Evaluation as Practice

Evaluation as Practice

Evaluation is both trans-discipline and craft, shaped by context, contested by power, and demanding of learning and judgment that are increasingly challenging during a time of upheaval and uncertainty. Posts here engage with the real practice of evaluation: design choices and their assumptions and trade-offs, quality and rigour in messy settings, ethical navigation, and what it takes to do this work well when it truly matters. A Global South lens infuses the posts.
15
Sep
Deborah Rugg's Top YEE Tips: The 12 secret Ps of success

Deborah Rugg's Top YEE Tips: The 12 secret Ps of success

Deborah is a highly successful, dynamic and influential evaluation professional with boundless energy that inspires wherever she goes - including
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11
Sep
Candice Morkel's Top YEE Tips

Candice Morkel's Top YEE Tips

My top tips are a bit different from those you have been reading about lately in this series. They'
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08
Sep
Evaluation Maturity Models

Evaluation Maturity Models

Have you ever worked with a Research Maturity Model? Or an Evaluation Maturity Model? A 'maturity model' with
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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
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31
Jul
Zenda's Top YEE Tips 2

Zenda's Top YEE Tips 2

While the five 'Top Ten Tips' in my previous post for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) related more
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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
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26
Jul
Zenda's Top YEE Tips 1

Zenda's Top YEE Tips 1

Given my 17-year long experience in evaluation, what are the top tips I would give to Young and Emerging Evaluators
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14
Feb
Dialogue evaluation

Dialogue evaluation

Many years ago, at the beginning of my evaluation career, I read about 'dialogue evaluation'. It is a
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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
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09
Feb
Definitions and glossaries

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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