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Global South/North

The world looks fundamentally different depending on where you stand. Much of what passes for global knowledge reflects a few vantage points. Aiming to bridge differences between societal cultures, posts bring a Global South lens to evaluation, governance, economics, knowledge systems, and the future. They examine power asymmetries between South and North, but also ideas and alternatives emerging from diverse societies, including those often spoken about rather than listened to and understood.
03
Jun
Leaving no-one behind?

Leaving no-one behind?

I re-post this post - originally published on Evaluating Sustainable Development Goals. "To accomplish great things, we must not
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17
Apr
The Non-sense of Evaluating 'Development'

The Non-sense of Evaluating 'Development'

I am re-posting here a blog post I wrote in 2017 (Part 5 in my DAC Evaluation Criteria series). I
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13
Feb
Guest post: Evidence use in Africa

Guest post: Evidence use in Africa

This post introduces a book of great relevance in the fields of evaluation, governance and evidence use. Mine Pabari from
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10
Sep
"Labour" Day? The undervaluing of lives and labour in the Global South

"Labour" Day? The undervaluing of lives and labour in the Global South

This is an expanded version - especially in terms of key messages for evaluation professionals - of a post that
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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

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

Made in Africa Evaluation 5. Applying the NICE Framework

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

Made in Africa Evaluation 4. The NICE Framework

It is in the West, primarily in the US, where systematic evaluation as we practice it today originated sometime in
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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

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
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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
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