Evaluation in German Development Cooperation - A System Analysis

von: Axel Borrmann, Reinhard Stockmann

Waxmann Verlag GmbH, 2009

ISBN: 9783830972693 , 208 Seiten

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Evaluation in German Development Cooperation - A System Analysis


 

Book Cover

1

Foreword

5

Contents

7

Directory of abbreviations and acronyms

11

0 Summary

15

0.1 Evaluation of development cooperation under changing conditions

15

0.2 Findings

16

0.3 Recommendations

24

1 Background and objectives of the study

29

1.1 The need for a new System Analysis

29

1.2 Stock taking of previous system analyses and reform agenda

30

1.3 Changing international development policy conditions and consequences for evaluations in the coming years

31

1.3.1 Changing development cooperation objectives in the 1990s

31

1.3.2 New political agenda since 2000

33

1.3.3 The future development of framework conditions: three scenarios

34

1.3.4 Changing implementation modalities

35

1.3.5 Consequences for evaluation, methodological implications of change

39

1.3.6 Implications for the North-South partnership

39

1.3.7 Conclusion

40

1.4 Changing national development cooperation framework conditions

41

1.4.1 International trends and implementation

41

1.4.2 Changes in the objectives of German development policy as a result of the MDGs

41

1.4.3 Ownership and alignment

42

1.4.4 Harmonisation & coherence

43

1.4.5 Orientation towards impact

44

1.4.6 Volume of German development cooperation

45

1.4.7 Summary

45

1.5 More recent developments in the evaluation of development cooperation

45

1.6 Objective of analysis

49

2 Study design

51

2.1 Definitions and demarcation lines

51

2.2 Development cooperation agencies in the study

53

2.3 Methods used

55

2.3.1 Foundations

55

2.3.2 Data collection methods, instruments and evaluation methods

56

2.4 Workflow for the study

57

2.5 Evaluators and directors

58

2.5.1 Directors

59

2.5.2 Evaluators, assignment to development cooperation institutions, other domains of responsibility

59

2.5.3 Peers

60

2.6 Acknowledgement

60

3 The evaluation systems of German development cooperation agencies: An analysis of their institutional, conceptual, methodological and systemic features

63

3.1 Introduction

63

3.2 Foundations and objectives of evaluation policy

64

3.3 Institutionalisation and independence of the evaluation

71

3.4 Planning and workflow in the evaluation

85

3.4.1 Planning

85

3.4.2 Workflow

91

3.5 Forms of evaluation

97

3.5.1 Introduction

97

3.5.2 Forms and scope

99

3.5.3 Resources

106

3.6 Quality of evaluations

110

3.7 Human resources

119

3.8 Usage

127

3.9 Involvement of partners

133

3.10 Networking

137

4 The quality of evaluation systems from the perspective of the DAC Principles

143

4.1 Introduction

143

4.2 Credibility and independence

143

4.3 Usefulness

149

4.4 Quality

150

4.5 Partnership

154

4.6 Networking, system formation and change

155

5 Recommendations for the reform of the evaluation systems

163

5.1 Introduction

163

5.2 System development

163

5.3 Foundations and objectives

164

5.4 Institutionalisation

164

5.5 Planning and workflow

164

5.6 Forums and scope

165

5.7 Quality

165

5.8 Human resources

166

5.9 Usage

166

5.10 Partners

167

5.11 Networking

167

6 Bibliography

168

7. Annexes

173

7.1 Terms of References

173

7.2 Study guideline

178

7.3 DAC-Principles for Evaluation of Development cooperation

185

7.4 DAC: Evaluations Systems and Use: Working Instrument for Peer Reviews and Assessments

193

7.5 DAC Evaluation Quality Standards

198