The basic ideas behind contribution analysis were set out in 2001. Since then, interest in the approach has grown and contribution analysis has been operationalized in different ways. In addition, several reviews of the approach have been published and raise a few concerns. In this article, I clarify several of the key concepts behind contribution analysis, including contributory causes and contribution claims. I discuss the need for reasonably robust theories of change and the use of nested theories of change to unpack complex settings. On contribution claims, I argue the need for causal narratives to arrive at credible claims, the limited role that external causal factors play in arriving at contribution claims, the use of robust theories...
This chapter explores the idea of one variable making a causal contribution to another variable, and...
Recent discussions have brought attention to the utility of contribution analysis for evaluating the...
There are at least two different concepts that philosophers might target when analyzing causation: a...
Contribution analysis (CA) is a theory-based approach that has become widely used in recent years to...
While contribution analysis provides a step-by-step approach to verify whether and why an interventi...
Questions of cause and effect are critical to assessing the performance of programmes and projects. ...
As the evaluation discipline moves away from the “black-box” evaluations, theory-based evaluation ap...
Models for theories of change vary widely as do how they are used. What constitutes a good or robust...
While contribution analysis provides a basis for making causal claims and understanding how and why ...
This article proposes a combination of a popular evaluation approach, contribution analysis (CA), wi...
The paper marks a rare empirical examination of the semantics of contribution claims in the introduc...
International audienceThis article investigates recent transformations of contributions in science. ...
Although theories of change are frequently discussed in the evaluation literature and there is gener...
Theoretical contribution is a process which is based on the theory development and advancement in ex...
This Research and Evidence Paper presents the theory-based and participatory evaluation design of th...
This chapter explores the idea of one variable making a causal contribution to another variable, and...
Recent discussions have brought attention to the utility of contribution analysis for evaluating the...
There are at least two different concepts that philosophers might target when analyzing causation: a...
Contribution analysis (CA) is a theory-based approach that has become widely used in recent years to...
While contribution analysis provides a step-by-step approach to verify whether and why an interventi...
Questions of cause and effect are critical to assessing the performance of programmes and projects. ...
As the evaluation discipline moves away from the “black-box” evaluations, theory-based evaluation ap...
Models for theories of change vary widely as do how they are used. What constitutes a good or robust...
While contribution analysis provides a basis for making causal claims and understanding how and why ...
This article proposes a combination of a popular evaluation approach, contribution analysis (CA), wi...
The paper marks a rare empirical examination of the semantics of contribution claims in the introduc...
International audienceThis article investigates recent transformations of contributions in science. ...
Although theories of change are frequently discussed in the evaluation literature and there is gener...
Theoretical contribution is a process which is based on the theory development and advancement in ex...
This Research and Evidence Paper presents the theory-based and participatory evaluation design of th...
This chapter explores the idea of one variable making a causal contribution to another variable, and...
Recent discussions have brought attention to the utility of contribution analysis for evaluating the...
There are at least two different concepts that philosophers might target when analyzing causation: a...