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The US agency for International Development (USAID) has supported democracy and governance programs in approximately 120 countries and territories. This book presents a road map to enable USAID and its partners to assess what works and what does not.

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Author:   National Research Council ,  Policy and Global Affairs ,  Development, Security, and Cooperation ,  Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
ISBN:  

9780309117364

ISBN 10:   0309117364
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   26 July 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Democracy Assistance and USAID; 4 2 Evaluation in USAID DG Programs: Current Practices and Problems; 5 3 Measuring Democracy; 6 4 Learning from the Past: Using Case Studies of Democratic Transitions to Inform Democracy Assistance; 7 5 Methodologies of Impact Evaluation; 8 6 Implementing Impact Evaluations in the Field; 9 7 Additional Impact Evaluation Designs and Essential Tools for Better Project Evaluations; 10 8 Creating the Conditions for Conducting High-Quality Evaluations of Democracy Assistance Programs and Enhancing Organizational Learning; 11 9 An Evaluation Initiative to Support Learning the Impact of USAID's Democracy and Governance Programs; 12 Glossary; 13 Appendixes; 14 Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 15 Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Participants; 16 Appendix C: Measuring Democracy; 17 Appendix D: Understanding Democratic Transitions and Consolidation from Case Studies: Lessons for Democracy Assistance; 18 Appendix E: Field Visit Summary Report; 19 Appendix F: Voices from the Field: Model Questionnaire

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