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Author Recent Posts Edward Jackson Ted Jackson is President of ET Jackson and Associates Ltd, and Senior Research Fellow at Carleton University. Latest posts by Edward Jackson (see all) Sovereign Wealth:Two ways African governments can hold DFIs accountable – April ... Read more »
There is no debate, both in practice and in academia, about the fact that public policy domain is complex. In trying to navigate this complexity, the field has enjoyed widespread attention in terms of approaches and analytical ... Read more »
At the end of last year I participated in the 2015 AEA Conference in Chicago on Exemplary Evaluations. As is always the case with these events, this one was a fascinating experience too, and very topical for Africa. ... Read more »
The PIALA Adventure: Setting out in Ghana September 2014. After having waited for several months for green light, I finally found myself almost impatiently queuing for boarding for what was my first… ... Read more »
Sitting across the table from two representatives of soon to be clients, I didn’t think that this evaluation would be much different from many others we had worked on over the years. I knew that… ... Read more »
I have done evaluations for a while and I have learned that evaluators could do a better job in working with assumptions - assumptions of stakeholders and evaluators about programs and evaluations. Unexamined assumptions can be a huge risk to ... Read more »
The development of evaluation research capacity faces some inherent challenges. Among others, the knowledge and skills that are shared should be appropriate for the context, and methodologies should be carefully designed to ensure… ... Read more »
