06
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 2. Why change?
Given the good contributions of the DAC criteria noted in Part 1 of this series, let us now turn to
7 min read
Systems
02
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 1. The positives
The highly influential DAC evaluation criteria need to be revised. Some say reformed. What will modernised evaluation criteria for development
3 min read
10
Mar
Sustaining (development) impact
These days we talk a lot about “sustainable development”. And about “evaluating impact”. But I continue to maintain that it is useless to evaluate the impacts of an intervention without focusing on whether such impacts have a good chance to sustain.
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03
Oct
RQ+ - assessing research quality
This blog post is about how to measure research quality when viewing research from a systems perspective. We all work
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17
Sep
This idea must die!
My last two blog posts addressed the issue of Grand Challenges in evaluation. A complementary idea: A type of '
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30
Apr
Evaluation and the SDGs, Part 1
Here is a concise and useful (I hope!) briefing by EVALSDGs on the value proposition of evaluation for the SDG
1 min read
25
Mar
AWSEM! Empowering women scientists
In one of my recent posts I wrote about the pervasive influence of power on development, and the imperative to
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21
Mar
Seven lessons for the SDG era
Evaluation is entering an exciting period - one that will challenge us all to think in new ways and to
4 min read
16
Mar
The power of power
I have come to the conclusion that nearly everything in life is influenced by power. Yet we almost never evaluate
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