Evaluation as profession and practice Archives

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 8. A Global South, Global North lens on evaluation – 2.

August 10, 2018 Zenda Ofir 2

**10 min read** In my previous post I started to make the case for the evaluation of transformative change and transformative development in a way that recognises the differences between what we call the Global South and Global North, and ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 8. A Global South, Global North lens on evaluation – 1.

August 8, 2018 Zenda Ofir 2

**6 min read** Now that the concept of “developing” and “developed” countries is at last unfashionable, is a special focus on “development evaluation” still useful? Is the less emotive, more palatable Global South / Global North terminology more appropriate, and ... Read more »

Zenda’s Top Ten Tips for YEEs – 2

July 31, 2018 Zenda Ofir 0

**Ten minute read** While the five ‘Top Ten Tips’ in my previous post for Young and Emerging Evaluators (YEEs) related more to overall approaches to evaluation practice, the next five are intended to zoom in on a few technical matters ... Read more »

Economists, the ‘broken’ aid system and turning the RCT tide

July 28, 2018 Zenda Ofir 4

**Five minute read.** “Aid projects might yield satisfying micro-results, but they generally do little to change the systems that produce the problems in the first place.” On 16 July 2018 fifteen prominent economists, including three Nobel winners, wrote in the ... Read more »

Zenda’s Top Ten Tips for YEEs – 1

July 26, 2018 Zenda Ofir 8

Given my 17-year long experience in evaluation, what are the top tips I would give to Young and Emerging Evaluators – the YEEs who will be responsible in future for the commissioning and doing of evaluations? We need change in ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 7. Let these ideas die!

July 20, 2018 Zenda Ofir 1

The many discussions I have recently had about the effort that is now in place to get to DAC evaluation criteria 2.0 have prompted me to write a few more posts in this series. It will also be a bridge ... Read more »

Made in Africa Evaluation, Part 3: ‘Africa-led’ evaluation

July 6, 2018 Zenda Ofir 4

We need “Evaluation with African Characteristics” – in how we conceptualise evaluation and in how we lead and shape it in the interest of development on the continent. Instead of thinking about what this means, we tend to slavishly teach ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 6: Concluding thoughts

February 16, 2018 Zenda Ofir 8

This final post about the DAC criteria captures key points for consideration in the evaluation for development space. It is also relevant for the interface between humanitarian work and development – an increasingly important area of work. Refined DAC criteria, ... Read more »