND, 2014. Investing in monitoring, evaluation and learning – issues for NGOs to consider. BOND, London. http://www.bond.org.uk/investing-in-mel
- Simister, N. 2009. Developing M&E systems for Complex Organisations: A Methodology. INTRAC, Oxford https://www.intrac.org/resources/developing-systems-complex-organisations-methodology/
- NGO Ideas, Tiny tools for impact assessment, http://www.ngo-ideas.net/tiny_tools/index.html
- IFAD, 2002. A Guide for Project M&E, https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/17b47fcb-bd1e-4a09-acb0-0c659e0e2def
- Kellogg Foundation, Evaluation Handbook, http://cyc.brandeis.edu/pdfs/reports/EvaluationHandbook.pdf
Theory of Change
- James, C. 2013, Theory of Change – a guide for small and diaspora NGOs, The Peer Learning Programme for Small and Diaspora Organisations, London https://www.intrac.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Theory-of-change_A-Guide-for-Small-and-Diaspora-NGOs-1.pdf
- A guide to developing a theory of change as a framework for inclusive dialogue, learning and accountability for social impact http://www.keystoneaccountability.org/sites/default/files/2%20 Developing%20a%20theory%20of%20change.pdf
- A Theory of Change case study on how one organisation (Oxfam GB) developed and then applied a theory of change to improve their effectiveness http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09614520801898996
Reflection and learning
- Britton B, 2005. Organisational Learning in NGOs: Creating the motive, the means and the opportunity. INTRAC https://www.intrac.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Praxis-Paper-3-Organisational-Learning-in-NGOs-Bruce-Britton.pdf
- Developing an effectiveness framework, A tool kit for small and medium sized NGOs, Australian Council for International Development, 2015 https://acfid.asn.au/sites/site.acfid/files/resource_document/Developing_an_Effectiveness_Framework_2015.pdf
- David Bonbright, Keystone Accountability, 2012. Use of impact evaluation results https://www.interaction.org/sites/default/files/Use%20of%20Impact%20Evaluation%20Results%20-%20ENGLISH.pdf