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.

Mar

Evaluation – a Beautiful Practice

Is evaluation beautiful? This post argues that evaluation as profession and practice is intrinsically beautiful — rooted in millennia, engaging our deepest capabilities. But how we practise it is often not. A meditation on evaluation’s true value proposition.

09 Mar 2016

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