The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector Illustrated Edition

by Mary Kay Gugerty (Author), Dean Karlan (Author)

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The social sector provides services to a wide range of people throughout the world with the aim of creating social value. While doing good is great, doing it well is even better. These organizations, whether nonprofit, for-profit, or public, increasingly need to demonstrate that their efforts
are making a positive impact on the world, especially as competition for funding and other scarce resources increases. This heightened focus on impact is positive: learning whether we are making a difference enhances our ability to address pressing social problems effectively and is critical to wise
stewardship of resources. Yet demonstrating efficacy remains a big hurdle for most organizations.

The Goldilocks Challenge provides a parsimonious framework for measuring the strategies and impact of social sector organizations. A good data strategy starts first with a sound theory of change that helps organizations decide what elements they should monitor and measure. With a theory of change
providing solid underpinning, the Goldilocks framework then puts forward four key principles, the CART principles: Credible data that are high quality and analyzed appropriately, Actionable data will actually influence future decisions; Responsible data create more benefits than costs; and
Transportable data build knowledge that can be used in the future and by others.

Mary Kay Gugerty and Dean Karlan combine their extensive experience working with nonprofits, for-profits and government with their understanding of measuring effectiveness in this insightful guide to thinking about and implementing evidence-based change. This book is an invaluable asset for
nonprofit, social enterprise and government leaders, managers, and funders-including anyone considering making a charitable contribution to a nonprofit-to ensure that these organizations get it "just right" by knowing what data to collect, how to collect it, how it can be analyzed, and drawing
implications from the analysis. Everyone who wants to make positive change should focus on the top priority: using data to learn, innovate, and improve program implementation over time. Gugerty and Karlan show how.

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bMary Kay Gugertyr is the Nancy Bell Evans Professor of Nonprofit Management at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Washington and the Faculty Director of the Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy. Her research focuses on evaluation and
impact measurement in the social sector; advocacy, accountability and voluntary regulation programs among nonprofits and NGOs; and agricultural and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa.

bDean Karlanr is the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University. His research focuses on evaluation of efforts to reduce poverty around the world. He is President and Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action, a nonprofit dedicated to
discovering and promoting solutions to global poverty problems; and President and co-Founder of ImpactMatters, a nonprofit dedicated to guiding donors to evidence-based and cost-effective nonprofit organizations. He is also on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the M.I.T. Jameel
Poverty Action Lab.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 019936608X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Illustrated edition (May 1, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780199366088
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199366088
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.28 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.1 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches

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James Bruno

Concrete advice how to tailor monitoring and evaluation use to organizational size and needs

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020

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The authors, Gugerty and Karlan, describe in this book in very concrete terms how to tailor your NGO monitoring and evaluation systems and approaches to your organizational niche, size, and needs. They take away the sense that somebody, as NGO leader/manager, may have that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is just too complicated for smaller size organizations to deal with. They lower the bar in a healthy way by giving advice on how to make your evaluation approach and system commensurate with what you do. Thus, their practical advice will increase your chances as NGO/nonprofit that you will actually use the data coming from your M&E system. And this advice comes from two highly respected academics/pracademics in the field of NGO effectiveness. Highly recommended!

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Perfect book for Board Members!

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2018

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Since generating and allocating resources are major challenges for all executive directors, this insightful book helps me understand the "Goldilocks Challenge" for evidence systems - how much is enough and when to prioritize in our program cycles...

Good blend of theory and case studies. Definitely get to know their CART model (Credible, Actionable, Responsible, Transportable) It can be a quick read or an intensely highlighted reference resource - I'll recommend to other but will be keeping my copy with my notes!

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MUST-READ PRIMER for NGO workers, donors, planners, & researchers!

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2018

This book lays out critical terminology, trends, and what one needs to consider when conducting research on social impact initiatives. As one who has worked in international development and research, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Many thanks to the authors for a 21st century framework--CART principles for data collection and "right-fit evidence"--that will surely prove to be a classic! Professors in international development, please put this book on your syllabus.

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