Monitoring and Evaluation

Guidelines

Central Research Department (CRD) has produced guidelines on the monitoring and evaluation of its research programmes.

• Monitoring and Evaluation: a Guide for DFID contracted research programmes(1017 kb)
• Monitoring and evaluation forms for research programmes

See also

• Lessons Learnt in Research Communication: Monitoring and Evaluation and Capacity Development(885 kb)
• Scoping Study: Monitoring and Evaluation of Research Communications, Annexes(604 kb) by Catherine Butcher and Gil Yaron, August 2006
• Proving our worth: developing capacity for the monitoring and evaluation of communicating research in development. Information on a workshop funded by DFID 5-6 September 2006
• Maximising the impact of Development Research: How can funders encourage more effective research communication? Final Report Workshop held at the Institute of Development Studies 16-18 October 2006

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Evaluation of DFID's Engineering Knowledge and Research Programme (EngKaR)

DFID's Engineering Knowledge and Research Programme has been running since the 1980's. DFID has commissioned this evaluation of EngKar to ascertain its position within Research Funding Framework.

• Full Report (734 kb)
• DFID Response

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Evaluation of DFID's Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy

The Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS) has been running from 1995 to 2005. It has ten large research programmes with over 1600 research projects. An evaluation of the strategy was managed jointly by DFID's Central Research Department and Evaluation Department.

• Read Full report
• Summary report (415 kb)

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Rates of return to research: a literature review and critique

This study commissioned by CRD, Rates of Return to Research (235 kb), investigates what we know about rates of return to research and assesses key evidence that has been presented on agricultural and health research in particular.
 

Last updated: 28 December 2007