Reflections of an evaluator navigating between community development and welfare paradigms

Leanne Kelly

Development in Practice, 2016, vol. 26, issue 4, 517-521

Abstract: This practical note discusses some of the challenges evaluators face when their values clash with those of their employer. A case example where the author was commissioned to complete an evaluation for a community development project within a welfare-minded NGO highlights evaluation issues for welfare-minded NGOs attempting to deliver community development programmes. A fundamental issue is the differing interpretation of key terms including evaluation, participation, and empowerment. The note discusses how the author attempted to navigate between maintaining community development principles in the evaluation process while at the same time fulfilling quantitative evaluation requirements mandated by the organisation and funders.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2016.1164123

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