Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS: Glossaries

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Glossary: An alphabetical listing of special terms as they are used in a particular subject area, often with more in-depth explanations than would customarily be provided by dictionary definitions.

M&E in general

M&E in specialist and related areas

IFAD: Glossary of M&E Concepts and Terms
UNDP Handbook on Monitoring and Evaluating for Result
DAC Evaluation Glossary - English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, 2002
PARC: Performance Assessment Resource Centre
"Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management" ,Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (in English, French, and Spanish)

See also OECD/DAC Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results-Based Management 2002, and Proposed Hamonized terminology

"Glossary of Program Evaluation Terms" , Western Michigan University
"Lexicon for Results-Based Management and Accountability", Treasury Board of Canada

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