Conducting quality impact evaluations under budget, time and data constraints

Evaluation is an important accountability tool. It helps in learning about what works well, what does not and reasons why. However, evaluations can be expensive to conduct. Project and programme managers who wish to conduct evaluations are often faced with severe budget, time or data constraints.

This booklet provides information on the following 

• Simplifying the evaluation designs 
  
• Working with comparison group designs 
  
• Working with secondary data 
  
• Reconstructing Baseline data 
  
• Reducing costs of data collection 
  
• Strengthening evaluation designs when working under budget, time and data constraints