Evaluation management in South Africa and Africa / Fanie Cloete, Babette Rabie & Christo de Coning, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Biographical and ContactDetails of Editors -- Chapter Contributors -- PART I Conceptual Approachesto Evaluation -- Chapter 1 -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What is Monitoring and Evaluation? -- 1.3 Monitoring and Evaluation as Integral Parts of the Public Policyand Programme Life Cycle -- 1.4 Monitoring and Evaluation as Integral Functions of Management -- 1.5 Managing the Public Sector -- 1.6 Approaches to Public Sector Reform -- 1.7 Evaluation for Effective Management Improvement -- 1.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2

2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Origins of Evaluation as an Applied Transdiscipline -- 2.3 The early start: Ancient history to the Second World War -- 2.4 The Development of Evaluation in the USA -- 2.5 Evaluation in the UK1 -- 2.6 Assessment of the Western origins of programme evaluation2 -- 2.7 Historical development of evaluation in other regions -- 2.8 Historical Development of Evaluation in Africa -- 2.9 Historical Development of Programme Evaluation in South Africa4 -- 2.10 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Nature of Theories of Change

3.3 Developing a Theory of Action's Programme Logic -- 3.4 Theories of Change in the African Context -- 3.5 Case: Developing impact theory for a social protection programmein Maputo, Mozambique -- 3.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Evaluation Theory: A Classification System -- 4.3 Evaluation approaches based on scope -- 4.4 Evaluation approaches based on an explicit philosophy orformal substantive theory -- 4.5 Evaluation design -- 4.6 Implications for management practice

4.7 Case: Do Managers Use Evaluation Reports?A Case Study of a Process Evaluationfor a Grant-Making Organisation1 -- 4.8 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 -- 5.1 Introduction: Evaluation design and evaluation methodology -- 5.2 The logic and steps in designing evaluation studies -- 5.3 A decision framework for designing evaluation studies -- 5.4 Clarificatory evaluation studies1 -- 5.5 Process/implementation evaluation studies -- 5.6 Impact evaluation (assessment) studies -- 5.7 The classic or true experimental design -- 5.8 Quasi-experimental designs

5.9 Time-series and multi time-series designs -- 5.10 Outcome evaluations -- 5.11 A concluding framework -- References -- Chapter 6 -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Definitions and conceptualisation -- 6.3 Developing and formulating indicators -- 6.4 Examples of indicator initiatives -- 6.5 Data collection and the management of information -- 6.6 Case study: Proposed good policy practices indicator guide -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 -- 7.1 Introduction and background -- 7.2 Institutional arrangements for the establishment ofmonitoring systems

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