Table of Contents
JICA Guideline for Project Evaluation
Part I: JICA's Project Evaluation (PDF/211KB)
Chapter 1 Outline of JICA's Project Evaluation
- 1. Objectives of JICA's Project Evaluation
- 2. Types of JICA's Project Evaluation
- 3. JICA's Evaluation System
- 4. Evaluation Feedback
- 5. Criteria for Good Evaluation
Chapter 2 Frameworks and Basic Steps of JICA's Project Evaluation
- 1. Evaluation as a Management Tool
- 2. Framework of Evaluation
- 3. Major Steps of JICA's Project Evaluation
Part II: JICA’s Evaluation Methods
Chapter 1 Confirming Evaluation Purposes and Organizing Information on Target Project (PDF/457KB)
- 1. Confirmation of Evaluation Purpose
- 2. Grasping the Whole Picture of a Target Project
- 3. Utilization of the Logical Framework
- 4. Grasping the Implementation Situation: Information on Performance and Implementation Process
Chapter 2 Planning Project Evaluation (PDF/316KB)
- 1. Developing Evaluation Questions
- 2. Basis for Judgment
- 3. Considering Necessary Data and Information Sources
- 4. Data Collection Methods
- 5. Formulating an Evaluation Grid
Chapter 3 Interpretating Data and Reporting Evaluation Results (PDF/54KB)
- 1. Data Interpretation
- 2. Making Recommendations and Proposing Lessons Learned
- 3. Reporting Evaluation Results
Part III: Management of Project Evaluations
Chapter 1 Issues in Managing Evaluations (PDF/76KB)
- 1. The Role of JICA Project Operational Departments
- 2. Preparation of the Advertisement of a Contract
- 3. Preliminary Preparation for the Evaluation
- 4. Managing On-site Evaluations
- 5. Preparation of the Evaluation Report
- 6. Feedback of Evaluation Results
Chapter 2 Issues in Ex-ante and Ex-post Evaluation (PDF/570KB)
- 1. Key Issues of Ex-ante Evaluation Studies
- 2. Issues of Monitoring and Mid-term Evaluation Studies
- 3. Key Issues of Terminal Evaluation Studies
- 4. Key Issues of Ex-post Evaluations
Frequently Asked Questions regarding JICA's Project Evaluation (PDF/151KB)
Attached Materials 220
- 1. What is the Logical Framework?
- 2. What is Participatory Evaluation?
- 3. What is Performance measurement?
- 4. Bibliography
NOTE: This guideline is a translation of major parts of the Japanese original version; "JICA Jigyo Hyoka Guideline ~ Project Hyoka no Jissenteki Shuho~", Office of Evaluation and Post Project Monitoring, Planning and Evaluation Department, JICA, March 2004.