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Evaluation has become an important instrument for rational governance and is used in an increasing number of countries and policy fields. Recent developments at the global, national and local level are changing the conditions and functions of evaluation worldwide. This book examines current global development trends and changing demands for evaluation. It addresses issues surrounding professionalisation and globalisation, examining the need to strengthen accountability for social development in various different policy fields, regions and countries to improve governance and its impacts on social betterment. It also considers issues of quality, utility and further education and the upgrading of evaluation in a broad variety of different organisations, such as multilateral donor organisations, national public administrations, private consultancies, civil-society organisations, universities, and research institutes. With contributions from 30 different countries, this book combines a broad variety of viewpoints to examine the global future of evaluation.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Introduction
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The Role of Evaluation in Society
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Evaluation as a Profession: Global Trends
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New Challenges for Evaluation: Practice and Utility
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Book Title: The Future of Evaluation
Book Subtitle: Global Trends, New Challenges, Shared Perspectives
Editors: Reinhard Stockmann, Wolfgang Meyer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137376374
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37636-7Published: 05 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37637-4Published: 26 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 393
Topics: Public Policy, Political Theory, International Relations, Development Theory, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Political Communication