Category Archives: Techniques

Lifting the quality of evaluation #3: Evaluation associations with focus

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Jane Davidson

Two things that make or break the quality and value of evaluation are: Evaluation-savvy clients Capable evaluators who know their ‘space’ What’s #3? #3: Professional evaluation associations with focus! The vast majority of professional evaluation associations around the world are … Continue reading →

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Lifting the quality of evaluation #2: Capable evaluators who know their ‘space’

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Jane Davidson

What key elements are needed to seriously drive up how well evaluation delivers quality and value for money? Yesterday I talked about how evaluation-savvy clients can make or break the value of evaluation. Now for the other side of the … Continue reading →

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Lifting the quality of evaluation #1: Savvy clients

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Jane Davidson

What key elements are needed to seriously drive up the quality and value for money delivered by evaluation? Earlier this year at the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (anzea) conference, I reflected on this question and came up with three … Continue reading →

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The Rise and Risk of Evidence

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Katherine Hay

Our guest blogger this week is Katherine Hay, a senior member of the Evaluation Unit of the International Centre for Development Research. Based in New Delhi, India, she is an expert on the role of evaluation in development in South Asia. … Continue reading →

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Simple, complicated and complex perspectives on accountability and Three Cups of Tea controversy

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Patricia Rogers

I’m hopeful that the current controversy over Greg Mortenson’s book ‘Three Cups of Tea’ and the operations of the related NGO ‘Central Asia Institute’ (detailed in John Krakauer’s book Three Cups of Deceit and a 60 minutes story)  will lead … Continue reading →

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