The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in the Americas

This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in American countries from various perspectives. It describes both prior developments and current states of evaluation in eleven countries and three transnational organisations in the Americas, focusing particularly on the political, social and professional system dimensions. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors from each of the respective countries, lead to a concluding comparison and synthesis. This is the second of four volumes of the compendium The Institutionalisation of Evaluation, to be followed by volumes on Africa and Asia Pacific. The first volume on Europe was published in 2020. The overall aim is to provide an interdisciplinary audience with cross-country learning to enable them to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations, world regions and sectors. Reinhard Stockmann is Professor of Sociology at SaarlandUniversity, Germany. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval). Wolfgang Meyer is Professor of Sociology at Saarland University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda. Laszlo Szentmarjay is Research Associate at the Centre for Evaluation (CEval) at Saarland University, Germany. He is also Project Manager at CEval GmbH.

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Reinhard Stockmann is Professor of Sociology at Saarland University, Germany. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Evaluation (CEval), Managing Director of two Master of Evaluation programs, Executive Editor of the German Journal of Evaluation (ZfEv), and founding member of the German Society for Evaluation (DeGEval). He has conducted several hundred evaluation studies, and led numerous Evaluation Capacity Building projects worldwide. He has published about 50 books and 300 articles. His textbooks have been translated into six languages.

Wolfgang Meyer is Associate Professor at Saarland University, Germany and Adjunct Professor at Uganda Technology and Management University, Kampala, Uganda. He is Vice-Director of the Centre for Evaluation (CEval), and Founding Member of the German Evaluation Society (DeGEval). He is a sociologist with a focus on empirical methodology, and an evaluation specialist in the fields of environment, labour market and regional development.

Laszlo Szentmarjay is a Research Associate at the Centre for Evaluation (CEval), Saarland University, Germany. He is also a project manager at CEval GmbH. He is responsible for the conception and implementation of evaluations and M&E systems in the fields of development cooperation, environment and education.

Unique Selling Points

Enables an interdisciplinary audience to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations and sectors

Provides an invaluable guide for staff commissioning evaluations or undertaking research on evaluations in international organisations

Accessibly written for politicians and administrative staff from political parties, administrations and public authorities

Inhalt

Part I - Introduction

1. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation: Theoretical Background, Analytical Concept and Methods
Wolfgang Meyer, Reinhard Stockmann and Laszlo Szentmarjay

Part II National Developments 2. Evaluation in Argentina
Pablo Rodríguez-Billela and Esteban Tapella

3. Evaluation in Bolivia
Silvia Salinas, Martha Lanza, Scarleth Flores, María D. Castro and Paul Villarroel

4. Evaluation in Brazil
Verena Jacques Dolabella

5. Evaluation in Canada
Benoît Gauthier, Robert Lahey and Steve Jacob

6. Evaluation in Chile
Claudia Olavarría Manríquez and Andrea Peroni Fiscarelli

7. Evaluation in Colombia
María G. Álvarez B., María E. Manjarrés, Luz S. Uricoechea M., María P. Uricoechea C. and Belkis Vergara P.

8. Evaluation in Costa Rica
Mayela Cubillo Mora and María Camila Léon Betancourth

9. Evaluation in Ecuador
Josette Arévalo Gross and Lourdes Montesdeoca

10. Evaluation in Mexico
Janett Salvador-Martínez and Jaqueline E. Meza-Urías

11. Evaluation in Peru
Brenda Bucheli del Águila, Susana Guevara Salas and Emma Lucía Rotondo Dall'Orso

12. Evaluation in the United States of America
Scott I. Donaldson, Stewart I. Donaldson and Jessica A. Renger

Part III Transnational Organisations and Networks

13. CLEAR LAC Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results Latin America and the Caribbean
Claudia Maldonado Trujillo

14. Contributions of The Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Group) to the Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ana Maria Linares, Anna Mortara and Melanie Putic

15. The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the World Bank Group: Influences on Evaluation Structures and Practices Globally and in the Americas
Maurya West Meiers

Part IV Synthesis

16. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in the Americas: A Synthesis
Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer 17. The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Europe and the Americas: A Comparison
Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang Meyer