The Realpolitik of Evaluation : Why Demand and Supply Rarely Intersect (Paperback)

1. Introduction Markus Palenberg and Arne Paulson 2. The Results Paradox in Norwegian Development Assistance Ida Lindkvist and Per Øyvind Bastøe 3. Behind the Scenes of the French Evidence-Based Policy Movement: Rise and Fall of an RCT-driven Model of Evidence Agathe Devaux-Spatarakis 4. Influencing the Supply of and Demand for Results Information in Government. Can Outsiders Help? A Case Study from Ireland Richard Boyle 5. Evaluation One Step Removed: The Government/Not for Profit Performance Nexus David Gilchrist and Peter Wilkins 6. The Role of an Intermediary Organization in a Large Evaluation: the Case of the Norwegian Health Care Reform Olaf Rieper 7. Evaluation Plans in the EU Cohesion Policy: Redefining the Relation Between the Demand for and the Supply of Evaluation Francesco Mazzeo Rinaldi 8. Assessing the Contribution of Research to Improved Policy and Practice: An Evaluation of CIFOR’s Climate Change Research Brian Belcher, John Young and Daniel Suryadarma 9. Mind the Gaps: Integrating Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals into Evaluation Practice Pearl Eliadis 10. Mending the Theory Gap in Evaluation: Moving Toward Theory Knitting Sebastian Lemire, Christina Christie and Steffen Bohni Nielsen 11. Realistic Commissioning of Impact Evaluations: Getting What You Ask For? John Mayne 12. Realpolitik of Demand and Supply Regarding Results Information R. Pablo Guerrero