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Paz-Ybarnegaray, Rodrigo; Douthwaite, Boru – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
This article describes the development and use of a rapid evaluation approach to meet program accountability and learning requirements in a research for development program operating in five developing countries. The method identifies clusters of outcomes, both expected and unexpected, happening within areas of change. In a workshop, change agents…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Accountability, Developing Nations
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O'Connor, Alice – Journal of Urban History, 1996
Describes the process by which experimental Ford Foundation programs designed to stem the urban crisis evolved into more narrowly constructed interventions to reform service delivery systems and alleviate poverty in inner-city neighborhoods. Related themes are highlighted and limitations caused by problems of institutional constraints, political…
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Development, History, Inner City
Washington State Dept. of Community Development, Olympia. – 1990
As part of an effort to correct major social problems, the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) was created in the State of Washington. The ECEAP offers comprehensive, quality preschool programs for children of families who have an income at or below the federal poverty level. An introductory section of the report provides…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Programs, Health Programs
Andrews, Susan B.; And Others – 1975
The New Orleans Parent-Child Development Center (NOPCDC) was funded four years ago to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a model of parent education. The ultimate goal was to prevent the effects of poverty on human development. The parent education program was designed to increase the mother's knowledge and understanding about child…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Cognitive Development, Educational Diagnosis, Experimental Programs
Black, Maggie – 1993
This report describes a seminar designed to develop a better understanding of the problems and needs of working children and children living in the streets, to analyze policy and program experiences in working with such children, and to draft a set of recommendations to help improve the conditions of street and working children in the context of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Health
Unnikrishnan, Namita, Comp. – 1995
A product of the South Asian Regional Workshop of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), this report was intended to identify problems of low-income families in South Asia and create methods to serve their needs. The report begins with an introduction to the India chapter of the ISSBD; it then provides an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Studies, At Risk Persons, Child Welfare