Zenda Ofir

08
Sep
Evaluation Maturity Models

Evaluation Maturity Models

**3 min read** Have you ever worked with a Research Maturity Model? Or an Evaluation Maturity Model? A 'maturity
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28
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 6. A NICE research agenda for evaluation

Made in Africa Evaluation 6. A NICE research agenda for evaluation

**8 min read** In this short series of posts about the NICE Framework I argue for more intensive and creative
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25
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 5. Applying the NICE Framework

Made in Africa Evaluation 5. Applying the NICE Framework

**7 min read** We still have many opportunities to re-imagine evaluation and to combine this with the best evaluation knowledge
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23
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 4. The NICE Framework

Made in Africa Evaluation 4. The NICE Framework

**6 min read** It is in the West, primarily in the US, where systematic evaluation as we practice it today
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21
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 3. Africa-led evaluation

Made in Africa Evaluation 3. Africa-led evaluation

We need "Evaluation with African Characteristics" - in how we conceptualise evaluation and in how we lead and
4 min read
20
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 2. Africa-rooted evaluation

Made in Africa Evaluation 2. Africa-rooted evaluation

What is Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) - a term coined by the African Evaluation Association - or what some
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18
Aug
Made in Africa Evaluation 1. The beginning

Made in Africa Evaluation 1. The beginning

What is 'Made in Africa' evaluation (MAE)? It is not what most people think. In order to move
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31
Jul
Zenda's Top YEE Tips 2

Zenda's Top YEE Tips 2

**10 min read** While the five 'Top Ten Tips' in my previous post for Young and Emerging Evaluators
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28
Jul
Economists, aid and RCTs

Economists, aid and RCTs

**5 min read.** "Aid projects might yield satisfying micro-results, but they generally do little to change the systems that
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26
Jul
Zenda's Top YEE Tips 1

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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