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Praxis Paper 28. Getting to Grips with Evidence: How NGOs can tackle changing needs in the use of evidence and research

Pressure from funders, beneficiaries, stakeholders and public authorities for the use of more advanced research skills and robust evidence has grown over recent years. As a result, many practitioners are grappling with issues surr

Author:

Rachel Hayman with Jamie Bartlett

Praxis Paper 27. Research in Action: civil society working to improve governance in post-conflict Kyrgyzstan

This Praxis Paper is based on the results of the Analytical Skills Training Programme (ASTP) conducted in Southern Kyrgyzstan from June 2011 to January 2012.

Authors:

Anara Moldosheva, Gulgaky Mamasalieva, and Charles Buxton

Praxis Note 62. It takes two to tango: reversed organisational assessments between Northern and Southern civil society organisations

Do Southern civil society organisations (CSOs) have a role to play in assessing the performance of their Northern partners? What can we learn from attempts to include Southern partners in assessing our organisations?

Authors:

Jos Brand, Sander Schot, Leen Stok, and Petra Staal

Praxis Note 61. The Jigsaw of Mayor Clement Stories and lessons from an action learning programme in West Africa

Authors:

Pieterbas Buijs, Arja Aarnoudse (PSO), Cindy Geers, Eunice Agbenyadzi, Alfred Kuma (VSO) and Anna Maria Doppenberg

Praxis Paper 26. Dealing with complexity through Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation (PME)

Written by staff from PSO and HIVA, this paper shares the first results of an ongoing collaborative action research in which ten development organisations explored different Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) approaches with the aim of dealing more effectively with complex processes of social change.

Authors:

Jan Van Ongevalle, Anneke Maarse, Cristien Temmink, Eugenia Boutylkova and Huib Huyse