 Trajectory of evaluation institutionalization in NepalIván G. Somlai Chapter 20 in Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation in the Global South, 2025, pp 383-405 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: Abstract Institutionalization is a beneficial tool for evaluations, presenting a more professional face and ensuring organizational stability. Even with a system bereft of a holistic understanding of the context within which it may operate, it could prove to be destabilizing to rigid standardized processes that need to be made aware of or disinterested in learning, analyzing, and making iterative updates and improvements. For institutionalization, the optimal requirements for deliberation must refer to particular components and, above all, a harmonious modus operandi within the host culture and with all stakeholders. Yet another consideration is the difference in institutionalizing evaluation for clearly focused unisectoral projects as opposed to hypercomplex, multisectoral, integrated development projects. This chapter focuses on contexts within Nepal and reflects upon the diverse components essential for the successful development of institutionalization, including embedded power imbalances, governance practices and patterns, societal structures, and foreign influence. Keywords: Policy welfare; Evaluation; Institutionalization; Nepal; Ethnobureaucracy (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:24151_20 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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