Rapid Evaluations
A peer-learned approach to producing decision-ready evaluation evidence in weeks, not years.
Rapid evaluations are short, focused studies, typically delivered in 12 to 16 weeks, that surface useable evidence to decision-makers in real time. Twende Mbele partner governments have piloted rapid evaluations across health, agriculture, education and local government, with experience documented from Benin, Niger, South Africa and Uganda.
Comment réaliser des évaluations rapides - Guide mis à jour
Janvier 2023 Ce guide, mis à jour depuis la version 2019, est une introduction à la réalisation d'évaluations rapides, qu'elles soient internes, externes ou hybrides. Ce guide actualisé s'appuie sur l'expérience des pays Twende Mbele (Bénin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, Afrique du Sud et Ouganda) en matière de planifica…
A Rapid Evaluation of the Challenges in Local Government Staffing: Focus filling of Critical Positions in the Local Governments Structures
May 2022 The assessment was commissioned by Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Partnership with Ministry of Local Government while examining the challenges faced during the recruitment to fill critical positions in the Local Governments. The study follows assessment results for the Local Government Performanc…
Rapid Evaluation Of The Effect Of The Contribution Of 20% Gate Collections Remitted To The Host Communities Surrounding National Parks
May 2022 The 20% Revenue sharing programme emerged as a result of an evidence gap in the area of enhancement of economic and social benefits from wildlife management. The programme is premised on the section 65 (4) of UWA Act (2019) where UWA is obliged to share 20% of its park entry fees to the surrounding comm…
How to Conduct Rapid Evaluations — Updated Guide
An updated practical guide to commissioning, designing and using rapid evaluations
Les Gouvernements Partenaires de Twende Mbele Effectuent des Évaluations Rapides Afin d’Accélérer l’Obtention de Données Probantes
Juillet 2023 En 2019, le partenariat Twende Mbele a lancé une initiative de recherche sur les évaluations rapides afin de combler les lacunes critiques en matière de temps et de faire en sorte que les décideurs aient accès plus rapidement aux informations relatives à la performance des interventions. Bien que le…
Twende Mbele Partner Governments Conduct Rapid Evaluations for Faster Evidence Generation
July 2023 In 2019, the Twende Mbele partnership began an initiative to explore rapid evaluations to provide a means to fill time-sensitive gaps and reduce late access to intervention performance information by decision-makers. While rapid evaluations are timely and cost-effective, they may lack rigor and compreh…
Rapid Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Healthcare for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0-5 in the Maradi Region
December 2022 The aim of this evaluation is to report on how beneficiaries and stakeholders assess the implementation of the free healthcare policy. This will enable us to determine the extent to which the policy of free health care has achieved its primary objectives of: (1) improve access to healthcare; (2) re…
Rapid Implementation Evaluation on the Frontline Monitoring and Support Project Management Approach
November 2023 DPME commissioned an evaluation of the Frontline Monitoring and Support ( FM&S) Project Management Approach (PMA) with the primary objective of assessing its effectiveness and contribution to the overarching goals of the FM&S. The evaluation, designed to be impartial, specifically aims to determine…
Using Experience to Adapt a Guideline on Rapid Evaluations in the Public Sector - Presentation
September 2020 A presentation by Dr Dlakavu at the 2022 SAMEA Conference speaking to the experiences of Benin, Uganda and Niger of piloting rapid evaluation . Report NameUsing Experience to Adapt a Guideline on Rapid Evaluations in the Public Sector – PresentationPartnerOPM, HCME and BEPPAAGAuthorDr Ayabulela Dla…
Comment l'introduction de l'évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l'utilisation des données probantes au Niger?
Mai 2023 Une présentation de M. Oumarou Saley à la Semaine d'évaluation gLOCAL 2023. Report NameComment l’introduction de l’évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l’utilisation des données probantes au Niger?PartnerHCMEAuthorM. Oumarou Saley Categories Benin , Presentations , Publications , Rapid Evaluations Sha…
Comment l'introduction de l'évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l'utilisation des données probantes
Mai 2023 Une présentation de M. kpatinde Gerard à la Semaine d'évaluation gLOCAL 2023. Report NameComment l’introduction de l’évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l’utilisation des données probantesPartnerDGEOCSAuthorM. Kpatinde Gérard Categories Benin , Presentations , Publications , Rapid Evaluations Share
Sharing Experiences of Applying Rapid Evaluation in South Africa - Presentation
September 2022 This is a presenation by Ms Molaiwa from the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the 2022 SAMEA Conference. Report NameSharing Experiences of Applying Rapid Evaluation in South Africa – PresentationPartnerDPMEAuthorThokozile Molaiwa Categories Presentations , Publications , South A…
How to Undertake Rapid Evaluations - Updated Guideline
January 2023 This Guideline, updated from the 2019 version, is an introduction to doing rapid evaluations, either conducted internally or externally or a hybrid. This updated guideline is based on the experiences of Twende Mbele countries (Benin, Ghana, Kenya, Niger, South Africa and Uganda) in planning, undertak…
Rapid Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0 to 5 in the Dosso Region - Brief
Rapid Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0 to 5 in the Dosso Region - Brief
Évaluation Rapide de la Mise en OEuvre de la Mesure de Gratuité des Soins Aux Femmes en Âges de Procréer et Aux Enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la Region de Dosso - Brief
Évaluation Rapide de la Mise en OEuvre de la Mesure de Gratuité des Soins Aux Femmes en Âges de Procréer et Aux Enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la Region de Dosso - Brief
Rapide de la Mise en OEuvre de la Mesure de Gratuité des Soins Aux Femmes en Âges de Procréer et Aux Enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la Region de Dosso - Bref
March 2023 Le Niger met en oeuvre, depuis 2006, la mesure de la gratuité des soins de santé. Celle-ci consiste à rendre gratuit pour certaines catégories de la population, particulièrement les enfants de moins de cinq (5) ans et les femmes, des prestations de services de santé sans paiement à savoir: la planifica…
Rapport de l’évaluation de la mise en oeuvre de la mesure de gratuité des soins aux femmes en âge de procréer et aux enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la région de Maradi
Novembre 2022 L'objectif de cette évaluation est de rendre compte de l’appréciation par les bénéficiaires et acteurs de la mise en oeuvre de de la mesure de gratuité. Cet exercice permet de déterminer dans quelle mesure la politique de gratuité des soins a atteint ses objectifs primordiaux de : (1) améliorer l’ac…
Evaluation of the Implementation of Free Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0 to 5 in the Dosso Region - Brief
March 2023 Since 2006, Niger has been implementing the measure of free health care. This includes providing free health services for certain categories of the population, particularly children under five (5) years of age and women, including: Family planning, prenatal consultation, caesarean section/ectopic pregn…
The Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in Uganda
October 2023 A presentation by Florence Mbabazi in a panel discussion at the Benin Evaluation Days Conference 2023 in Cotonou, Benin. Report NameThe Use of Evidence in Decision-Making Processes in UgandaPartnerDirectorate of Monitoring, Evaluation and Inspection in the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda.Auth…
Rapid Evaluation of the of the Implementation of Free Health Care for Women of Childbearing Age and Children Aged 0 to 5 in the Dosso Region
November 2022 In July 2022, the High Commission for State Modernization (HCME), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Action (MSP/P/AS), decided to conduct a rapid evaluation of this measure in the Dosso region. The objective of this rapid evaluation of the free health care in…
Experiences and Lessons in Conducting Rapid Evaluations in Uganda
November 2023 A presentation by Florence Mbabazi in a panel discussion hosted by Twende Mbele at the DPME National Evaluation Seminar 2023 in O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. Report NameExperiences and Lessons in Conducting Rapid Evaluations in UgandaPartnerDirectorate of Monitoring,…
Rapid Evaluation of the Mechanism for Allocating Fadec-Agriculture Resources to Communes
January 2021 SUMMARY FADeC-Agriculture is a mechanism for allocating resources to Benin's communes, set up in 2015 and identified in 2019 as the main tool for financing the Decentralization and Deconcentration Plan (P2D) for the agricultural sector. Despite central government efforts to make it operational, it s…
Peer-learning as an M&E systems development approach and the innovation of rapid evaluation
March 2023 The presentation by Dr Dlakavu presenting on the development and use of rapid evaluation by Twende Mbele partner countries. Report NamePeer-learning as an M&E systems development approach and the innovation of rapid evaluationAuthorAyabulela Dlakavu Categories Presentations , Publications , Rapid Evalu…
Guide d’évaluation rapide
Novembre 2021 Ce guide est une introduction à la réalisation d'évaluations rapides, menées en interne, en externe ou facilitée. La première partie donne un aperçu de ce qu'est une évaluation rapide et dans quelles conditions en faire l'option. La partie B utilise la structure du guide DPME sur les termes de référ…
Rapport de l’évaluation rapide de la mise en oeuvre de la mesure de gratuité des soins aux femmes en âges de procréer et aux enfants de 0 à 5 ans dans la région de Dosso
Septembre 2022 En juillet 2022, le Haut Commissariat à la Modernisation de l’Etat (HCME), en collaboration avec le Ministère de la Santé Publique, de la Population et de l’Action Sociale (MSP/P/AS), a décidé de mener une évaluation rapide de cette mesure dans la région de Dosso. L'objectif de cette évaluation rap…
Evaluation Rapide Du Mecanisme De Dotation Des Ressources Du FADEC- Agriculture Aux Communes
Janvier 2021 RESUME Le FADeC-Agriculture est un mécanisme d’allocation de ressources aux communes du Bénin mis en place en 2015 et identifié en 2019 comme outil principal de financement du Plan Décentralisation et Déconcentration (P2D) du secteur agricole. Malgré les efforts faits au niveau de l’administration ce…
Getting Evidence Quicker
February 2021 Rapid evaluations are intended to reduce the costs of evaluation projects and the time they take (DPME, 2020). This is an evaluation which can produce a result that can feed into policy and practice quickly, but yet is sufficiently robust to provide good guidance for decisionmaking. It addresses the…
South African National Evaluation Plan
Policy Report The current NEP covers a total of 30 evaluations planned for the next five financial years (2020-2025). The scope of the present plan, unlike previous versions, extends to Municipalities and State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Our evaluation focus areas therefore, includes a District-based Service Deliv…
Gender-Responsiveness Evaluation
June 2019 Gender-responsive evaluation is important as a means for building strong systems for generating and using confirmation to improve the work that government departments do to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment. Gender-responsive evaluation is a powerful tool for achieving the transformative a…
DPME Rapid Evaluation Guideline
May 2020 Evaluations are important for assessing the performance of an intervention and how it can be strengthened. The National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF) 2019 suggests the use of rapid evaluations as one of the forms of evaluation to be considered (DPME, 2019). It suggests that ‘Quick evaluations are co…
Rapid Evaluations Toolkit
March 2019 This toolkit provides a framework to think about rapid evaluations, and provides example questions, indicators and tools to do it. Rapid evaluations is, in many ways, relatively straightforward. It is however, new in the government system, and this resource provides information and a helping hand with …
DPME National Consultative Workshop
September 2019 Strategic Context for Rapid Evaluations 2019 – 2024 MTSF combines NDP Five-Year Implementation Plan with revamped Integrated Monitoring System and accountability framework; National Spatial Development Framework and monitored - Implementation Delivery Model at District Municipal level public trust …
The Growing Practice of Rapid Evaluations in Africa: Government Experiences
The Growing Practice of Rapid Evaluations in Africa: Government Experiences
CLEAR-AA Seminar on Rapid Evaluation
June 2020 Part A : Introduction to rapid evaluation 1. Introduction 2. Purpose of Guideline 3. What do we mean by Rapid Evaluations 4. Deciding when to use rapid evaluations (why consider, advantages/disads, which situations 5. Deciding how to implement rapid evaluations 6. Summary of the main features of rapid e…
25 Years of the Uganda Evaluation Association: Reflections from Uganda Evaluation Week 2026
By Parfait Kasongo Senior Communications Coordinator, Twende Mbele The 9th Uganda Evaluation Week (UEW) took place from 4–8 May 2026 at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala, bringing together evaluation practitioners, policymakers, government officials and development partners under t…
Using AI in Evaluation: What’s Changing, What Isn’t, and What Matters
By Amanda Deuchars Learning Coordinator, Twende Mbele Setting the Scene: A High-Demand Training in Dakar A recent training in Dakar, hosted at the Centre Africain d’Études Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG) and organised by CLEAR Francophone Africa (CLEAR-FA) in partnership with the …
South Africa's Cabinet Approves the Revised National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF)
By Thokozile Molaiwa Learning Coordinator, Twende Mbele Yesterday, marked an important milestone for evidence-informed governance in South Africa, with Cabinet approving the revised National Evaluation Policy Framework (NEPF). The revised NEPF represents a significant step forwar…
Septième édition des Journées Béninoises de l’Évaluation (JBE) 2025
Septième édition des Journées Béninoises de l’Évaluation (JBE) 2025 Du 8 au 10 septembre, la Direction Generale de l’Evaluation et de l’Observatoire du Changement Social (DGEOCS) a organisé la Septième édition des Journées Béninoises de l’Évaluation à l'hôtel Golden Tulip Le Dipl…
Partner governments conduct rapid evaluations for faster evidence generation
Niger, Uganda, Benin and South Africa have completed rapid evaluations in health, agriculture, parks and local government this year
Comment l'introduction de l'évaluation rapide a-t-elle contribué à l'utilisation des données probantes au Niger et au Bénin
Les évaluations rapides sont destinées à réduire les coûts des projets d'évaluation et le temps qu'ils prennent. Il s'agit d'une évaluation qui peut produire un résultat susceptible d'alimenter rapidement les politiques et les pratiques, tout en étant suffisamment solide pour fou…