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Methodology

10
Jul
Towards Transformation, 1. The buzzword

Towards Transformation, 1. The buzzword

Can evaluation help enable and support transformative development? We know we need the latter. Yet like sustainability, transformation (or transformative
5 min read
14
Feb
Dialogue evaluation

Dialogue evaluation

Many years ago, at the beginning of my evaluation career, I read about 'dialogue evaluation'. It is a
2 min read
13
Feb
Evaluation as risk management

Evaluation as risk management

Evaluators' power and influence are limited. There are several reasons for this situation. One relates to how our craft
2 min read
09
Feb
Bridging Cultures and Contexts

Definitions and glossaries

Definitions of terms are crucial for common understanding in any field of human endeavour. The diversity of actors entering and
3 min read
08
Feb
Capacity development

Challenging narratives: Capacity development

How good are we at defining and judging 'success' - the essence of what evaluators do? Let us
4 min read
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
6 min read
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
7 min read
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
4 min read
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
8 min read
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,
5 min read