Basic Impact Assessment At Project Level Page 23
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367. COMMISSIONING AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR
CONSULTANTS
EDAs may wish to commission external impact assessments where:
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A complex IA has been decided at the design stage involving a range of quantitative,
qualitative and participative methods
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Where a project is not achieving the stated outputs and a greater level of analysis is
needed to determine the reasons
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Where an EDA wishes to look at IA across a sector or theme (e.g. outreach to the
urban poor) to draw comparative conclusions
Terms of Reference should be drawn up in participation with project staff and with
professional support from DFID colleagues in other sectors. Costs of the IA strategy
should have been included in the project's budget at the design stage; these should have
included capacity for the project to absorb the lessons that may emerge from the study, for
example to hold workshops with staff to disseminate the findings and negotiate changes in
the organisation's work that will lead to improved impact in the future.
Detailed guidance on the process for commissioning an impact assessment is contained in
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DFID's Evaluation Guidelines.
The following is a summary of the main points to be
included in the Terms of Reference, which can then be used as the EDA's guide for
steering the IA through to satisfactory completion.
Model Terms of Reference for Consultants
1 Project Title: Brief Description
2 Background
This should provide general background and context for the proposed consultancy:
• reasons for the consultancy (including details of problems/constraints faced by the
recipient)
• the level of local resources/capacity available to support the consultancy
• the proposed role of the consultants
• arrangements for working with local staff (including role of counterparts and/or local
task forces) and some idea of the existing MIS and what data is already available.
3 Overall Objectives
Clearly state the objectives and intended users of the impact assessment. Ideally the
objectives should include both justifying programme investments and improving
programmes.
4 Scope and Methods of the Work
This section should list in detail all of the tasks and activities to be carried out by the
Consultant in the sequence that they are expected to be undertaken.
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Available from the Monitoring & Evaluation Dept (link to DFID M&E site).
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