Zenda Ofir

Switzerland

South African scientist, evaluator and transformation specialist. Working locally to globally on evaluation, transformation & foresight from a Global South lens. Challenging orthodoxy, bridging divides. PhD in ecological chemistry. Based in Geneva.

Oct

The DAC criteria, Part 7. Let these ideas die!

The many discussions I have recently had about the effort that is now in place to get to DAC evaluation

23 Oct 2017

5 min read

Oct

The DAC criteria, Part 6. Key issues before deciding

This final post about the DAC criteria captures key points for consideration in the evaluation for development space. It is

19 Oct 2017

6 min read

Oct

The DAC criteria, Part 5. Non-negotiable criteria

It is ironic that evaluation has been unable to prevent - or even just sufficiently critique - some of the most damaging

16 Oct 2017

9 min read

Oct

The DAC criteria, Part 4. Flexible criteria

Our development evaluation criteria should not be determined solely by stakeholder-determined interests, or by pragmatism resulting from constrained resources.

12 Oct 2017

4 min read

Oct

The DAC criteria, Part 3. What should determine them?

It will be unwise only to 'fix' in an ad hoc manner the weaknesses in the composition and

09 Oct 2017

2 min read

Oct

The DAC criteria, Part 2. Why change?

Given the good contributions of the DAC criteria noted in Part 1 of this series, let us now turn to

06 Oct 2017

7 min read

Oct

The DAC criteria, Part 1. The positives

The highly influential DAC evaluation criteria need to be revised. Some say reformed. What will modernised evaluation criteria for development

02 Oct 2017

3 min read

Mar

Sustaining (development) impact

These days we talk a lot about “sustainable development”. And about “evaluating impact”. But I continue to maintain that it is useless to evaluate the impacts of an intervention without focusing on whether such impacts have a good chance to sustain.

10 Mar 2017

4 min read

Feb

No, I am NOT a “development evaluator”. I evaluate FOR development.

I do not do "development evaluation". I do not practice the evaluation OF development. I evaluate FOR development.

21 Feb 2017

6 min read

Sep

This idea must die!

My last two blog posts addressed the issue of Grand Challenges in evaluation. A complementary idea: A type of '

17 Sep 2016

2 min read