26
Jul
Zenda's Top YEE Tips 1
Given my 17-year long experience in evaluation, what are the top tips I would give to Young and Emerging Evaluators
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Developer
10
Jul
Towards Transformation, 1. The buzzword
Can evaluation help enable and support transformative development? We know we need the latter. Yet like sustainability, transformation (or transformative
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14
Feb
Dialogue evaluation
Many years ago, at the beginning of my evaluation career, I read about 'dialogue evaluation'. It is a
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13
Feb
Evaluation as risk management
Evaluators' power and influence are limited. There are several reasons for this situation. One relates to how our craft
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09
Feb
Definitions and glossaries
Definitions of terms are crucial for common understanding in any field of human endeavour. The diversity of actors entering and
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08
Feb
Challenging narratives: Capacity development
How good are we at defining and judging 'success' - the essence of what evaluators do? Let us
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25
Jan
Evaluators in Davos
There are no evaluators this week in Davos. We are clearly not among the most powerful in the world. Yet
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23
Jan
Snippet: Global risks
As the powerful gather in Davos this week, it is a good time to reflect on the WEF's
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13
Jan
Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 6: Concluding summary
I argued that the DAC criteria should get due credit. As noted in Part 1 of this series, they have
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14
Nov
The DAC criteria, Part 11. From criteria to design principles
**10 min read**
Evaluation criteria used in development contexts do not only show what evaluation commissioners, evaluators and other stakeholders
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