Measuring Effectiveness in Humanitarian and Development Aid.

Intro -- MEASURING EFFECTIVENESSIN HUMANITARIAN ANDDEVELOPMENT AID: CONCEPTUALFRAMEWORKS, PRINCIPLESAND PRACTICE -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE BOOK EDITOR -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- REFERENCES -- SECTION I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICALCONSIDERATIONS -- MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS IN DEVELOPMENT ANDHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE: AN OVERVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GAPS IN MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCEVERSUS DEVELOPMENT AID PROGRAMS -- CHALLENGES RELATED TO MEASURINGEFFECTIVENESS IN DEVELOPMENT AID -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTIVENESS: A CONTRIBUTION FROMAUSTRALIAN NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EFFECTIVE AID AMONG AUSTRALIAN NGOS -- THE BROADER ENVIRONMENT -- More than the Sum of the Whole -- NEW NGO DEVELOPMENTS -- THE NEXT CHALLENGES -- REFERENCES -- DEFINING AND REFINING EFFECTIVENESS:APPLYING NARRATIVE AND DIALOGUE METHODS INAID MONITORING AND EVALUATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDY ANALYTICAL APPROACH -- CASE STUDY 2: USE OF A DIALOGUE ECUADOR AND PERU -- IMPLICATIONS OF THE CASE STUDIES FOR DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MODELLING THE IMPACTS ANDEFFECTIVENESS OF AID -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MODELLING MISSTEPS -- TWO FUNDAMENTAL ROLES FOR AID -- AN INTRODUCTION TO AGENT-BASED MODELS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MEASURING THE EFFECTIVENESS OFHIV PREVENTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GLOBAL COMMITMENTS AND ATTEMPTSTO MEASURE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS -- THE MAJOR PROBLEM WITH GLOBAL COMMITMENTS -- POTENTIAL NEW PREVENTION METHODS:CURRENT EFFICACY TRIALS -- COMMONLY USED CURRENT METHODS IN HIV PREVENTION -- VULNERABILITY AND RISK -- THE CHALLENGE OF MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS WHILE ALSOIMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS -- DILEMMAS IN MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION II PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE: CASE STUDIES.

WHAT JOURNALISTS WANT: 'SELLING'HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES TO THE MEDIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- WHY IT MATTERS -- A 'PERFECT DISASTER' -- FRIEND OR FOE? -- REALITY CHECK -- TEN THINGS AID AGENCIES CAN DO TO IMPROVE THEIRCOMMUNICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- THE CHALLENGE OF ATTRIBUTION IN EVALUATINGHIV PREVENTION PROGRAMS: LINKING INPUTS TOOUTCOMES WITHIN A MULTISECTORAL RESPONSE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EVALUATING TRENDS IN TRANSMISSION -- ATTRIBUTING CHANGES IN PREVALENCETO PREVENTION PROGRAMS -- EVALUATING BEHAVIOUR CHANGE -- OUTCOME MAPPING -- THE BURNET INSTITUTE'S EVALUATIONEXPERIENCE IN THE LAO PDR -- MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF YOUNG MEN'SSEXUAL HEALTH PROGRAM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE FOR PRIMARYHEALTH CARE EFFECTIVENESS - CRITICAL TOIMPROVING LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS ANDCOMMUNITY HEALTH -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: THE PROMISE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CAREDESERVES RE-EXAMINATION -- DEFINING PHC AND METHODS FOR REVIEWING EFFECTIVENESS -- EXISTING EVIDENCE FOR PHC EFFECTIVENESS -- THE WEIGHT AND NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE FOR PRIMARYHEALTH CARE EFFECTIVENESS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- RAISING THE FUNDS - SPENDING THE FUNDS: ACASE STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOTHROLES OF NGOS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ASIAN TSUNAMI -- THE FUNDRAISING RESPONSE -- SUMMARY -- THE IMPLEMENTATION RESPONSE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTIVENESS OF FOOD AID PROGRAMS INRESPONSE TO THE FOOD CRISES IN SOUTHERNAFRICA: ACHIEVEMENTS, CHALLENGES ANDLESSONS LEARNED FROM LESOTHO 1 -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- LESOTHO: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- EVALUATION APPROACHES -- EVALUATION FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- UNDERSTANDING THE HIV AND AIDS-FOODINSECURITY VICIOUS CYCLE: IMPLICATION FORPOLICY AND PROGRAM PLANNING -- ABSTRACT -- THE CURRENT CRISIS -- THE RESPONSE.

UNDERSTANDING THE VICIOUS CYCLE:CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- VULNERABILITY: THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON FOOD ANDNUTRITIONAL INSECURITY -- BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE: PROGRAM RESPONSES -- SECTORAL RESPONSES THROUGH AN HIV/AIDS LENS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GOOD PRACTICE IN MICROFINANCE: THECHALLENGES OF A POVERTYFOCUS IN AN EVOLVING INDUSTRY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MICROFINANCE - WHY IT'S EFFECTIVE -- QUESTIONS FOR DONORS - HOW DOTHEY WANT AN EFFECTIVE MFI TO LOOK? -- 'BEST PRACTICE' - CAN WE AGREE ON WHAT TO MEASURE? -- MICROFINANCE STRATEGIES - WHAT IS BEING MEASURED? -- MICROFINANCE AND MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES -- POVERTY AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT -MEASURING EFFECTIVENESS WITH WHAT? -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- SECTION III CHALLENGES -- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN HUMANITARIAN ANDDEVELOPMENT AID: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT OVERTHE LAST 20 YEARS? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HUMANITARIAN AID VERSUS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE -- HUMANITARIAN AID -- DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE -- ETHICAL CONCEPTS THAT HAVE BEEN DRAWN UPON BYHUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT AID AGENCIES -- AN EXAMPLE -- LOOKING AT RECENT FORMULATIONS FOR DISASTER RESEARCH -- LOOKING TO THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX. ETHICAL ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION IN HUMANITARIANAND DEVELOPMENT AID -- UNPACKING THE BRAIN DRAIN IN SUB-SAHARAAFRICA THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH LENSES:IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AID -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- CAUSE OF BRAIN DRAIN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- THE BRAIN DRAIN AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT -- THE PATTERN SO FAR: INABILITY TORESPOND TO INCREASING HEALTH NEEDS -- IMPACT OF HEALTH CARE MIGRATION ON SOURCE COUNTRIES -- PROGRESS IN ADDRESSING THE BRAIN DRAIN AND A WAY FORWARD -- REFERENCES -- TOWARD ACHIEVING CULTURAL COMPETENCE INDEVELOPMENT AID: EXPLORING CHALLENGES FORPUBLIC HEALTH PRACTITIONERS AND PUTTING AFRAMEWORK FORWARD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND PUBLICHEALTH RESEARCH: THE NEXUS -- CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND COMMUNITYCONSULTATION: A MODEL FOR PUBLIC HEALTHPRACTICE IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS -- SOME LESSONS LEARNED -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- SECTION IV WAY FORWARD AND CONCLUSION -- SHIFTING THE TIPPING POINT ON ACHIEVINGREALISTIC OUTCOME PARAMETERS FORHUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT AID -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NEED FOR EVIDENCE: JUSTIFIED DECISION-MAKING -- KNOWLEDGE: PHRONESIS, EPISTEME,AND TECHNE, BUT WHAT ABOUT SOPHIA? -- SIX MODELS TO ACT AT THE KNOWLEDGE NEXUS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- INDEX.

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