Guest post: Evidence use in Africa
**5 min read** This post introduces a book of great relevance in the fields of evaluation, governance and evidence use. Mine Pabari from Kenya and I met more than 15 years ago when we both worked as consultant …
6. Guest Bloggers
Guest post: The evaluation governance implications of transformative evaluation
**5 min read** I hope you will appreciate this interesting and pertinent blog post. I was in Beijing in 2003 at the inaugural meeting of IDEAS. Still quite new to evaluation, I was told that the impressive person …
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Guest Post: Narratives, Stories and Memes
**7 min read** How can we evaluate well if we are not aware of the often ‘single stories’ that shape how we view the world and do our work? This aspect of evaluation has been an important focus …
Guest post: Learning from Failure. Lessons for Evaluators and Organisations
**4 min read** It is a pleasure to have Ahmed Aboubacrine as guest blogger on the interesting and pertinent issue of how to think about ‘failure’ from different perspectives. Our paths have crossed many times at evaluation conferences …
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Guest post: The etcetera of Transformative Evaluation
With the hiatus in my posts due to a fiendishly busy schedule, I am pleased to have this pertinent guest post by old friends – evaluation luminary Donna Mertens and Stephen Porter who has contributed much to evaluation …
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Guest post: The Efficiency criterion
**6 min read** This guest post was written by Michaela Raab and Jasmin Rocha, both based in Berlin, Germany. The OECD/DAC criteria have been under review and debate since 2018. As Zenda Ofir explained in her widely discussed …
Leslie Goodyear’s Top YEE Tips
**4 min read** I met Leslie more than a decade ago when we served together on the Board of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). We had so much fun together with a great group of Board members. I …
Jo Puri’s Top YEE Tips: So, you want to be an evaluator?
I first met Jo when she was still at 3ie. We had an interesting ‘difference of opinion’ exchange over lunch! Already then, she impressed me with her sharp mind and passion for good evaluation. Now that she is …
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