Debate on the Appropriate Methods for Conducting Impact Evaluation of Programs within the Development Context

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Enyonam B. Norgbey

Abstract

Background: Donors and decision-makers use impact evaluation reports to assess the effectiveness of development programs and identify ways to improve the design and implementation of projects, programs, and policies in developing countries.

 

Purpose: This paper will explore the existing published impact evaluation literature on development programs and provide an overview of the types of approaches and methods that are being used to conduct impact evaluations.

 

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Research Design:  The paper will examine published program evaluation literature in order to shed light on issues related to appropriate methods for impact evaluations of development programs.

 

Data Collection and Analysis: Literature review.

 

Findings: The paper will conclude by suggesting a list of approaches and methods that can be used to conduct impact evaluations of programs within the development context.

 

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Norgbey, E. B. (2016). Debate on the Appropriate Methods for Conducting Impact Evaluation of Programs within the Development Context. Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 12(27), 58–66. https://doi.org/10.56645/jmde.v12i27.454
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Author Biography

Enyonam B. Norgbey, University of Ottawa

I am currently a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. My area of concentration is in "Leadership, Evaluation, Curriculum, and Policy". I earned a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Western Michigan University and a second Master's Degree from Michigan State University in Educational Systems Development. Prior to my admission in the doctoral program, I worked many years as a public school teacher in Lansing Michigan before lecturing at the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya, also acted as the Head of Institutional Research and a consultant for UNDP for a couple of years. My latest assignments were with the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, the University of Ottawa, and the Association of African Universities in Accra, Ghana where I managed research grants.