World Population Day – How far can we evaluate population matters?
by Sharon Scotcher | Jul 13, 2021 | Blog
The notion that demography is destiny has become cliché and subsequently derided, not least because of the exhausting political struggles and unpleasant history of population planning. But the sentiment, though crude in its formulation, accurately reflects the...Mainstreaming Sustainability in Evaluation: Canadian Evaluation Society Stocktaking Report
Andy Rowe and Debbie DeLancey A recent report released by the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) assesses readiness of evaluation in Canada to address sustainability. It finds that evaluations that consider sustainability and the natural system more generally are...What we’re reading in June
by Sharon Scotcher | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog
The road ahead: Evaluators must promote learning for adaptive development processes https://www.evalforward.org/blog/road-ahead-evaluators This useful piece from FAO’s Director of Evaluation Masahiro Igarashi captures much of the evolution in the role of the...Evaluation of Innovation: Some Tips and Pitfalls to Avoid
by Burt Perrin | May 27, 2021 | Blog
This blog provides further discussion and elaboration of themes discussed in the EES EvalEdge Podcast on this topic, along with a few resources[1] for additional reading. Burt Perrin, independent consultant, Burt@BurtPerrin.com Part I – What does one mean by...Disruptive technologies, rapid evaluation and evaluating vaccination – what we’re reading in May
by Sharon Scotcher | May 25, 2021 | Blog
How prepared is the World Bank Group to leverage the opportunities and mitigate the risks of disruptive and transformative technologies? In this piece, Soniya Carvalho, Stephan R. Wegner, Mitko Grigorov and Breda Griffith provide a useful update on the application of...An Emerging Evaluator’s impressions of the global 24-hour #Eval4Action Tweetathon
by Taruna Gupta | May 17, 2021 | Blog
By Taruna Gupta, EES Member and Tweetathon Participant Tweetathon: a blend of the word ‘tweet’ and ‘marathon’; where twitter messages a continuously posted for a given period focused on a particular topic. On the 7th of April, the #Eval4Action campaign celebrated...What are we reading in April?
by Sharon Scotcher | Apr 26, 2021 | Blog
Earth Day 2021: Evaluating the state of evidence in climate action and poverty alleviation https://www.povertyactionlab.org/blog/4-22-21/earth-day-2021-evaluating-state-evidence-climate-action-and-poverty-alleviation In this piece on Earth Day, Andrea Cristina Ruiz,...Evaluation for post-normal times: what’s changed since 2018?
by Anne Stephens | Apr 13, 2021 | Blog
Authors: Dr. Anne Stephens and Dr. Ellen Lewis EES in 2018 was a big event for us and our team of colleagues. We launched the Inclusive Systemic Evaluation for Gender Equality, Environments and Marginalized voices (ISE4GEMs), a systemic evaluation guidance with the...Celebrating International Women’s Day, Modelling in Evaluation and Further Reading on Participatory Evaluation – What We’re Reading in March
by Sharon Scotcher | Mar 18, 2021 | Blog
This month EES’ blog editor would like to share the following blogs with our readers: Capturing the Added Value of Participatory Evaluation Readers will remember that in February we highlighted a new handbook of participatory evaluation developed by...Calendar
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