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Priority setting for evaluation: Developing a strategic evaluation portfolio

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  • Spilsbury, M.J.
  • Norgbey, S.
  • Battaglino, C.

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Resources for evaluation are frequently scarce and best use should be made of them to deliver against the typical purposes of an evaluation function to (i) enhance accountability and (ii) promote operational improvement and learning. This paper presents a method for analyzing and prioritizing potential evaluations to improve the selection of a portfolio of activities that give the greatest pay-off. The method establishes the relative priority of ‘evaluation opportunities’ against criteria that relate to the usual primary purposes of an evaluation function. The method was developed in the context of a multilateral organization but is of general utility to the wider evaluation community and, with suitable adaptation can be applied to help ensure that scarce evaluation resources are used to their best advantage.

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  • Spilsbury, M.J. & Norgbey, S. & Battaglino, C., 2014. "Priority setting for evaluation: Developing a strategic evaluation portfolio," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 47-57.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:epplan:v:46:y:2014:i:c:p:47-57
    DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.05.008
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    1. Isabella M. Lami & Stefano Moroni, 2020. "How Can I Help You? Questioning the Role of Evaluation Techniques in Democratic Decision-Making Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-17, October.

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