Global programs / Program Cycle Service Center (PCSC)
This evaluation of evaluations, or meta-evaluation, was undertaken to assess the quality of USAID's evaluation reports. The study builds on USAID's practice of periodically examining evaluation quality to identify opportunities for… DEC abstract (PD-ACX-771)
Key awd:OAA-M-11-00026
22 facts shown; 0 unconfirmed links; 0 support mechanisms (not programs); 10 documents cite this program.
The one-paragraph answer: years, implementer, funder and purpose, each from document metadata.
The Program Cycle Service Center contract is implemented by DevTech Systems, Inc.1 The PCSC contract was originally awarded in September 2011.1
Source: generated from documents. Each number opens the page it was written from.
Operated in: Kyrgyzstan, Eurasia.
Districts, regions and facilities the program's own documents name, with what the document says it did there. Source: sentences in the program's documents
not in the map yet: no district, region or facility is named for this program yet; only Malawi and Guatemala have place data so far
No district, region or facility is named in this program's documents yet. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far. Towns and natural features are not drawn.
Countries where this program operated, set by the countries its documents name most often. Countries only tagged on documents are listed apart. Source: document tags, scope rule
Scope: global. Set by the countries the program's documents name most often. Medium confidence.
How sure we are: 0.667.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate. Source: award and document years
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
Who started the program, and which administration it began under. Timing only; it does not say who started it. Source: initiative records, start year
Organizations that ran this program, from award records and document authors. Prime and sub roles are not split yet. Source: award and document records
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevTech Systems, Inc. | implementer Named as an institutional author on documents; whether prime, sub or consortium member is not recorded. | 2013 to 2017 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 8 sources |
None recorded. Evaluation studies linked to this program are listed under Evaluations and lessons.
Identifiers of the awards and the organizations that funded it. Amounts are under Money. Source: award records
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAA-M-11-00026 (task order, FY2011) | 2013 to 2017 | Stated in a document read from a record field | 10 sources |
Basis: read from a record field
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Policy, Planning and Learning | 2013 to 2015 | Stated in a document |
Labels on the program's documents, not a description of what the program did. Source: DEC document tags
Sector profile (computed): Monitoring, evaluation and performance measurement 37%; Program management, planning and administration 23%; Higher education, universities and scholarships 16%
DEC topic and subject tags. They describe the documents, not what the program was. Each tag opens its evidence in the drawer.
Programs worth reading next, by topic, implementer, country and years. Similar by facets (topic, implementer, country, years) and, when available, description. It says the programs look alike, not how they are related in time. Source: catalog facets
Looking for similar programs.
Studies that assessed this program, and the lessons taken from them. Source: linked evaluation documents
| Title | Year | Document | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-evaluation of quality and coverage of USAID evaluations 2009-2012 | 2013 | PD-ACX-771 | linked as an evaluation of this program |
| Complexity-aware monitoring | 2013 | PN-AEC-865 | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
| Learning evaluation of USAID/Kyrgyz Republic's national admissions test (NAT) project [executive summary] [Russian] | 2014 | PB-AAA-093 | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
Not recorded yet: support mechanisms, money rows. A missing record is not a finding. USAspending records start in FY2007; earlier obligations are missing, not zero.
Every document that cites this program, grouped by a stage label from a weak classifier. Source: document library
None recorded for this program. A counterpart appears only when a document names the government body and its role.
| 5 sources |
| USAID. Bur. for Policy, Planning and Learning. Ofc. of Learning, Evaluation and Research | 2014 to 2017 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | 2013 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| 2014 |
| PB-AAH-862 |
| evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
| The hybrid-team approach to evaluation : the benefits and challenges of externally-led, internally-staffed USAID evaluations | 2017 | PA-00M-XV8 | evaluation-stage document (eval other, weak classifier) |
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