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14
Apr
The DAC Criteria Guidance 2021

The DAC Criteria Guidance 2021

The OECD DAC just published their long-awaited guidance on the appropriate application of the (in)famous DAC evaluation criteria which
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22
Apr
COVID-19, Part 5. COVID-safe, COVID-ready and COVID-informed evaluation

COVID-19, Part 5. COVID-safe, COVID-ready and COVID-informed evaluation

Evaluative practice needs to focus on three interconnected, overlapping priorities if we want to help lead action towards a transformed
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12
Apr
Guest post: The Efficiency criterion

Guest post: The Efficiency criterion

**6 min read** The OECD/DAC criteria have been under review and debate since 2018. As Zenda Ofir explained in
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14
Nov
Change, Transformation and Evaluation

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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07
Nov
The DAC criteria, Part 10. Sleepwalking towards irrelevance

The DAC criteria, Part 10. Sleepwalking towards irrelevance

**8 min read** 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

The DAC criteria, Part 9. Our responsibilities

**6 min read** 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

The DAC criteria, Part 8. Global South, Global North 2

**10 min read** In my previous post I started to make the case for the evaluation of transformative change and
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26
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 8. Global South, Global North 1

The DAC criteria, Part 8. Global South, Global North 1

**6 min read** Now that the concept of "developing" and "developed" countries is at last unfashionable,
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23
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 7. Let these ideas die!

The DAC criteria, Part 7. Let these ideas die!

The many discussions I have recently had about the effort that is now in place to get to DAC evaluation
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19
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 6. Key issues before deciding

The DAC criteria, Part 6. Key issues before deciding

This final post about the DAC criteria captures key points for consideration in the evaluation for development space. It is
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