**10 min read** Thanks to more than 60 evaluation reports over 13 years by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), we have a perfect example of how valuable good evaluation could have been to avoid the …
The Power(lessness) of Evaluation: The case of Afghanistan Read More
**5 min read** “Between me and not-me there is surely a line, a clear distinction, or so it seems. But, now that I look, where is that line?” Donella Meadows, 1987. Blue Marble Evaluation. It is good to …
**8 min read** I re-post this post – originally published on Evaluating Sustainable Development Goals. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” “It is well for the …
**9 min read** I re-post this post – originally published on Evidence Matters of EvalPartners – as illustration of an integrated approach to determining and understanding individual capacity development and empowerment, using theory-based evaluation as well as a …
Diamonds for AWARD: Evaluation and the quest for African Women Science Leaders Read More
**7 min read** I am re-posting here a blog post I wrote in 2017 (Part 5 in my DAC Evaluation Criteria series). I want to highlight aspects of what I had written at the time, not about the …
**3 min read** The OECD DAC just published their long-awaited guidance on the appropriate application of the (in)famous DAC evaluation criteria which were updated and adopted on December 2019. Everyone who uses the criteria should study this useful …
**8 min read** We need Mission Thinking, Moonshot Thinking, and Mission-Oriented Evaluation if we are to ensure evaluation is fit for purpose for this era. The thought occurred to me as I was reading the latest book by …
**5 min read** This is an expanded version – especially in terms of key messages for evaluation professionals – of a post that I wrote as part of a series this week for US Labour Day. Do you …
“Labour” Day? The undervaluing of lives and labour in the Global South Read More