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evaluation: „An evaluation carried out by entities and persons free of thecontrol of those responsible for the design and implementation of thedevelopment intervention.‟Formative evaluation: „Evaluation intended to improve performance,most often conducted during the implementation phase of projects orprograms.‟ This is related to Mid-term evaluation: „Evaluation performedtowards the middle of the period of implementation of the intervention.‟Participatory evaluation: „Evaluation method in which representatives ofagencies and stakeholders (including beneficiaries) work together indesigning, carrying out and interpreting an evaluation.‟ This is related toSelf-evaluation: „An evaluation by those who are entrusted with the designand delivery of a development intervention.‟Performance monitoring: „A continuous process of collecting andanalyzing data to compare how well a project, program, or policy is beingimplemented against expected results.‟Program evaluation: „Evaluation of a set of interventions, marshalled toattain specific global, regional, country, or sector development objectives.Note: a development program is a time bound intervention involvingmultiple activities that may cut across sectors, themes and/or geographicareas.‟ This is related to Project evaluation: „Evaluation of an individualdevelopment intervention designed to achieve specific objectives withinspecified resources and implementation schedules, often within theframework of a broader program.‟Process evaluation: „An evaluation of the internal dynamics ofimplementing organizations, their policy instruments, their service deliverymechanisms, their management practices, and the linkages among these.‟Figure 2.5: Additional related definitions (OECD 2002)47