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  title info:
    title: Theories of change in reality
    sub title: strengths, limitations and future directions
  name:
    name part: Koleros, Andrew
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Adrien, Marie-Hélène
    name part: 1959-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Tyrrell, Tony
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Taylor & Francis
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: "For over fifty years, evaluators have used theories of change to articulate the causal logic underpinning how an intervention is intended to bring about a desired change. From its origins in program evaluation, the approach has been adopted more widely for purposes from programme design to programme management. As theories of change continue to be used for multiple purposes, it is an opportune moment for the evaluation community - where the approach originated - to provide their perspective on the strengths and limitations of the approach and its future directions. To provide these perspectives, we asked nearly thirty of the world's leading evaluators and program theorists to provide a short essay on the past, present and future of theories of change. This book presents their insights organized into five main themes: the use of theories of change in broader public policy contexts; using theories of change to establish causality; developing theories of change reflective of multiple stakeholder perspectives; using theories of change to understand wider societal change processes; and applying theories of change approaches for multiple purposes. By sharing these diverse perspectives, the book aims to both provide evaluators and emerging programme theorists with critical perspectives to inform future practice"--
  table of contents: Foreword / Emily Gates, Kiruba Murugaiah, and Kathy Chau Rohn -- Introduction / Andrew Koleros, Marie-Hélène Adrien, Tony Tyrrell -- Considerations in using theories of change to establish causality. Setting the stage for contribution claims / Thomas Delahais -- Using theories of change to assess causality in a policy change context / Carlisle J. Levine -- My perspective on theories of change / Markus Palenberg -- Theories of change between critical thinking and social practices / Peter Dahler-Larsen -- How deep is your ontology? How ontological thinking can strengthen how evaluators use theories of change / Tom Ling -- Using theories of change to understand wider social change processes. Theory of change for sustainable business / Jens Andersson -- Upcycling theory of change for impact investment and early stage ventures / Penny Hawkins and Zazie Tolmer -- Strategy-level theories of change require a focus on systems change: an actorbased approach can help / Andrew Koleros -- Evaluating the use of artificial intelligence and big data in policy making: Unpacking black boxes and testing white boxes / Frans L. Leeuw -- Developing, representing and using theories of change for interventions in complex systems / Patricia Rogers -- Adapting theories of change for use in broader public policy contexts. Theories of change in evaluation of local government reforms / Kurt Houlberg and Olaf Rieper -- Theories of change and the evaluation of sustainable impact: Moving beyond simplicity in development cooperation / Peter van der Knapp -- Use of theory of change as a management tool for government multi-year development plans: the case of Brazil's Federal Development Plan / Lycia Lima and Marina Lafer -- Theories of Change in complex macro public-sector planning settings in Africa: How useful are they? / Candice Morkel -- Simple heuristics for drafting theories of change: A case of behavioural insights into food waste / Karol Olejniczak and Igor Lyubashenko -- Applying theories o…
  note: edited by Andrew Koleros, Marie-Hélène Adrien, Tony Tyrrell.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  note: Andrew Koleros is a Principal Researcher at Mathematica with 20 years of experience in designing and delivering mixed-methods evaluations and programme monitoring, evaluation and learning systems for both small-scale and largescale social and economic development projects. He brings particular expertise in using theory-based approaches that integrate complexity concepts and systems thinking into programme and evaluation design processes to address complex societal problems from safe and affordable housing to youth employment to advancing health equity. He obtained his master's in public health from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He has published on his work in designing theory-based evaluation approaches in the American Journal of Evaluation, the Canadian Journal of Programme Evaluation and in multiple practitioner settings. He is a member of the American Evaluation Association, the European Evaluation Society, and the Canadian Evaluation Society. Marie-Héln̈e Adrien is a senior evaluation practitioner and researcher with 35 years of experience in evaluating the performance of programmes and institutions financed by bilateral and multilateral agencies and philanthropies around the globe. Dr. Adrien is a former CEO of the consulting firm Universalia Management Group in Montreal and was the President of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS), as well as a professor of practice at the International Development Studies Program of McGill University. Tony Tyrrell is an independent consultant with more than 25 years' experience in evaluation and related fields. Tony's early experience in evaluation was with the European Social Fund Evaluation Unit where he produced influential evaluations on various subjects including early school leaving and local development. He later worked with a number of private consulting firms on strategic, policy, and programme evaluation and on performance management. More recently he spent six yea…
  subject:
    topic: Change
  subject:
    topic: Changement (Philosophie)
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
  classification: BD373
  classification: 116
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Comparative policy evaluation
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    title info:
      title: Theories of change in reality
    origin info:
      publisher: New York, NY : Routledge, 2024
    identifier: (DLC) 2023059191
  identifier: 9781032669618
  identifier: 1032669616
  identifier: 9781040030127
  identifier: 1040030122
  identifier: 9781040030165
  identifier: 1040030165
  identifier: 9781032669625
  identifier: 9781032669588
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  identifier: 2023059192
  identifier: 9781032669618 Taylor & Francis
  identifier: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032669618
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 240109
    record change date: 20240719194450.8
    record identifier: in00004797284
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng