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Decolonisation

Areas of work such as evaluation, transformation and foresight were born in specific (often diverse) places and traditions, and continue to carry their values, beliefs and assumptions. These posts interrogate colonial legacies in evaluation thought and practice, and explore what decolonising the field actually requires.
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
3 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
8 min read
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
4 min read
03
Aug
Fred Carden's Top YEE Tips: 'Whose knowledge' matters!

Fred Carden's Top YEE Tips: 'Whose knowledge' matters!

Whatever methods and frameworks we use, we tend to rely on the scientific, the 'objective' data and evidence;
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28
Jul
Economists, Aid and RCTs

Economists, Aid and RCTs

"Aid projects might yield satisfying micro-results, but they generally do little to change the systems that produce the problems
5 min read
30
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 8. Global South, Global North 2

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

In my previous post I started to make the case for the evaluation of transformative change and transformative development in
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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

Now that the concept of "developing" and "developed" countries is at last unfashionable, is a special
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
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
16
Mar
The power of power

The power of power

I have come to the conclusion that nearly everything in life is influenced by power. Yet we almost never evaluate
3 min read