Evaluation in Contexts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Guidance from Global Evaluation Practitioners
Publisher: International Development Evaluation Association
Author(s): Hur Hassnain
Date: 2021
Topics: Economic Recovery, Gender, Humanitarian Assistance, Livelihoods, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming
This book is perfectly timed as an essential guide to help evaluators become better equipped, and contribute to evaluation practice that demonstrates its relevance and delivers on its potentially transformative purpose. Featuring valuable contributions from seasoned experts in our field, this book offers useful advice from the early stages of understanding power and conflict to the final stages of reporting findings, together with practical information about choosing methods and protecting evaluation teams and communities. Many of the elements included in this book will have an immediate purpose in strengthening the work of my own evaluation function at the WFP. More broadly, it will help the global evaluation community enhance our repertoire for designing and conducting meaningful evaluations in challenging contexts defined by fragility, conflict and violence.