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Acknowledgments The editorswish to express their appreciation to the organizations and individuals whocontributedvaluableperspectives, ideas, andsupport throughout thecourseof thisbook’sdevelopment.Thebookhas its origins in theClimate-EvalCommunity of Practice hosted by the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF)who organized the Second International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development, in November 2014 in Washington, D.C. The Climate-Eval CoP and the conference were generously supported by the governments ofGermany, Sweden, and Switzerland. Their con- tributions are notedwith gratitude.Wewould also like to thank theClimate-Eval partners, the IEOofGEF, theAfricanEvaluationAssociation (AfrEA), the Inter- national ProgramEvaluation Network (IPEN), and SEAChange, an Asian com- munity of practice for the monitoring and evaluation of climate change interventions. A number of experts and professional colleagues provided their support to the bookby reviewing themanuscript and individual chapters at critical times:Dennis Bours,CarloCarugi,MeganKennedy-Chouane,HowardStewart,AnnaViggh,and Molly Watts. The chapter contributors also kindly cross-reviewed each other’s manuscripts during the preparation of the book. We would like to thank all of themfor theirvaluablecontributions. JuanPortilloandhis teamin the IEOofGEF provided important administrative support throughout the process. Wewould specifically like to thankLeeCando-Noordhuizenwho acted as the assistant editor, keeping trackof all details and ensuring that the bookprojectwas proceeding on schedule. Her professionalism and attention to detail were indispensable. TheEditors xiii