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…

Although a great deal of time, resources and effort goes into the education of potential or existing entrepreneurs, our knowledge of the effects of this education is still rather limited. It can be argued that an imbalance exists between the substantial amount of finance and manpower invested in entrepreneurship education programmes and the very…

The Agency for International Development (AID) participant training program was examined to determine its impact on developing countries. One hundred and thirty-four senior officials in Ghana and Thailand provided 492 reports on: (1) indicators of participant achievements; (2) impact-producing characteristics; and (3) contributions attributed to…