Table 3. Sources of information for an evaluation team
SOURCES OF INFORMATION Country, regional and global programme results frameworks and theories of change
▪ Addressing the key outcomes that UNDP plans to achieve in a three- to five-year period ▪ Relevant theories of change at country and regional levels ▪ CPDs provide background information and UNDP perspective on development in a given country
Monitoring (regular reporting, reviews, steering committee meeting minutes) and evaluation reports
▪ Evaluation reports on related subjects commissioned by IEO, UNDP programme units, government or other development partners and stakeholders ▪ Annual and quarterly progress reports, field visit reports, and other outcome and key programme or project documentation ▪ The ERC can be used to search for relevant evaluations carried out by other UNDP units on similar topics ▪ Reports which show progress made by partners towards achieving the same outcome, and information about how they have strategized their partnership with UNDP
Reports on progress of partner initiatives Data from official sources
Research papers National, regional and global reports
Financial and management information
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DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION
▪ Information on progress towards outcome achievements may be obtained from sources from the government, private sector, academia and national, regional and international research institutes, including those in the United Nations system ▪ In many cases, nationally adopted DevInfo systems and the websites of national statistical authorities are good sources for national statistics ▪ Data disaggregated by sex and other relevant social categories should be provided whenever available ▪ Topics related to the outcome being evaluated may have been addressed in research papers from the government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international financial institutions and academia ▪ Data can be found in various reports such as the national Human Development Report (HDR), national SDG report and other reports published by national, regional and subregional organizations, international financial institutions, and United Nations organizations ▪ National strategies and sectoral strategies as well as progress reports ▪ Reports on the status of gender equality and the empowerment of women may be useful, such as the Gender Inequality Index of the HDR20 ▪ Relevant reports from Atlas, audit, Corporate Planning System, Executive Snapshot, Integrated Work Plan, Transparency Dashboard (International Aid Transparency Initiative)
at: http://hdr.undp.org/en/composite/GII
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