DAC criteria Archives - EVALUATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 9. Our responsibilities, our obligations

August 16, 2018 Zenda Ofir 0

**6 min read** Our evaluation criteria are fundamental to the credibility and utility of our evaluations. Yet we have allowed one set of criteria – the DAC criteria – to dominate the focus of our evaluations. What they become, or ... Read more »

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 »

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 »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 5. Non-negotiable criteria

February 15, 2018 Zenda Ofir 28

It is ironic that evaluation has been unable to prevent – or even just sufficiently critique – some of the most damaging policies and strategies that have originated in both economically rich and poor countries. What should evaluators have done ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 4. Flexible criteria

December 29, 2017 Zenda Ofir 7

Our development evaluation criteria should not be determined solely by stakeholder-determined interests, or by pragmatism resulting from constrained resources. Development of nation-states is a complicated matter. If we are serious about ensuring that evaluation plays an effective role in it, ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 3. What should determine our criteria?

November 24, 2017 Zenda Ofir 10

It will be unwise only to ‘fix’ in an ad hoc manner the weaknesses in the composition and application of the current set of DAC criteria. We need to consider carefully on what conceptual basis we select and define our ... Read more »

Updating the DAC Evaluation Criteria, Part 2. Why change the status quo?

November 21, 2017 Zenda Ofir 7

Given the good contributions of the DAC criteria noted in Part 1 of this series, let us now turn to why they need to be rethought. Based on my experience, I draw the following conclusions about requirements for evaluation criteria ... Read more »