Evaluating the Complex: Attribution, Contribution and Beyond (Hardcover)

1. Introduction 2. Implications of Complicated and Complex Characteristics for Key Tasks in Evaluation 3. Contribution Analysis: Addressing Cause and Effect 4. Micro, Meso, and Macro Dimensions of Change: A New Agenda for the Evaluation of Structural Policies 5. Coping with the Evaluability Barrier: Poverty Impact of European Support at Country Level 6. Monitoring and Evaluation of a Multi-Agency Response to Homelessness: An Australian Case Study 7. Evaluating a Complex Policy in a Complex Context: Th e Elusive Success of the Swiss Smoking Prevention Policy. Evaluating the Complex 8. Intervention Path Contribution Analysis (IPCA) for Complex Strategy Evaluation: Evaluating the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy 9. Responding to a Global Emergency and Evaluating That Response?Th e Case of HIV/AIDS 10. Evaluating Complex Strategic Development Interventions: Th e Challenge of Child Labor 11. Challenges in Impact Evaluation of Development Interventions: Randomized Experiments and Complexity 12. Some Insights from Complexity Science for the Evaluation of Complex Policies