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Process evaluations

Process evaluations can be used to provide a general assessment of how things are going. Sometimes also referred to as ‘project review’, this type of process evaluation may be held on a 6-monthly or annual basis and the results fed into project planning. Alternatively a process evaluation may be a stand-alone study, designed to answer a specific programmatic question (for example, ‘how can we improve the quality of training provided to partners?’)

A strong monitoring system should provide a good foundation for process evaluations. For instance, data on whether output targets have been achieved should come straight from monitoring records. Where targets have not been achieved, a process evaluation might then explore why.

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