From Spoil Sport to Life of the Party: Evaluation Moves to Center Stage
The demand for evidence on what works continues to grow, but more needs to be done to integrate learning into decision-making.
Who Evaluates the Evaluators?
Though more used to telling others how they’re doing, evaluators must also be willing to be assessed if they’re to be credible.
Better Together? Seven Guiding Principles for Evaluating Partnership Programs
Ensuring everyone involved in a partnership evaluation gets what they expect
Evaluation in Action: Responding to Ebola
Evaluators have an important role to play in the response to the Ebola epidemic by sharing knowledge on what has worked in the past, what hasn’t and why.
Breaking News: Evaluation on Prime Time TV
Four evaluators walk into a TV studio. What happens next says a lot about the field’s growing influence.
Evaluation for a More Equitable Society
What role has evaluation played in the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals and what can it add to the post-2015 development agenda?
Beyond Good Intentions: Designing an Evidence-based Approach to Aid
Is development aid actually benefitting those people it’s designed to help? An evaluation of the Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency contains valuable lessons.
What is the Value of Independent Evaluation?
Organizations like drivers can suffer from blind spots. Independent evaluation can help provide a broader view.
Evidence, Evaluation and Effective Government
Evaluation has a greater role to play in informing the debates and decisions of parliamentarians
Connecting Evaluation and Budgeting
Evaluation is an essentialtoolfor good budgeting and a core element of any wellâdesigned governmentâwide performance budgeting system. Evaluation has a crucialrole to play in providing the performance information…