Developing Evaluation Capacity and use in the New Zealand Philanthropic Sector

What Can be Learnt from the US experience

Bibliographic Data

ID12347271
AuthorsMichael Blewden (Social Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE), SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, School of Public Health, Massey University, Auckland, and is completing a PhD in Evaluation at Massey University., corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume10
Issue1
Pages8-16
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEvaluation Journal of Australasia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-719X • E-ISSN: 2515-9372
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1035719x1001000103
OpenAlexW2246407090
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Growth in the use of evaluation within the United States (US) philanthropic sector since the late 1990s has been driven by an increasing focus on program outcomes and increased demands for evidenced-informed decision-making. With similar developments now apparent within the New Zealand philanthropic sector, it is timely to consider what has been learnt from the US experience and how this may inform local efforts to build evaluation use and capacity. Recent literature on the US experience is reviewed to identify drivers of US developments, progress made, issues arising, and lessons learnt. With attention to the current stage of capacity building within the New Zealand sector, implications and direction for local development are considered

Capacity building · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Community Development and Social Impact · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering

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