**5 min 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 one of my recent posts I wrote about the pervasive influence of power on development, and the imperative to deal with it in our evaluations. Here I want to address the evaluation of “empowerment” – the support …
I have come to the conclusion that nearly everything in life is influenced by power. Yet we almost never evaluate for it. It is difficult to be powerless and happy. The type and extent of the power we …