No. 1 -Guidance for Evaluating Humanitarian Assistance In Complex Emergencies
No. 2 -Evaluating Country Programmes Vienna Workshop, 1999
No. 3 -Donor Support for Institutional Capacity Development in Environment: Lessons Learned
No. 4 -Effective Practices in Conducting a Joint Multi-Donor Evaluation
No. 5 -Evaluation Feedback for Effective Learning and Accountability
No. 6 - Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management
EVALUATION AND AID EFFECTIVENESS
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Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results
Based Management
Glossaire des principaux termes relatifs à
l’évaluation et la gestion axée sur les résultats
Glosario de los principales términos sobre evaluación
y gestión basada en resultados
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE
EVALUATION AND AID EFFECTIVENESS
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Glossaire
OCDE 2002
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GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS IN EVALUATION
AND RESULTS BASED MANAGEMENT
GLOSSAIRE DES PRINCIPAUX TERMES RELATIFS À L’ÉVALUATION
ET LA GESTION AXÉE SUR LES RÉSULTATS
GLOSARIO DE LOS PRINCIPALES TÉRMINOS SOBRE EVALUACIÓN
Y GESTIÓN BASADA EN RESULTADOS
Glossaire
OCDE 2002
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Glossaire
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FOREWORD
The DAC Working Party on Aid Evaluation (WP-EV) has developed this glossary of key terms in evaluation and results-based
management because of the need to clarify concepts and to reduce the terminological confusion frequently encountered in these areas.
Evaluation is a field where development partners – often with widely differing linguistic backgrounds – work together and need to use
a common vocabulary. Over the years, however, definitions evolved in such a way that they bristled with faux amis, ambivalence and
ambiguity. It had become urgent to clarify and refine the language employed and to give it a harmonious, common basis. With this
publication, the WP-EV hopes to facilitate and improve dialogue and understanding among all those who are involved in development
activities and their evaluation, whether in partner countries, development agencies and banks, or non-governmental organisati