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A Guide for Designing and

Conducting a Case Study for

Evaluation Input

By

Palena Neale, PhD, 

Senior Evaluation Associate

Shyam Thapa, PhD, 

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor

Carolyn Boyce, MA, 

Evaluation Associate

May 2006

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Monitoring and Evaluation – 1

PREPARING A CASE STUDY: 

A Guide for Designing and

Conducting a Case Study for

Evaluation Input

By

Palena Neale, PhD, 

Senior Evaluation Associate

Shyam Thapa, PhD, 

Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor

Carolyn Boyce, MA, 

Evaluation Associate

May 2006

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the following Pathfinder employees and partners for their

technical inputs into this document: Emmanuel Boadi (Pathfinder/Ghana), Anne Palmer

(Futures Group International), Ugo Daniels (African Youth Alliance (AYA)), Veronique

Dupont (Pathfinder/Extending Service Delivery (ESD)), Cathy Solter, Lauren Dunnington,

and Shannon Pryor (Pathfinder headquarters). Jenny Wilder and Mary Burket are also

thanked for their inputs and assistance in editing and producing this document.

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