“…Only recently have evaluation scholars such as Robinson (2021aRobinson ( , 2021b started to unpack how neoliberalism has impacted the field, advocating for the development of an anti-capitalist praxis in evaluation, and offering new opportunities for critical systematic reflection. Neoliberalism is "a shorthand for a range of phenomena in the modern era" (Hardin, 2014, as cited in Robinson, 2021a 2), and the term's definition is surrounded by much debate, contestation, and variation (Peck, 2013;Harvey, 2007;Robinson, 2021a). For this article, we will not elaborate on these discussions, and instead will draw on Harvey (2007) to summarize neoliberalism as "a theory of political economic practices proposing that human well-being can best be advanced by the maximization of entrepreneurial freedoms within an institutional framework characterized by private property rights, individual liberty, unencumbered markets, and free trade."…”