This Online Post Graduate Diploma Programme in MEAL will entail the following modules.

1.0 Module 1 – Evaluation Designs

1. Experimental Design
2. Quasi-experimental Design
3. Non-Experimental Designs
4. Comparison Matrix

2.0 Module 2 – Evaluation Approaches

1. Feminist Evaluation
2. Transformative Evaluation
3. Real World Evaluation & Realist Evaluation
4. Equity-Focused Evaluation & Developmental Approach to Evaluation

3.0 Module 3 – Preparing for an Evaluation

1. Initial Steps
2. Constructing a Theory of Change
3. Developing a Results Chain
4. Specifying Evaluation Questions

4.0 Module 4 – Impact Evaluation

1. Evidence-Based Policy Making
2. What Is Impact Evaluation?
3. Prospective vs. Retrospective Impact Evaluation and Efficacy Studies and Effectiveness

Studies

4. Deciding Whether to Carry Out an Impact Evaluation

5.0 Module 5 – Causal Inference and Counterfactuals

1. Causal Inference
2. The Counterfactual
3. Estimating the Counterfactual
4. Two Counterfeit Estimates of the Counterfactual

6.0 Module 6 – Instrumental Variable

1. Evaluating Programs When Not Everyone Complies with Their Assignment
2. Types of Impact Estimates
3. Imperfect Compliance
4. Randomized Promotion as an Instrumental Variable

7.0 Module 7 – Difference-in-Differences

1. Evaluating a Program When the Rule of Assignment Is Less Clear
2. The Difference-in-Differences Method
3. How Is the Difference-in-Differences Method Helpful?
4. Limitations of the Difference-in-Differences Method

8.0 Module 8 – Matching

1. Constructing an Artificial Comparison Group
2. Propensity Score Matching
3. Combining Matching with Other Methods
4. Limitations of the Matching Method

Final Project

At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:

• Learn more about the evaluation designs that are used in MEAL
• Get to understand in a greater depth about the various evaluation approaches that are used in MEAL.
• Learn more on how to carry out better preparations for conducting evaluation
• Gain insights about the impacts of evaluation
• Develop a comprehensive understanding about instrumental variable, difference-in-difference and matching techniques

• MEAL Manager
• MEAL Assistant
• Project Monitor
• Community Development Worker
• Project Manager
• Nonprofit Manager
• Charity Director
• Program Manager
• MEAL Specialist
• Corporate Sustainability Manager
• MEAL Officer
• Health Coordinator

$1500