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03
Sep
Change, Transformation and Evaluation

Competencies for post-normal evaluation, Part 1

**8 min read** "Are modernity's blueprints for evaluation theory and practice exhausted?" Only now and again
6 min read
16
Jul
Guest post: The etcetera of Transformative Evaluation

Guest post: The etcetera of Transformative Evaluation

Umberto Eco, in the opening pages to his book The Infinity of Lists provides evaluators with a ticklish challenge: stability
3 min read
30
Apr
Learning from China’s Transformation, Part 6. Co-evolution - a ‘first principle’.

Learning from China’s Transformation, Part 6. Co-evolution - a ‘first principle’.

Yuen Yuen Ang's study of China's exceptional escape from its poverty trap in just 3-4 decades
5 min read
26
Apr
China's Transformation, Part 5. Directed improvisation

China's Transformation, Part 5. Directed improvisation

**8 min read** This series of blog posts highlights lessons from one of the greatest transformative development success stories ever.
8 min read
03
Jan
Towards Transformation, 3. A grand narrative for evaluation in this era

Towards Transformation, 3. A grand narrative for evaluation in this era

**5 min read** In its very essence, the concept of evaluation is beautiful, I argued long ago in one of
6 min read
20
Dec
Guest post: Integrated framework for the evaluation of Agenda 2030 in LAC

Guest post: Integrated framework for the evaluation of Agenda 2030 in LAC

Sustainable development consists of satisfying the needs of the present generation without compromising the capacity of future generations to meet
2 min read
28
Nov
Apollo Nkwake's Top YEE Tips: Assumptions-aware evaluation

Apollo Nkwake's Top YEE Tips: Assumptions-aware evaluation

**4 min read** Assumptions are what we believe to be true. They may be explicit or implicit. Unexamined or tacit
2 min read
08
Sep
Evaluation Maturity Models

Evaluation Maturity Models

**3 min read** Have you ever worked with a Research Maturity Model? Or an Evaluation Maturity Model? A 'maturity
3 min read
28
Jul
Economists, aid and RCTs

Economists, aid and RCTs

**5 min read.** "Aid projects might yield satisfying micro-results, but they generally do little to change the systems that
5 min read
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