to consider the more long term ideas
if you are wanting to engage with the
of evaluation usefulness to social
forces that will determine the future
goals. Finally someone is addressing
of our evaluation craft.
the question “what ought to be the consequences of an evaluation?” In
Bob Williams
the authors’ own words, "[...] the ultimate reason for evaluation is to contribute to this social betterment or impact. This includes, but at the same time goes beyond the mere use of evaluation results that change policies or programmes. In this way, the use of evaluation per se stops being evaluations’ final objective, since it aims at changes that promote improvements in people’s lives. The stories illustrate how evaluation itself has this potential to produce a positive impact in people’s lives." So this book is for you both if you are curious to read about places you visited in the past and even more so
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