Evaluation; Social sciences; South Africa; Malaysia
Dr. Ross Conner, President of the Board of the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation, in his Keynote Address discusses IOCE’s commitment to building a worldwide evaluation community. Dr. Conner gives a brief history and...
Evaluation; Policy and research series; Social sciences; Rand Corporation; Development; Politics and policy making
In his presentation Dr. Klitgaard provides the history of evaluation and policy analysis that evolved through three generations since WWII. By listing examples and tools used for evaluations he aims to facilitate future evaluation research that...
Social psychology; Evaluation; American Evaluation Association
In this debate Dr. Patton and Dr. Scriven discuss issues related to utilization-focused evaluation and its promise and pitfalls respectively. The debate covers key issues to how the field is practiced today. The debaters discuss the importance of...