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Pages: 3 - 6
Abstract: Evaluation, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 3-6, January 2023.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2023-01-10T12:19:52Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221148020
Issue No: Vol. 29, No. 1 (2023)
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Pages: 133 - 136
Abstract: Evaluation, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 133-136, January 2023.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2023-01-10T12:19:57Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221142105
Issue No: Vol. 29, No. 1 (2023)
- Can we use deliberation to change evaluation systems' How an advisory
group contributed to policy change-
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Authors: Peter Dahler-Larsen
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
One of the most dominant trends in the field of evaluation in recent years is the institutionalization of evaluation under headlines such as “evaluation culture,” “evaluation policy,” and “evaluation systems.” There has been less interest in how evaluation systems can be changed, modified, or improved, not to mention deinstitutionalized, if necessary. Can a variety of stakeholders deliberate about the consequences of an evaluation system, and can it lead to policy change' A case study of a ministerial advisory group on national tests in Denmark shows how specific challenges were dealt with, such as the design of the deliberative process, the potential dominance of experts, and the distinction between technical-evaluative and practical-political arguments, and how these maneuvers paved the way for policy change. Based on the case study, the article discusses the prospects for democratic deliberation about evaluation systems.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2023-03-06T09:57:25Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890231156955
- How can climate change and its interaction with other compounding risks be
considered in evaluation' Experiences from Vietnam-
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Authors: Steven Lam, Warren Dodd, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger, Trang T. H. Le, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Kelly Skinner, Andrew Papadopoulos, Sherilee L. Harper
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
While evaluations play a critical role in accounting for and learning from context, it is unclear how evaluations can take account of climate change. Our objective was to explore how climate change and its interaction with other contextual factors influenced One Health food safety programs. To do so, we integrated questions about climate change into a qualitative evaluation study of an ongoing, multi-sectoral program aiming to improve pork safety in Vietnam called SafePORK. We conducted remote interviews with program researchers (n = 7) and program participants (n = 23). Based on our analysis, researchers believed climate change had potential impacts on the program but noted evidence was lacking, while program participants (slaughterhouse workers and retailers) shared how they were experiencing and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Climate change also interacted with other contextual factors to introduce additional complexities. Our study underscored the importance of assessing climate factors in evaluation and building adaptive capacity in programming.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2023-03-01T05:29:43Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890231156954
- The use of mediation analysis in evaluation of complex health
interventions-
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Authors: Deborah D. DiLiberto, Charles Opondo, Sarah G. Staedke, Clare I. R. Chandler, Elizabeth Allen
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
This article presents an application of the causal inference approach to mediation analysis using the example of a complex intervention that aimed to improve the quality of care at health centres in Uganda. Mediation analysis is a statistical method that aims to isolate the causal mechanisms that make an intervention work in a given context. We combined data from a cluster randomized control trial and a mixed-methods process evaluation. We developed two causal models following our hypotheses of how the intervention was intended to work through mechanisms at health centres to improve health outcomes in the community. In adjusted analyses, there was evidence of an effect of the intervention on some health centre mechanisms; however, these did not lead to improvements in community health outcomes. We discuss the practical and epistemological challenges encountered when using mediation analysis to evaluate a complex intervention. These findings will inform future evaluations.Trial registration:The trial reported in this article is registered at: clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01024426. Registered 2 December 2009, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/record/NCT01024426'term=NCT01024426&draw=2&rank=1
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2023-02-07T09:06:11Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221149452
- Pivoting to online: The benefits, challenges and possibilities for
international programme evaluations-
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Authors: Lee John Henley, Nicky Stanley-Clarke, Anuradha Acharya, Smriti Khadka, Asa Olsson
First page: 7
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
Global South non-government organizations rely on international funding and aid for continued service delivery. Service evaluation plays a significant role in ensuring compliance and ongoing service funding. Traditional service evaluation approaches could not take place during 2021 due to COVID-19, alternate mechanisms needed to be embraced. This article reports on the benefits and challenges of undertaking service evaluations online during the pandemic and the learnings and possibilities for a post-pandemic world. It emphasizes the importance of translating a relational approach to service evaluation to the online environment. Key learnings include that while some of the benefits of context and in-person connection are lost, taking a relational approach involving careful planning and reflexivity means the online evaluation process can be successful. Undertaking service evaluations online offers possibilities in a post-pandemic world as cost-effective alternatives to the expensive and time-consuming reality of in-person service evaluation across international borders and within development contexts.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2022-11-16T07:14:49Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221137610
- Ethics of evaluation for socio-ecological transformation: Case-based
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Authors: Emily F. Gates, Glenn Page, Juan Manuel Crespo, Mauricio Nuñez Oporto, Juliana Bohórquez
First page: 23
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
Evaluation that supports social, ecological, and governance systems change and transformation raises ethical questions about what and whose worldviews do and should ground evaluative processes. This article illustrates one approach to ethical analysis within a case study of the first phase of an initiative to co-create a monitoring, evaluation, and learning system. The case drew on the principles of Blue Marble Evaluation in partnership with local staff and Indigenous leaders of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative. The approach uses critical and relational systems thinking to examine the sources of motivation, power, knowledge, and legitimacy that influence and should influence an evaluation system. Results reframe typical early phase evaluation process work from a contractual agreement to a co-created ethical space that engenders the legitimacy of the evaluation process. Contributions include a conceptual framework and process for ethical analysis that could be adapted by others.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2022-10-25T10:17:59Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221129640
- Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways
of making causal inference in evaluation research-
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Authors: Federico Podestà
First page: 50
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
This article discusses potential ways of combining two methods of evaluation in single-case studies: the synthetic control method and the process tracing method. Both are designed to examine certain events/programmes that take place in given cases but view these events/programmes from different causal perspectives. Seeing an event/programme as a cause, synthetic control estimates its impact on one or more outcomes. Conversely, starting from a certain outcome, process tracing uncovers the causes responsible. One can start from the causal explanation reached via one of the two methods and then proceed to examine that explanation through the other method. Once the causes of an outcome are traced via a process tracing analysis, that account can be validated by estimating the effects of those causes via synthetic control. Equally, once the impact of a certain event is estimated through synthetic control, causal mechanisms traceable via process tracing can be exploited to refine that impact evaluation.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2022-12-05T10:53:55Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221139511
- Evaluation during war: Current realities and future possibilities of
Ukrainian monitoring and evaluation-
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Authors: Nataliya Antoniv, Hanna Kalyta, Dmytro Kondratenko, Olha Krasovska, Iryna Kravchuk, Iryna Lupashko, Liubov Margolina, Larysa Pylgun, Antonina Rishko-Porcescu, Mykhailo Savva, Yulia Zinovieva
First page: 67
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2022-11-26T09:45:50Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221138739
- Evaluating the impact of business coaching programmes by taking
perceptions seriously-
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Authors: Giel Ton, Fédes van Rijn, Haki Pamuk
First page: 73
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
The paper addresses the challenges of evaluating the impact of business coaching programmes with a varied portfolio of firms working across sectors and countries. Observable indicators of changes in business management practices are rarely relevant across sectors. Therefore, evaluators need to rely on the perceptions of the managers who have received coaching. We designed an online survey to compare the effectiveness of business coaching within a portfolio and across programmes. The survey was applied to the portfolio of two private sector development programmes. We derived so-called ‘contribution scores’ from individuals’ perceptions of how business management practices had changed and their perceptions of the role of business coaching in bringing about these changes. The survey included some features to reflect on response reliability. We show that the tool seems fairly reliable for comparative analysis and helped to identify the types of firms and contexts where business coaching support appears more effective.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2022-11-28T06:05:35Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221137611
- Why is impact measurement abandoned in practice' Evidence use in
evaluation and contracting for five European Social Impact Bonds-
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Authors: Debra Hevenstone, Alec Fraser, Lukas Hobi, Gemma Geuke
First page: 91
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
Despite broad consensus on the importance of measuring “impact,” the term is not always understood as estimating counterfactual and causal estimates. We examine a type of public sector financing, “Social Impact Bonds,” a scheme where investors front money for public services, with repayment conditional on impact. We examine five cases in four European countries of Social Impact Bonds financing active labor market programs, testing the claim that Social Impact Bonds would move counterfactual causal impact evaluation to the heart of policy. We examine first how evidence was integrated in contracts, second the overall evidence generated and third, given that neither contracts nor evaluations used counterfactual definitions of impact, we explore stakeholders’ perspectives to better understand the reasons why. We find that although most stakeholders wanted the Social Impact Bonds to generate impact estimates, beliefs about public service reform, incentives, and the logic of experimentation led to the acceptance of non-causal definitions.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2022-11-16T07:11:10Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221136890
- Don’t you forget about me: Independence of evaluations from the
perspective of US evaluation clients—An exploratory study-
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Authors: Fabienne Helen Schmidli, Lyn Ellen Pleger, Susanne Hadorn
First page: 110
Abstract: Evaluation, Ahead of Print.
Policy evaluation literature has stressed the importance of independence of evaluations to guarantee objective evidence collection. The evaluator–client relationship is critical in this respect, since it contains inherent tensions due to the necessity for independent assessments alongside requirements for increased responsiveness to clients’ interests. Despite this distinct relationship, the client perspective has only recently received attention in research. This article presents findings from a survey among US evaluation clients and compares these to existing evidence from Switzerland. Unlike previous studies, we distinguish between constructive and destructive client influences. We show that professional experience and client familiarity with evaluation standards increase the likelihood of constructive influences aimed at improving evaluation results. Nevertheless, the findings indicate that dissatisfaction with an evaluation increases client’s attempts at influence that may be destructive. By discussing both motives behind influence and potential preventive measures, this article seeks to contribute to the increased social impact of policy evaluations.
Citation: Evaluation
PubDate: 2022-11-26T09:50:05Z
DOI: 10.1177/13563890221138876
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