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• Commercial agriculture portfolio review, IMC/DFID 2018-19
• RCT findings from a garment factory upgrading programme in Burma, BIF 2018
• Who benefits from the rapidly increasing voluntary sustainability standards? Evidence from fair-trade and organic certified coffee in Ethiopia, IFPRI, 2015
• IFC Development Goals Overview - Agribusiness 2014
• The impact of SENAI’s vocational training programme on employment, wages, and mobility in Brazil, by International Research Institute on Brazil and Africa, IRIBA, 2014
• World Bank Corporate Scorecard, 2014
• Evaluating value chain interventions: A review of recent evidence, ILRI, 2014
• Impact Assessments of FFS at Kenya Tea Development Agency, 2011-2014
• DCED and IOB at IPDET 2014
• Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods for Women & Vulnerable Groups in Chiradzulu District Project Effectiveness Review, Impact Assessment, Oxfam, 2014
• Promoting Food Security in South East Liberia through Commercial Rice Value-Chain Development, Impact Assessment, Oxfam, 2014
• Added value of using the DCED Standard in Bangladesh from a donors’ perspective, Andreas Tarnutzer and Rubaiyath Sarwar, 2013
• Effectiveness of innovation grants to smallholder agricultural producers. An explorative systematic review, by Giel Ton et.al.,2013
• Review of M4P Evaluation Methods and Approaches, ITAD for DFID, 2013
• Evaluation of the European Union’s Support to Private Sector Development in Third Countries, ADE, 2013
• Final Performance Evaluation of Cambodia MSME II/BEE Project, USAID, 2012
• Tea Production in Kenya. Impact Assessment of Two Training Models, LEI Wageningen University for the Rainforest Alliance, 2012
• An impact evaluation of the MIDA FBO training, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, 2012
• Impact evaluation of the farmer training and development activity in Honduras, NORC, 2012
• Evaluation of water-to-market training in Armenia, Mathematica Policy Research, 2012
• Impact evaluation findings after one year of the productive and business services activity of the productive development project, El Salvador, Mathematica Policy Research, 2012
• Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation System Design for Value Chain Projects, CARE, 2012
• Measuring Success in Youth Livelihood Interventions, Global Partnership for Youth Employment, 2012
• Contract Farming in Development Countries. A Review, Martin Prowse, 2012
• Mid-term Evaluation of “Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises” (SCORE), ILO, 2012
• The impact of certification on smallholder coffee farmers in Kenya: The case of 'UTZ' certification program, Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development, 2011
• The Impact of the Seed Capital Program of SERCOTEC in Chile, IADB, 2011
• DCED Results Measurement Initiative, 2011 (English/French/Spanish)
• Why have a Standard for measuring results? Donor Committee for Enterprise Development, 2011 (English/French)
• PrOpCom Guideline on Monitoring, Impact Assessment and Reporting, Nigeria 2011 (E/F)
• Local entrepreneurship, agribusiness cluster formation and the development of competitive value chains. Evaluation of the Strategic Alliance for Agricultural Development in Africa Programme (2006-2009), Berenschot and Wageningen UR, 2010
• Profit Zambia Impact Assessment, by DAI for USAID, 2010
• Program evaluation of the agribusiness support fund: Estimating the effects of treatment on farmer groups,agribusinesses and BDS market in Pakistan, A. Burki, Lahore University of Management Sciences, 2010
• Denim Cluster SMEP Project, Swisscontact Indonesia, 2010
• Poverty Reduction in the Industrial Bamboo Value Chain, Prosperity Initiative, 2009
• Review of achievements in private sector development against MDG 1, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2009
• Promoting the Cashew Nut Value Chain in Indonesia, Swisscontact, 2009
• Outcome Monitoring Concept, SDC South Caucasus / Springfield Centre 2009
• Results Measurement in Private Sector Development - Current Practice and Challenges ahead, SDC event, Bern, May 2009
• Partering with Paper Mills to Promote Forestry in India, IFC, 2009
• Enterprise for Pro-Poor Growth Intervention Reports, ILO, Sri Lanka, 2007-8
• Cross-section evaluation of independent evaluations in 2007 in PSD, GTZ/Spaeth, 2008
• Impact Assessment on the Enterprise Culture Component, ILO Sri Lanka, 2008
• Cambodia MSME Project: Final Monitoring and Evaluation Report, 2008
• Economic Growth Sector Assessement, USAID Indonesia, 2008
• Staff Guidelines for Conducting Impact Assessment, Thai-German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness, 2008
• Évaluer l'impact des interventions M4P : l'expérience du projet Katalyst, 2008
• A case study of multi-stakeholder platforms in the Ugandan oilseed value chain, SCAPEMA, 2008
• Mid-term Review of the Morocco New Business Opportunities Project, USAID 2008
• SNV and Cashew Sector Reform: 'Governance for Empowerment in Cashew Value Chain Development', SNV, 2008
• 2008 Reader on Measuring and Reporting Results, by Jim Tanburn (English/French/Spanish)
• The economic impact of a ban on imports of air freighted organic products to the UK, Gibbon and Bolwig / DIIS, 2007
• The Effects of Theatre on Beliefs about Business, ILO Sri Lanka, 2007
• USAID Private Sector Development Impact Assessment Initiative, 2007-
• From Behind the Veil - Impact Assessment, MEDA, ECDI Pakistan 2007
• ADB Evaluation Methods and Guidelines, 2006-7
• Impact Analysis 2005-6 of the Nucleus Approach, Sri Lanka, GTZ 2007
• IFC Results Measurement Events, 2007
• Synthesis of SDC Value Chains in Rural Development CoP 9th Cycle on Impact Monitoring, 2007
• Private Sector Development Impact Assessment Primer Series, USAID AMAP, 2006-7
• Business Training for Entrepreneurs in Vietnam: An Evaluation of the Sida-supported Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) project, 2006
• Impact Assessment On-line Discussion, USAID microLINKS.org, Sept 06
• Assessing the Impact of the Micro and Small Enterprise Trade-led Growth Project of USAID/BRAZIL 2004-6
• PROFIT Zambia Impact Assessment Baseline Research Design, USAID, DAI, 2006 English/French
• Enterprise for Pro-Poor Growth Baseline Reports, ILO, Sri Lanka 2006
• The Thai German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness - Impact, GTZ 2005-6
• Private Enterprise Support Activities (PESA), Tanzania, DAI, USAID 2002-06
• PRODEM's ATM and Point of Sale Network in Bolivia, IFC, 2005
• Seaweed Farming In Indonesia, IFC, 2006
• Evaluation of European Community Support to Private Sector Development in Third Countries, 2005
• Evaluation of the CatGen Platform in Nepal, UNDP 2005 (English/French)
• GTZ website: Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation, 2005
• Developing the Kaong Value Chain in Mindanao, Philippines, SDCAsia 2005
• Assessing the Impact of the Kenya BDS and Horticulture Development Center Projects - Baseline Design (2004) and Report (2005)
• Market development or distortion? Kenya voucher program evaluations, 2003-2005 (English/French)
• Commercial Farmer to Farmer Ag Extension Services, Peru, Practical Action, 2005
• Final evaluation of the EBAS matching grant programme (EU-ACP) 2005
• SDC Impact Assessment + Performance Measurement News Flash 2 - March 2005
• Common Monitoring System for Proyectos de Integracion Productiva, IADB 2005 English/Spanish
• BDS and the Poverty Assessment Tools Project, SEEP/IRIS 2004
• Philippines SME Development and Sustainable Employment Promotion - Monitoring Manual, GTZ, GFA 05
• Agrocel Organic Cotton Farming Project in Gujarat, India, 2001-2004
• Inventory and Analysis of Donor-Sponsored MSE Development Programs, USAID AMAP, DAI 2005
• Review of Impact Assessments of Selected Enterprise Development Projects, Sebstad, et al, DAI, July 2004
• Listener Survey, MSE Radio Programmes in Uganda, 2004
• A Model for Pro-Poor Wealth Creation through Small-Plot Irrigation and Integrated Service Provision, IDE India and Nepal 2004
• State of the Art in Impact Assessment, especially SED, by Spaeth for SDC, 2004 (English/French)
• Non-timber Forest Products Marketing and Production Services (BDS-MaPS) Performance Measurement, IDE Nepal (2003-6)
• Commercial distribution of VCDs in rural Cambodia, ILO 2003
• Evaluation of Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) BDS Programs, IADB 2004
• Improving Business Services for Rural Microenterprises in Bangladesh, ITDG 2003
• The Economic Impact of Cluster Initiatives under the Competitiveness Initiative Project, USAID 2003
• A Framework for Assessing the Poverty Impact of Small Enterprise Initiatives, Nexus/Donor Committee, 2003
• Sustainability and Financial Independence Analysis of the Conservation Coffee Project in Chiapas, Mexico, 2003, H. Haase
• Participatory Value Chain Analysis for Impact Assessment of Pro-Poor Enterprise Development, ILO, Mayoux 2003
• Recommended Performance Assessment for USAID/Kenya Subsector Development, 2003
• Impact Assessment and BDS Market Development: Is a Common Approach Possible? Downing et al, 2003
• Effects of Management Training on Women Entrepreneurs in Viet Nam, 2002
• Framework for evaluating the impact of small enterprise initiatives, by Oldsman and Hallberg, 2002
• ILO Radio Programmes in Ghana, 2002

Results measurement has always been challenging, but now progress is clear on several dimensions. The DCED Standard for results measurement is gaining ground in the field, and the evaluation community is also making important strides. We are pleased to feature increasing numbers of entries in this category; note that the case studies listed in the Final Documentation phase generally also contain the findings from Impact Assessments.