The African evaluation guidelines: 2002

This paper from the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) provides a brief description of the guidelines and a series of checklists to assist with the planning, implementation and completion of the evaluation process.

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The guidelines are divided into four key areas:

  1. Utility: The utility guidelines are intended to ensure that an evaluation will serve the information needs of intended users and be owned by stakeholders.
  2. Feasibility: The feasibility guidelines are intended to ensure that an evaluation will be realistic, prudent, diplomatic, and frugal.
  3. Propriety - The propriety guidelines are intended to ensure that an evaluation will be conducted legally, ethically, and with due regard for the welfare of those involved in the evaluation, as well as those affected by its results.
  4. Accuracy - The accuracy guidelines are intended to ensure that an evaluation will reveal and convey technically adequate information about the features that determine worth of merit of the program being evaluated. 

Sources

African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), (2002). The African evaluation guidelines: 2002 . Retrieved from website: http://www.afrea.org/sites/default/files/resources/The%20African%20Evaluation%20Guidelines%202002%20ENG.docx

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