Realistic evaluation as an avenue to learning for development NGOs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12567682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katariina Holma (0000-0001-6062-6070, University of Helsinki, corresponding author), Tiina Kontinen (0000-0002-0302-6666, University of Helsinki) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 181-192 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evaluation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-3890 • E-ISSN: 1461-7153 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1356389011401613 |
| OpenAlex | W2077481453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 26 |
The rise of evidence-based policy-making has created pressures on the evaluation activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). In tandem with the demands from outside, NGOs themselves have improved their evaluation activities due to their own desire to learn. This article was motivated by the reflections of Finnish development NGOs on their need to elaborate new approaches. The NGOs have particularly searched for alternatives to the Logical Framework Approach (LFA), as they have found its measurability demands not to be applicable to their work. This article considers the possibilities of realistic evaluation providing a potential alternative approach. The attempt of realistic evaluation to integrate the concept of mechanism into the identification of programme theory increases the depth of the analysis. In addition, we suggest that the value dimension in NGOs’ work should be taken into account as a part of realistic evaluation
Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Epistemology · Identification (biology · Impact evaluation · Management science · Mechanism (biology · Political science · Value (mathematics · Work (physics · Computer Science · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Public Policy and Administration Research
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The concept of mechanism from a realist approach
A realist assessment of the facilitation process for improving social accountability by community based organizations
Equitable Evaluation
Aspects of the institutionalization of evaluation in Finland
Audit Culture
Cross-Continental Reflections on Evaluation Practice
Democratic Knowledge Production as a Contribution to Objectivity in the Evaluation of Development NGOs
What Might International Development Assistance Be Able to Tell Us About Contemporary “Policy Government” in Developed Countries
How to measure the impact of place marketing activities
If You Don't Count, You Don't Count
Strengthening Institutional Isomorphism in Development NGOs? Program Mechanisms in an Organizational Intervention
Critical Scientific Realism
Evaluation Roots
Development Sociology
Evidence-based Policy
Theory-based impact evaluation
Democracy and Value Inquiry
Ethical Questions and International NGOs
Realist Critique Without Ethical Naturalism and Moral Realism
Realism and Social Science
A Contribution to Current Debates in Impact Evaluation
Realistic Evaluation and QCA
What Doesn’t Work? Three Failures, Many Answers
Realistic Evaluation and Case Studies
Scale, Complexity and the Representation of Theories of Change
Evidence-based Policy
Scale, Complexity and the Representation of Theories of Change
Evaluation and Organizational Learning
Evaluation and organizational learning
Approaches to evaluation of development interventions
A Learning Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation
Introduction
How Wide Is the Gap Between Facts and Values
| Citations per year | 0.86 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |