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I am John Mayne an independent evaluation consultant working primarily on development interventions, and in particular working within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and several of its research programs over the past several years.
The issue of non-experimental approaches to assessing impact is of great interest to me. Several messages to date have referenced the use of impact pathways and theories of change in this light. I wanted to draw your attention to publications that address this issue, one done for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and one more specifically on agricultural research for development (AR4D) settings:
Mayne, J. and E. Stern (2013). Impact evaluation of natural resource research programs: a broader view, ACIAR Impact Assessment Series Report No. 84. Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR). Available at http://aciar.gov.au/publication/ias084
Stern, E., N. Stame, J. Mayne, K. Forss, R. Davies and B. Befani (2012). Broadening the Range of Designs and Methods for Impact Evaluations, DFID Working Paper, 38. London: DFID. Available at http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk/Output/189575/
Both address the issues of causality in complex settings.
John Mayne, PhD
Advisor on Public Sector Performance
Ottawa,
Canada
Tel: +1 613-729-9877
Email: john.mayne (at) rogers.com
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