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Making evaluation matter : writings from South Asia / edited by Katherine Eve Hay and Shubh Kumar-Range.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)--South Asia.
- Evaluation research (Social action programs).
- Social service--South Asia--Evaluation.
- Social service.
- Economic development projects--South Asia--Evaluation.
- Economic development projects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (311 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a first-of-its-kind collection of writings by evaluation professionals working in South Asia. It analyses and documents the status of, and challenges for, development evaluation in this region.The collection covers three critical dimensions of making evaluation matter in development processes and change in South Asia: context, methods, and use. The chapters draw on a depth of experience from evaluators in several countries in South Asia to explore how the context in South Asia influences the methods that are appropriate for evaluating policies, programs and projects in this context,
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Evaluation for Development Results; 3 - Building the Field of Evaluation in South Asia; 4 - The Importance of Context in Participatory Evaluations; 5 - Evaluation Rights and Social Justice; 6 - An Evaluation Practitioner's Journey with Utilization-focused Evaluation; 7 - Enhancing the Use of Evaluation; 8 - The Importance of Understanding Context and Structures in Programme Evaluation; 9 - The Need for Methodological Diversityin Evaluating Complex Health Interventions
- 10 - Operationalizing the Capability Approach (CA) for Evaluating Small Projects11 - Impact Evaluations; 12 - Giving Voice; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 93-5150-148-5
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