Outcome mapping
Subtitle: building learning and reflection into development programs
By: Sarah Earl, Fred Carden and Terry Smutylo ; foreword by Michael Quinn Patton.
Contributors: Carden, F.; Patton, Michael Quinn.; Smutylo, Terry.; International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher: International Development Research Centre
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Economic development projects -- Evaluation.; Technical assistance -- Evaluation.; Community development -- Evaluation.; Evaluation research (Social action programs); International cooperation.; Projets de développement économique -- Évaluation.; Assistance technique -- Évaluation.; Développement communautaire -- Évaluation.; Évaluation de programme.; Coopération internationale.
Description: "More and more, development organizations are under pressure to demonstrate that their programs result in significant and lasting changes in the well-being of their intended beneficiaries. However, such "impacts" are often the product of a confluence of events for which no single agency or group of agencies can realistically claim full credit. As a result, assessing development impacts is problematic, yet many organizations continue to struggle to measure results far beyond the reach of their programs.".

"Outcome Mapping recognizes that development is essentially about people relating to each other and their environment. The originality of this approach lies in its shift away from assessing the products of a program to focus on changes in behaviour, relationships, actions, and activities in the people, groups, and organizations it works with directly. In doing so, Outcome Mapping debunks many of the myths about measuring impact.

It will help a program be specific about the actors it targets, the changes it expects to see, and the strategies it employs and, as a result, be more effective in terms of the results it achieves. This publication explains the various steps in the outcome mapping approach and provides detailed information on workshop design and facilitation. It includes numerous worksheets and examples."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137).