Evaluating capacity development : experiences from research and development organizations around the world / Douglas Horton [and others].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170).

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Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About the Book -- Acronyms -- 1. The Evaluating Capacity Development Project: an Experiment in Evaluating Capacity Development -- The ECD Project -- The ECD Project's guiding questions -- The evaluation studies -- Synopses of the evaluation reports -- Guide to further reading -- 2. The Basks of Capacity, Organizational Capacity Development, and Evaluation -- Developing capacity for improved performance -- What is organizational capacity development? -- Monitoring and evaluating capacity development -- Take-home messages -- Guide to further reading.

3. Why Managers should be Concerned with Organizational Capacity Development and its Evaluation -- Why managers should be concerned with organizational capacity development -- Priorities for capacity development -- Why evaluate organizational capacity development efforts? -- Take-home messages -- Guide to further reading -- 4. Towards a Holistic Approach to Organizational Capacity Development -- Trends in capacity development -- Moving from a traditional to a more holistic approach to capacity development -- Steps to promote a holistic approach in the development of organizational capacity.

Take-home messages -- Guide to further reading -- 5. Towards Partnership in Organizational Capacity Development -- Moving beyond donor-recipient relationships -- Characterizing partnerships and implications for capacity development -- Elements of successful partnerships for capacity development -- Take-home messages -- Guide to further reading -- 6. Approaches for Evaluating Organizational Capacity Development -- Key issues to consider -- Preparing for the evaluation -- Principles for assuring the quality and use of the evaluation -- Getting into action: doing the evaluation -- Take-home messages.

Guide to further reading -- 7. Using and Benefiting from an Evaluation -- Why is evaluation use an issue? -- Factors influencing the use of evaluation results -- Benefits and uses of evaluation -- Unintended consequences of evaluation -- Take-home messages -- Guide to further reading -- Annex: Summaries of the Evaluation Reports -- Exploring capacity development in a rural development NGO in Bangladesh -- Towards strategic management in a Cuban agricultural research institute -- Understanding capacity development in a plant genetic resource center in Ghana.

Assessing organizational change in an agricultural faculty in Nicaragua -- Strengthening participatory research capacities in a Philippines root crops research center -- Expanding capacities in a rural development institute in Viet Nam -- Further information -- About the Authors -- Glossary -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- References.

In January 2000, ISNAR began the ambitious Evaluating Capacity Development Project, which aimed to improve capacity development efforts in research and development organizations through the use of evaluation. This book explains how the project used an action-learning approach, bringing together people from various countries and different types of organizations. As they conducted six evaluation studies over the course of 3 years, project participants learned a great deal about capacity development and the process of evaluation. The authors use examples and lessons drawn from the evaluation stud.

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