| Session Title: International Perspectives on Evaluation Part 1: Evaluating the Impact of Development Projects |
| Think Tank Session 130 to be held in Versailles Room on Wednesday, November 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the AEA Conference Committee |
| Presenter(s): |
| Ross Conner, University of California, Irvine, rfconner@uci.edu |
| Abstract: Evaluators from outside the US face some similar and many different issues in their work. Two of the currently-salient 'different issues' will be the focus of two consecutive parts of an IOCE-sponsored think tank session. The first session will build on a discussion now underway in developing countries about the best ways to assess the impacts and outcomes of these types of projects. This moderated Q&A session will feature three discussants from different stakeholder groups with a perspective on this issue: indigenous evaluators working in developing countries, donors and others from outside the developing world who support development projects, and evaluators from outside these countries doing international development work and who bridge the other two stakeholder groups. There will be no formal presentations; instead, the three discussants will answer questions about the issue posed by the moderator for about 30 minutes. The final 15 minutes will involve questions from the floor. |