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02
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 1. The positives

The DAC criteria, Part 1. The positives

The highly influential DAC evaluation criteria need to be revised. Some say reformed. What will modernised evaluation criteria for development
3 min read
10
Mar
Sustaining (development) impact

Sustaining (development) impact

These days we talk a lot about “sustainable development”. And about “evaluating impact”. But I continue to maintain that it is useless to evaluate the impacts of an intervention without focusing on whether such impacts have a good chance to sustain.
4 min read
21
Feb
No, I am NOT a “development evaluator”. I evaluate FOR development.

No, I am NOT a “development evaluator”. I evaluate FOR development.

I do not do "development evaluation". I do not practice the evaluation OF development. I evaluate FOR development.
6 min read
03
Oct
Scientific Research Evaluation

RQ+ - assessing research quality

This blog post is about how to measure research quality when viewing research from a systems perspective. We all work
1 min read
17
Sep
This idea must die!

This idea must die!

My last two blog posts addressed the issue of Grand Challenges in evaluation. A complementary idea: A type of '
2 min read
09
Sep
Grand Challenges, Part 2

Grand Challenges, Part 2

In my previous post I highlighted the notion of Grand Challenges and where they have been developed. In this post
6 min read
06
Sep
Grand Challenges, Part 1

Grand Challenges, Part 1

In July 2014 I wrote a short paper for EES Connections in which I asked whether the time was right
4 min read
03
Sep
Lives of equal value

Lives of equal value

Back to blogging after a hiatus of three months during which I travelled too frequently for work assignments. Pressurised schedules
4 min read
10
May
SDG Evaluation Call to Action 2: Consider macro influences on development

SDG Evaluation Call to Action 2: Consider macro influences on development

In 15 years I have not conducted a single evaluation where I did not ask many questions about the reasons why things were working well, or not so well – and triangulating from different perspectives and sources of information.
5 min read
30
Apr
Evaluation and the SDGs, Part 1

Evaluation and the SDGs, Part 1

Here is a concise and useful (I hope!) briefing by EVALSDGs on the value proposition of evaluation for the SDG
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