Evaluation for equitable development results

This document comprises a range of Evaluation Working Papers (EWP) focused on evaluation for equitable development.

Put together by evaluation specialists, they present strategic evaluation findings, lessons learned and innovative approaches and methodologies. 

Contents

• Part 1:Evaluation and equity

  • Evaluation to accelerate progress towards equity, social justice and human rights 2
  • Human rights and gender equality in evaluation 13
  • When human rights is the starting point for evaluation 25
  • Strengthening Equity- focused evaluations through insights from feminist theory and approaches 39
  • Decolonizing evaluation in a developing world. Implications and cautions for Equity-focused evaluations 59

• Part 2: Methodological implications for Equity-focused evaluations

  • Methodological issues to design and implement equity-focused evaluations 86
  • Developmental evaluation for Equity-focused evaluations 102
  • Systems thinking and Equity-focused evaluations 115
  • Methodological challenges in using programme theory to evaluate pro-poor and equity-focused programmes by Patricia Rogers, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University and Richard Hummelbrunner, Independent consultant 142
  • Case Study and equity in Evaluation by Saville Kushner, the University of the West of England 172
  • Values-Engaged Evaluation sby Jennifer Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 192

• Part 3: Examples of Equity-focused evaluations

  • Evaluating the contribution of UNDP to equity-focused public policies in Brazil and China 210
  • Using a human rights approach to evaluate ILO’s discrimination strategy 222
  • CONEVAL experience in evaluating interventions for Indigenous populations in Mexico 244
  • UNICEF supported evaluations with elements of equity-focused evaluations 258