Institutionalizing evaluations in South Africa and Uganda: progress and lessons learnt

Adeline Sibanda and Seirah Ngcobo

Chapter 6 in Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation in the Global South, 2025, pp 125-142 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Abstract The South African National Evaluation System (NES) is a more than a decade-old success story shaped by the world's political economy. It is considered one of the most mature systems in Africa, although it has challenges. Adaptive techniques have been embedded in South Africa to keep the NES relevant. The Uganda National Evaluation System is gaining traction and its institutionalization is going forward. In Uganda, the active involvement of parliament has driven the demand side of evaluations. The two countries actively participate in the regional and national evaluation associations; they are also members of the Twende Mbele network. This has fostered cross-learning and sharing experiences in the two countries’ journey to institutionalizing evaluation. The chapter will take a comparative approach with the two countries, South Africa and Uganda, to inform future efforts by drawing from countries that have institutionalized or are on the path to an institutionalizing evaluation in Africa.

Keywords: Evaluation; Institutionalization; Evidence; Decision-making; Policy-use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035351190
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