Overview

The glossary is intended to bring clarity to internal and external audiences on terminology use within the International Rescue Committee Airbel Best Use of Resources (BUR) Team. Definitions included here reflect how terminology is used within BUR, as compared to the wider evaluation sector. References are included to allow for comparison with other uses of such terminology by others including but not limited to: USAID, FCDO, JPAL, Elrha, Better Evaluation, Oxford Policy Management, World Bank, World Food Programme.


The structure of the glossary is as follows:

Each term is listed alphabetically, along with internally used acronyms and synonymous terms. This is followed by a series of annexes to depict how some terms listed here relate with one another. References are provided at the end to indicate where BUR definitions align with others in the sector. Some terms used by BUR may encompass a wider or narrower definition than those outside of the IRC

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