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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
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14
Nov
The DAC criteria, Part 11. From criteria to design principles
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Evaluation criteria used in development contexts do not only show what evaluation commissioners, evaluators and other stakeholders
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07
Nov
The DAC criteria, Part 10. Sleepwalking towards irrelevance
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We are sleepwalking towards irrelevance. Not because we do not do some worthwhile things. We do. But
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02
Nov
The DAC criteria, Part 9. Our responsibilities
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Our evaluation criteria are fundamental to the credibility and utility of our evaluations. Yet we have allowed
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30
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 8. Global South, Global North 2
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In my previous post I started to make the case for the evaluation of transformative change and
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