Evaluation is a key tool in improving the quality and effectiveness of development co-operation. The Development … Assistance Committee (DAC) Working Party in Aid Evaluation is the only international forum where bilateral and multilateral … evaluation experts meet regularly. Its Members meet to improve evaluation practice and to learn lessons from development co …

Based on a broad international consultative process, the DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation are a … reference guide to good practice in development evaluation. With a view to improving the quality of evaluation processes and … products, and facilitating collaboration, this reference guide lays out standards for each phase of a typical evaluation …

The evaluation of official development programmes has grown tremendously over the past two decades; the public and … growing interest in evaluation. In this context, this study describes the role and management of evaluation in development …, resources, policies and practices of each of the DAC Evaluation Network’s 32 members. The study identifies major trends and …