Evaluating Development Assistance: Approaches and Methods

by Lodewijk Berlage (Editor), Olav Stokke (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1992. The present volume belongs to a series focusing on the evaluation of development assistance. This series is part of a research and publishing programme under the auspices of the Working Group on Aid Policy and Performance of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). Two volumes have already appeared. The first focuses on the performance and economic impact of food aid and the second on the evaluation policies and performance of some European countries. The papers were presented at a workshop in March 1990 organised by the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs at Lysebu, on the outskirts of Oslo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714634791
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/01/1992
Series:	Routledge Research EADI Studies in Development , #14
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Lodewijk Berlage Co-convenor, EADI Working Convenor, EADI Working Group Group on Aid Policy and on Aid Policy and Performance Performance, Olav Stokke EADI Working Convenor, EADI Working Group Group on Aid Policy and on Aid Policy and Performance Performance Evaluation Programme.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Glossary, 1. Evaluating Development Assistance: State of the Art and Main Challenges Ahead, 2. The Rise and Fall of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Developing Countries, 3. Technical Cooperation: Assessment of a Leviathan, 4. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technical Cooperation Expenditures, 5. Evaluation and Women-oriented Aid, 6. Participatory Research and the Evaluation of the Effects of Aid for Women, 7. Evaluating UK NGO Projects in Developing Countries Aimed at Alleviating Poverty, 8. Evaluating the Impact of World Bank Structural Adjustment Lending: 1980-87, 9. Aid Policy Evaluation, Index, Notes on Contributors