Have Development Evaluators Been Fighting the Last War… And If So, What is to be Done?

Robert Picciotto

IDS Bulletin, 2014, vol. 45, issue 6, 6-16

Abstract: What are the right evaluation methods and what evaluation strategy adapted to contemporary development issues should such methods serve? This article argues that a range of methods and tools must be drawn upon to achieve high‐quality evaluation standards and that even the best methods cannot compensate for a misguided strategy. For both sets of reasons, it is time for the current craze for experimental evaluation methods in international development to give way. In its place a mix of evaluation methods informed by a relevant evaluation research agenda should be adopted and put at the service of evaluation policy directions that reflect contemporary development prospects and dilemmas.

Date: 2014
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