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A seminal book on Theory of Change. This book manages to provide a comprehensive introduction to program theory and its relation with Theory of Change and Theory of Action.
It explains the history of Program Theory, relating to your specific circumstances, developing and representing program theory (combining the process with Theory of Change, Theory of Action, representing your Theory of Change and Theory of Action and critiquing your theory), necessary resources for Theory of Change and logic models, and, finally, using Program Theory (including Theory of Change) for Monitoring &amp; Evaluation and causal inference.
The book has a wealth of clear examples from various sectors and different contexts and is very helpful in clarifying some recurrent debates on planning and M&amp;E terminologies.
You can find a link to excerpts from the book <a href="https://books.google.nl/books?id=A9Iid1tcGwgC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. A review can be found <a href="https://evaluationcanada.ca/system/files/cjpe-entries/27-2-106.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
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A book that has been seminal to ToC practice. It has a wealth of clear examples and is very helpful in clarifying some recurrent debates on planning and M&E terminologies.

Purposeful program theory: Effective use of Theories of Change and logic models

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This report was commissioned by Comic Relief and written by Cathy James, an independent consultant. It aims to draw together Comic Relief staff and partners’ experiences in using theory of change; to identify others in development that are using theory of change and analyse their different approaches and experience; and to capture learning from everyone to promote debate, and to help inform what agencies using or advocating for the use of theory of change do next.
The review combined analysis of literature with 32 short interviews of people with experience and knowledge of theory of change. The literature included reports, guidelines, study notes, theory of change examples and other relevant documents.

This report was commissioned by Comic Relief. It aims to draw together Comic Relief staff and partners’ experiences in using theory of change; to identify others in development that are using theory of change, to capture learning to promote debate.

Comic Relief: Theory of Change Review

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Available in English, Spanish and French.
What is a Theory of Change (ToC) and why is it important? This guide to understanding and developing a ToC shows how a ToC helps to configure the conditions needed to achieve desired change, using the experience of a given context. This is done partly by making assumptions explicit and by analysing them critically. It is also a monitoring tool that facilitates accountability. A good ToC allows development practitioners to handle complexity without over-simplification.

This guide to understanding and developing a ToC shows how a ToC helps to configure the conditions needed to achieve desired change, using the experience of a given context. This is done partly by making assumptions explicit and by analysing them.