Democracy, Human Rights and Governance

Hello All! We are Karen Chen (Independent Consultant), Dylan Diggs (Contractor to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor’s Office of Global Programs’ Applied Learning and Evaluation DRL/GP/ALE team in the U.S. Department of State) and Pragati Godbole (EnCompass LLC). Under a DRL contract with Encompass, LLC, we collaborated for the past three years …

DRG TIG Week: Using Ripple Effects Mapping and Most Significant Change to capture nuanced results and contributing factors in DG Programs by Karen Chen, Dylan Diggs, and Pragati Godbole Read More »

I am Bret Barrowman, and I manage evaluation and research projects for IRI, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advances democracy around the world. USAID, a major funder of our work, released a new policy for democracy, human rights, and governance (DRG) assistance, including a commitment to four key principles, two of which are related to …

DRG TIG Week: Evaluation-informed Adaptation: Navigating Tradeoffs by Bret Barrowman Read More »

Greetings, we are Amy Jersild, PhD candidate, and Michael Harnar, Assistant Professor, from Western Michigan University. We have been thinking about ways to use evaluation to address inequities and imbalances of power within global governance, a term used to characterize systems of decision-making among international actors.  A significant trend since the early 2000s is the …

DRG TIG Week: The evolving landscape of global governance: Use of evaluation in addressing inequities and power imbalances by Amy Jersild and Michael Harnar Read More »

We are Awuor Ponge and Irene Karimi. Awuor Ponge is a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the African Policy Centre (APC), and serves as the Vice-President of the African Evaluation Association (AfrEA). Irene Karimi is the Chief of Party of the USAID-funded State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness (State2State) Activity in Nigeria, implemented by DAI Global …

DRG TIG Week: Improving Governance and Service Delivery: Empowering Sub-National Governments for Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness in Nigeria by Awuor Ponge and Irene Karimi Read More »

Happy International Day of Democracy! We are Yana Ropaieva, Marian Ware, Ramsey Rodriguez, Alyson Kozma, and Marcia Mundt from the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) Inclusive Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (IMEL) working group. We are excited that USAID’s new Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) Policy emphasizes inclusion as the first of …

DRG TIG Week: Promoting Social Inclusion and Gender Equity in DRG Programming through Monitoring & Evaluation by Yana Ropaieva, Marian Ware, Ramsey Rodriguez, Alyson Kozma, and Marcia Mundt Read More »

My name is Linda Stern, Global Director for Design, Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (DMEL) at the National Democratic Institute. I’m also the Evaluation Lead for the Fundamental Freedoms Fund (FFF), a consortium of nine leading INGOs dedicated to advancing democracy, human rights and governance through a rapid response democracy assistance mechanism.  Challenges of Rapid Response …

DRG TIG Week: Designing and Evaluating Rapid Responses to Democratic Erosion by Linda Stern Read More »

Hi, I am Jeanette Asencio Tocol, Senior MEL Manager of EarthRights International and the current co-chair of the Democracy, Rights and Governance (DRG) Topical Interest Group. I am so proud to be introducing the DRG week blogs.  The DRG TIG is founded on the shared principle of democracy (among others), which applies not only in …

DRG TIG Week: Principles that Make Evaluations Democratic by Jeanette Asencio Tocol Read More »

Hola Estimados Colegas Evaluadores/Hello Dear Colleagues Evaluators. My name is Gabriela Castro, and I work at the RAND Corporation as a Policy Analyst. I’m also currently studying to earn my PhD in Evaluation and Applied Research Methods at Claremont Graduate University (CGU).   I work in a research-based institute, in which one of the core components …

La RED TIG Week:  Reflections from an Emerging Evaluator about the Need for Latinx Evaluation Theory and Framework by Gabriela Castro Read More »

Hi evaluators! I am Dr. Tatiana Elisa Bustos, a community engaged evaluator. I wanted to share some takeaways from recent leadership trainings as a Latina in the evaluation space.  Background: My worldview and values are strongly shaped by my most salient identities as a bicultural Latina who grew up in the US, a child of …

La RED TIG Week: Finding my Leadership Identity as a Latina (Reflections from a Leadership Seminar Specifically for Latinx Professionals) by Tatiana Elisa Bustos Read More »

Hola. My name is Susana Morales and I am the Director of Community Health at the Texas Health Institute.  A few months ago, I facilitated a focus group in what is known as the most diverse part of Houston. We partnered with an anchor community organization because we know from experience that doing so leads …

La RED TIG Week: Culturally Relevant Evaluation (CRE) In Practice by Susana Morales Read More »