Date: March 2018
Building supply and demand for evaluation in Africa Vol. 1
Evaluation plays a critical role in the effective implementation of good governance structures in Africa, in promoting accountability, learning, development effectiveness, and sustained and rapid economic growth.
Date: March 2018
Editorial Calendar 2018
IDEV is pleased to share its editorial calendar for Evaluation Matters 2018/19. Editors welcome topical articles from writers’ original work and will be pleased to consider contributions for the themes below for Q3 and Q4 2018 and Q1 and Q2 2019, up to the closing date for each quarterly edition.
Date: January 2018
Evaluation as a Driver of Reform in IFIs
What is the added value of independent evaluation focused not on projects and programs but on organizations themselves? Does it help organizations deliver more and better? Does evaluation evidence have any impact on the way development organizations are managing themselves? In this edition of Evaluation Matters, find the answers to all these questions and many more
Date: September 2017
Evaluation in the era of the SDGs
This Third Quarter 2017 issue of Evaluation Matters is dedicated to evaluating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It discusses the consequences of the paradigm shift from the MDGs to the SDGs and what the world of evaluation should do differently in this new era.
Date: June 2017
The Comprehensive Evaluation of Development Results: Behind the Scenes
This edition of eVALUation Matters focuses on the CEDR exercise – a consultative, iterative process which prioritized the engagement and involvement of all key stakeholders throughout the exercise in order to mitigate the effects of the key challenges involved in such a complicated undertaking.
Date: March 2017
The Problem with Development Evaluation and what to do about it
Development evaluation has become a strategic tool that provides a basis for organizational learning and decision-making. Organizations are better able to reflect upon their work and improve upon their future initiatives. However, learning and decision making based on evaluations continues to be a challenge for many development programs and organizations.