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Democracy, Human Rights and Governance

DG TIG Week: Evaluating Political Networks for Democratic Change by Linda Stern

1 Comment / Democracy, Human Rights and Governance, Social Network Analysis / March 25, 2017

My name is Linda Stern, Director of Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) at the National Democratic Institute.  One challenge to evaluating democracy assistance programs is developing comparative metrics for change in political networks overtime. The dynamism within political networks and the fluidity of the political environments make traditional cause-and-effect frameworks and indicators superficial for capturing …

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DG TIG Week: Interactive Strategies + Deliberative Democracy = Meaningful Measures by Giovanni Dazzo

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Democracy, Human Rights and Governance / March 25, 2017

I’m Giovanni Dazzo, co-chair of the Democracy & Governance TIG and an evaluator with the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). I’m going to share how we collaborated with our grantees to develop a set of common measures—around policy advocacy, training and service delivery outcomes—that would be meaningful to them, …

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DG TIG Week: Distinctive Factors in Evaluating Democratic Development by Denise Baer

Leave a Comment / Democracy, Human Rights and Governance / March 25, 2017

Greetings from D.C.!  I am Denise Baer, a political scientist and professional evaluator who directs the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) evaluation unit.  I wanted to share some lessons about program evaluation of democratizations projects, as democratization is both challenging and distinctive compared to other areas of evaluation practice. Lessons Learned: Development in emerging …

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