Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Readers' guide -- Introduction -- Editor's bios -- Dealing with complexity in development evaluation : a framework -- Complexity in development evaluation : the framework of the book / Michael Bamberger, Jos Vaessen and Estelle Raimondo -- Towards more complexity-responsive evaluations : overview and challenges / Estelle Raimondo, Jos Vaessen and Michael Bamberger -- Management of complexity responsive evaluations / Michael Bamberger -- Dealing with complexity in development evaluation : methodological approaches -- Impact evaluation approaches and complexity / Jos Vaessen, Estelle Raimondo and Michael Bamberger -- Understanding what is being evaluated : theory-based evaluation / Frans Leeuw -- Five practical evaluation problems to which tbe can contribute / Frans Leeuw -- Dealing with complexity by unpacking and reassembling elements of a complex -- Program / Estelle Raimondo, Michael Bamberger and Jos Vaessen -- The importance of a mixed methods [MM] approach for evaluating complexity / Michael Bamberger -- Emerging data and innovative techniques to deal with complexity in development evaluation -- Complexity in review and synthesis studies / Jos Vaessen -- Emergent technologies and creative use of multiple sources of information / Susan van den Braak, Sunil Choenni and Michael Bamberger -- Applying emergent technologies to complex program evaluations from the INGO perspective / Kerry Bruce and Alison Koler -- The evaluation of complex development interventions in the age of big data / Emmanuel Letouz, Ana Areias and Sally Jackson -- Dealing with institutional complexity : implications for evaluation design, process and use / Estelle Raimondo -- Gender equality in development evaluation : the intersection of complexities / Estelle Raimondo and Michael Bamberger -- Complexity of evaluation in practice : case studies -- A case study in complexity : evaluating a long-term effort to prevent gender-based violence in El Salvador / Allison Davis and Melida Guevera -- Microcredit and women's empowerment : complexity in systematic review / Jos Vaessen, Ana Rivas and Frans Leeuw -- Evaluation of coordination against trafficking in persons : a case study of a complex evaluation / Kim Forss -- Complexity from the perspectives of philanthropic foundations and their evaluation / Leny van Oijen -- Dealing with complexity in a realist synthesis : community accountability and empowerment initiatives / Gill Westhorp, Bill Walker and Patricia Rogers -- Contributor bios -- Glossary of technical terms.