Worthwhile or wasteful? Assessing the need for a radical revision of evaluation in small-sized development NGOs

Kelly, Leanne M.

doi:10.1080/09614524.2021.1937540

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“…The focus on finding a highly qualified and experienced replacement evaluator was probably influenced by subtle, potentially subconscious assumptions around evaluation quality and rigor as well as around commitments to donors. Previous research has demonstrated that NGO staff regularly assume that donors want external evaluation that fits within certain Western-led criteria of quality and rigor (Kelly, 2019(Kelly, , 2021a(Kelly, , 2021b; however, there is a paucity of evidence exploring these assumptions.…”

Section: Evaluation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decolonizing Community Development Evaluation in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Kelly

Htwe

2023

American Journal of Evaluation

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This paper unpacks our efforts as external evaluators to work toward decolonizing our evaluation practice. Undertaking this writing exercise as a form of reflective practice demonstrated that decolonization is much more complex than simply translating materials, organizing locals to collect data, and building participants’ capacity around Western modalities. While this complexity is clear in the decolonization literature, practice-based examples that depict barriers and thought processes are rarely presented. Through this paper, we deconstruct our deeply held beliefs around what constitutes good evaluation to assess the effectiveness of our decolonizing approach. Through sharing our critical consciousness-raising dialoguing, this paper reports our progress thus far and provides information and provocations to support others attempting to decolonize their practice.

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Section: Evaluation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%