Impact Assessment: Seeing the Wood and the Trees

Much quoted paper on impact assessment. Provides general information on impact assessment for NGOs. The paper summarises the results of a joint action-research project initiatied by Oxfam GB and Novib (the Netherlands).


Roche, Chris

2000, Routledge, Abingdon [UK]

Pages: 543 - 555


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Development in Practice

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ISSN Print: 0961-4524; Online 1364-9213

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DOI: 10.1080/09614520050116703


Table of contents

1. Why impact assessment?

2. Historical overview of impact assessment

3. What do we mean by impact assessment?

4. Power and participation

5. Findings related to impact assessment

The different approaches to impact assessment

On change, objectives, and indicators

On tools and methods

6. Broader policy implications

Impact assessment and organisations: the problems of attribution and aggregation

The future of NGOs: towards a virtuous circle?

Poverty and gender issues

Resource allocation

Impact Assessment: Seeing the Wood and the Trees

Roche, Chris

2000, Routledge: Abingdon [UK]

Contained in: Development in Practice, Volume: 10, Issue: 3&4, Pages: 543 - 555

Much quoted paper on impact assessment. Provides general information on impact assessment for NGOs. The paper summarises the results of a joint action-research project initiatied by Oxfam GB and Novib (the Netherlands).



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ISSN Print: 0961-4524; Online 1364-9213


Bibliographic notes

The paper can only be accessed electronically if you are subscribed to the journal. An abstract can be viewed. The link gives access to the publisher.