TY - BOOK AU - Buchanan-Smith,Margie AU - Knox,Paul AU - Cosgrave,John AU - Warner,Alexandra AU - Bonino,Francesca AU - Dillon,Neil AU - Otto,Clarke Ralf ED - Overseas Development Institute (London, England). ED - Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action TI - Evaluation of humanitarian action guide SN - 9781910454497, sbk U1 - 331.26068 BUC 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London, Great Britain PB - ALNAP/ODI KW - Humanitarian aid KW - Humanitarian assistance KW - Evaluation KW - Humanitarian relief KW - International relief KW - Disaster relief KW - Refugees KW - Forced migration N1 - Includes Glossary; A pilot version of this Guide was first released in June 2013, following a three-year drafting process led by ALNAP, co-authors John Cosgrave and Margie Buchanan-Smith, and supported by an inter-agency advisory group; Bibliography : pages 375-429; Introduction -- Foreword / by John Mitchell -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Why do we need an EHA guide? -- Developing the ALNAP EHA guide -- How to use the ALNAP EHA guide -- How is the guide organized? -- Key to design features -- What is evaluation of humanitarian action? -- Deciding to do an evaluation -- Think early and often about evaluation utlisation -- Types of evaluation -- Framing your evaluation -- Choosing evaluation questions -- Terms of reference and budgeting for an evaluation -- Inception phase -- Planning and managing your evaluation -- Desk methods -- Evaluation designs for answering evaluation questions -- Sampling -- Field methods -- Eganing with th effected population in your evaluation -- Constrained access -- Analysis -- Reporting and communicating evaluation findings with a utilization force -- Humanitarian impact evaluations -- Glossary N2 - "The Evaluating Humanitarian Action Guide supports evaluation specialists and non-specialists in every stage of an evaluation, from initial decision to final dissemination." -- c Publisher's web site ER -