Evaluation for equitable development results

This document is made up of 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. 

Content

• 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