Value and Values

The DAC criteria, Part 9. Our responsibilities

**6 min read** Our evaluation criteria are fundamental to the credibility and utility of our evaluations. Yet we have allowed one set ...
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Grand Challenges, Part 2

In my previous post I highlighted the notion of Grand Challenges and where they have been developed. In this post I raise ...
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Grand Challenges, Part 1

In July 2014 I wrote a short paper for EES Connections in which I asked whether the time was right for the ...
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Lives of equal value

Back to blogging after a hiatus of three months during which I travelled too frequently for work assignments. Pressurised schedules do not ...
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Valuing evaluation, Part 3

No, I don't equate evaluation with toilet paper made of gold - even if it costs a cool US$1.3 million. (I know, ...
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Valuing evaluation and elevator pitches – Part 2

What? Evaluation is not popular? We know that evaluation can be very valuable. We continue to emphasise its role in "decision-making", "improving ...
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Evaluation as Practice

Valuing evaluation and elevator pitches – Part 1

We need to get much better at "selling" evaluation (the "E" in "M&E"). This is important especially in the Global South, where ...
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Evaluation – a Beautiful Practice

"All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade."- Leo Tolstoy, Anna ...
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