A basic guide to evaluation for development workers: Acknowledgements

A basic guide to evaluation for development workers

		Acknowledgements
		1 Introduction
		2 Putting evaluation in context
		3 Traditional and alternative models of evaluation
		4 The purpose and use of evaluation
		5 Putting evaluation into practice
		6 Some practical considerations when planning an evaluation
		7 Using evaluation: feedback and follow-up
		Appendix 1 Checklist of questions
		Appendix 2 Developing an evaluation plan
		Appendix 3 Tasks for the team leader
		Appendix 4 Suggestions for content of an evaluation report
		Appendix 5 Advantages and disadvantages of external and internal evaluators
		References and further reading
		Oxfam Books

Acknowledgements

In 19921 drafted the evaluation section of a proposed Oxfam procedures manual on project management. An adapted form has provided material for the Oxfam Handbook for Development and Relief, edited by Deborah Eade and Suzanne Williams. Some similarities may be found between this guide and parts of that text, as drafts have been swapped between us.

Particular thanks are due to Deborah Eade and Bridget Dillon, for comments, editing and friendship. Thanks, too, to Robert Nicholls for being a critical 'guinea-pig' at a particularly busy time.

This short guide to evaluation was originally intended for use within Oxfam but we hope that it will also be found helpful to a wider readership.