Date: April 2021
Civil Society in Evaluation
Civil society actors and organizations play a significant role in national and international development projects, but there is not much discussion or recognition of their involvement in the area of evaluation.
Date: December 2020
Evaluation Week 2020 Edition
This issue of eVALUation Matters adds to the discourse that took place at Evaluation Week 2020 and takes a deep dive into some of the key issues discussed during the event
Date: June 2020
Preparing evaluation of the future: Big Data, modern technologies, and shifts in global development priorities
Rapid advances in technologies resulting from the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) and related digitization are changing the way information and knowledge are created, used and shared. How have these shifts affected evaluation? How should evaluators adapt to the proliferation of big data or blockchain encryption to avoid becoming obsolete? What do we need to harness and how?
Date: March 2020
Promoting an evaluation culture in 2020 and beyond
A “culture of evaluation” is often lauded as a key solution to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of governments, development organisations and international financial institutions alike.
Date: December 2019
Made in Africa Evaluations - Volume 2: Practical Applications
This edition of Made in Africa Evaluations explores indigenous approaches and how they could fast-track the achievement of the continental development agendas – the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) and the African Union Agenda 2063.
Date: September 2019
Made in Africa Evaluations - Volume 1: Theoretical Approaches
Development evaluation approaches have grown into a largely uniform global practice, in particular among development organizations ascribing to internationally agreed norms such as the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria.