CUTTING EDGE ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION
Michael Bamberger
Development evaluation is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field. The goal of this site is to promote discussion on cutting edge issues, challenges and new approaches. The emphasis is on gender and equity, a complexity focus, integrating big data and data science, and the importance of a mixed methods approach.
The site contains:
- My evaluation-related books, chapters and journal articles
including:
supporting material for Michael Bamberger and Aaron Zazueta’s chapter on “Evaluating complex development programs: Integrating complexity thinking and systems analysis.”
Chapter Abstract
Annex 1: Evaluation tools and techniques for each stage of the complexity-responsive e evaluation framework
Annex 2: Recommended readings on complexity-responsive evaluation
2. Posts covering 6 evaluation-related categories [link]
- Complexity-responsive evaluation
- Integrating big data and data science into evaluation
- Mixed-methods evaluation
- Process evaluation
- Gender evaluation
- The broader political. economic and socio-cultural context within which evaluations are commissioned, implemented and used.
2. A list of my evaluation-related books, book chapters and journal articles.
evaluationperspectives.org 