If the economic logic of the programme's incentives is sound, why do Obamacare's defenders seem wary of spooking Nicole?(Photo credit: AFP).
The study described in this paper was part of an overall evaluation which used a Theory of Change [ 17] framework, entailing a process of continual feedback between the researchers and the organisations being evaluated to provide a clear model of the logic of the programme, to shape the direction of programme change and provide evidence for suggested modifications.
Over half of reports were still able to present a satisfactory context through inclusion of other information, but the consequence of this issue is that a majority of reports do not appear to be guided by the logic of the programme or project being evaluated.
Lessons Learned (Optional): Articulating a theory of change for a programme helps all stakeholders understand the logic of the entire programme and how each of their efforts are intended to contribute to the higher level results.
Music, as always with Alston, is the driving logic of this programme, which opens with Rejoice in the Lamb, his setting of Britten's choral score (which is magnificently played and sung live).
One of the key benefits of having a theory of change is that all stakeholders can see and understand the logic of the entire programme and where and how their efforts will contribute to the higher level expected results.
(b) Audit trail and data analysis Audit trail and data analysis Data of the six case studies were then analysed to allow for explanation building and the proposition of logical models, representing the logic of the intervention, or "programme theory".
The refining of the programme theory, starting from the initial programme logic of the designers, to a refined programme theory incorporating insight from literature, design of the programme, and its implementation context, is explained elsewhere [ 41].
We then describe the intervention logic and the context of the programmes, the target groups, the contents, the learning approaches and mechanisms to ensure the achievement of outcome and impact.
According to Kotvojs and Shrimpton [ 12], who have applied the contribution analysis in the context of an international development aid project, contribution analyses could address the challenge of attribution and verification of the logic of any programme (what we could reasonably expect).
