Reinhard Stockmann – författare

Covering the process and individual steps of evaluation in detail, in chronological order and in terms of practical application, this Handbook identifies the characteristics and standards that distinguish a professionally and competently conducted evaluation. The first chapters define the differing concepts of monitoring and quality management before exploring the organisational implementation of evaluations and how evaluations are embedded within their social and political contexts. The Handbook then lays out which evaluation designs, quantitative and qualitative data collection, management, measurement and analysis methods can be used, and under which conditions. It concludes with a summary of the forms of reporting to ensure that evaluation results are used optimally.

A thorough overview of the dynamic and evolving field of evaluation, this Handbook is beneficial to students and scholars looking to innovate their research methods and evaluation techniques across public and social policy. It will also be valuable to those who conduct evaluations themselves, as well as decision-makers who commission evaluations, clients and users of evaluations and those who are evaluated.

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.

Aimed at readers with a limited knowledge in the field of evaluation techniques and who want to study further, this volume will serve all those who conduct evaluations themselves, as well as decision-makers who commission evaluations and those who are evaluated. All stakeholders of an evaluation should know about the characteristics and standards of a professional and competently implemented evaluation. The book offers a basic introduction to the foundations and the benefits of this type of investigation as well as a comparison of different evaluation approaches. It also deals with the practical organization of evaluations and presents a general overview of possible evaluation designs. After a discussion of the social context of evaluations, the book provides an in-depth methodological framework for data measurement, data collection and data management. It concludes with a description of the reporting process.

Being the first thorough and detailed manual of its kind, this Handbook will appeal to evaluation practitioners, policy-makers who conduct evaluations in their daily work, students training in applied research and organizations which are implementing projects and programmes that could be the subject of an evaluation.

This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in American countries from various perspectives. It presents prior developments and current states of evaluation in 11 American countries and three transnational organisations, focusing on three dimensions, namely the political, social and professional systems. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors 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. The first volume on Europe was published in 2020. It will be followed by two more volumes on Asia Pacific, and Africa. 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. 

Der rasante politische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Wandel, dem die Entwicklungsländer unterworfen sind, ist Gegenstand der Entwicklungspolitik. In diesem Werk werden drei zentrale Aspekte beleuchet: 1.) Die Theorien, die Entwicklung zu erklären versuchen, 2.) die Probleme, die als globale Herausforderungen von der Weltgemeinschaft bearbeitet werden müssen und 3.) die Entwicklungsstrategien, die zur Lösung der Probleme beitragen sollen. Die vollkommen neu überarbeitete Auflage informiert umfassend über den aktuellen Forschungsstand und -bedarf, über grundlegende Kontroversen, neue Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen der Entwicklungspolitik.

Der rasante politische, soziale und wirtschaftliche Wandel, dem die Entwicklungsländer unterworfen sind, ist Gegenstand der Entwicklungspolitik. In diesem Werk werden drei zentrale Aspekte beleuchet: 1.) Die Theorien, die Entwicklung zu erklären versuchen, 2.) die Probleme, die als globale Herausforderungen von der Weltgemeinschaft bearbeitet werden müssen und 3.) die Entwicklungsstrategien, die zur Lösung der Probleme beitragen sollen. Die vollkommen neu überarbeitete Auflage informiert umfassend über den aktuellen Forschungsstand und -bedarf, über grundlegende Kontroversen, neue Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen der Entwicklungspolitik.