Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., February 4-6, 2003

This report summarizes papers presented and the discussions that took place at the workshop on Institutional Learning and Change in the CGIAR. It addresses evaluation of agricultural research on poverty in developing countries. Some of the implications emerging from this workshop include: (1) design...

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Autores principales: Mackay, Ronald, Horton, Douglas E.
Formato: Informe técnico
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156864
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description This report summarizes papers presented and the discussions that took place at the workshop on Institutional Learning and Change in the CGIAR. It addresses evaluation of agricultural research on poverty in developing countries. Some of the implications emerging from this workshop include: (1) designing evaluation that focus on the target audience's questions (as opposed to those that interest the evaluator). (2)selecting methods that best answer these questions and that optimize the relevance of the inquiry to organizational members (3) employing procedures that maximising the involvement and learning of organizational members and stakeholders (4) being proactive about communicating, as opposed to assuming that recipients will read & understand reports (5) for senior managers: ensuring that internal evaluators have a clear and formal mandate to support organizational learning (6) using evaluations to develop leadership.
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spelling CGSpace1568642025-04-08T18:33:00Z Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., February 4-6, 2003 Mackay, Ronald Horton, Douglas E. cgiar impact assessment diffusion of information poverty evaluation research This report summarizes papers presented and the discussions that took place at the workshop on Institutional Learning and Change in the CGIAR. It addresses evaluation of agricultural research on poverty in developing countries. Some of the implications emerging from this workshop include: (1) designing evaluation that focus on the target audience's questions (as opposed to those that interest the evaluator). (2)selecting methods that best answer these questions and that optimize the relevance of the inquiry to organizational members (3) employing procedures that maximising the involvement and learning of organizational members and stakeholders (4) being proactive about communicating, as opposed to assuming that recipients will read & understand reports (5) for senior managers: ensuring that internal evaluators have a clear and formal mandate to support organizational learning (6) using evaluations to develop leadership. 2003 2024-10-24T12:45:54Z 2024-10-24T12:45:54Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156864 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Mackay, Ronald, ed.; Horton, Douglas E., ed. 2003. Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, DC, February 4-6, 2003. Independent Impact Assessment Report. 18. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156864
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Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., February 4-6, 2003
title Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., February 4-6, 2003
title_full Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., February 4-6, 2003
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title_full_unstemmed Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., February 4-6, 2003
title_short Institutional learning and change in the CGIAR: summary record of the workshop held at IFPRI, Washington, D.C., February 4-6, 2003
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