Emerging practices in international development evaluation / edited by Stewart I. Donaldson (Claremont Graduate University), Tarek Azzam (Claremont Graduate University), Ross F. Conner (University of California-Irvine).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donaldson, Stewart I. (Stewart Ian), editor.

Assam, Tarek, editor.

Conner, Ross F., editor.

Series:

Evaluation and society.

Evaluation and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Evaluation.

Economic development.

International agencies.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages )

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas presented in this volume are a useful contribution to the ongoing efforts at rethinking, reforming and reshaping international development evaluation. They come from leading thinkers and practitioners in development, evaluation, research and academia who have recognized that development evaluation must evolve if it is to respond to the challenges of the 21st Century and play a meaningful role in social and economic transformation. This volume will be of great interest to evaluation scholars, practitioners, and students, particularly to those interested in international development projects, programs, and policies. This book will be appropriate for a wide range of courses, included Introduction to Evaluation, International Development Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Policy Evaluation, and evaluation courses in International Development, International Relations, Public Policy, Public Health, Human Services, Sociology, and Psychology.

Contents:

Preface

Searching for approaches to improve international development evaluations / Stewart Donaldson, Tarek Azzam, and Ross Conner

Evaluation in developing countries : what makes it different? / Shiva Kumar and Zenda Ofir

Organizational performance assessment / Charles Lusthaus and Katrina Rojas

Evaluating capacity development / Peter Morgan

Evaluating policy influence / Fred Carden and Colleen Duggan

Evaluating networks and partnerships / Heather Creech

Evaluating coalitions / Jared Raynor

Evaluating sustainable development / Steve Bass and Alastair Bradstock

Evaluating innovation / Steve Rochlin and Sasha Radovich

Future directions for improving international development evaluations / Stewart Donaldson, Tarek Azzam, and Ross Conner

About the contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62396-185-8

Publisher Number:

40022551663