charge of the policy or intervention
This introduction seeks to describe
was required. Seven stories were
the
selected from the region.
characterise an evaluation that makes
1. Qualitative Evaluation of the Oportunidades Programme (Mexico).
that
facilitate
and
an impact. These elements cannot be seen as written in stone, they should be taken as a starting point in order to
2. Process and Impact of Youth
understand how and why evaluations
Participation in Territorial
can become a turning point.
Development in Santa Catalina Valley (Peru).
Evaluation can have a transformative impact on the lives of the users of the
3. The Story of a (de)Constructed
programmes and policies by giving
Road (Colombia).
them a space for their voice and their
4. Evaluation of the Safe and Family Centred Maternity Hospitals Initiative –MSCF- (Argentina).
expression,
contributing
to
their
inclusion in decision-makers’ mental models. This situation is enhanced in the many cases where decision-makers
5. Roving Caregivers Program
do not have a close connection to the
(Saint Lucía, Caribe).
reality of program beneficiaries, not
6. The Selfevaluation Process in the National University of Lanús -UNLa- (Argentina).
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elements
knowing their needs or contexts. The story of qualitative evaluation of the programme Progresa / Oportunidades (México) illustrates how evaluation
7. Participatory Evaluation of
identified
language
barriers
that
the Cancer Care and Prevention
prevented very poor natives from
Programme in Valle de la
benefiting from a money transfer
Estrella (Costa Rica).
programme. Changes to the program