Dealing With Complexity in Development Evaluation ─ A Practical Approach

Dealing with Complexity in Development Evaluation by Michael Bamberger, Jos L. Vaessen, and Estelle Raimondo is a practical guide for people who commission, implement and use evaluations of complex development interventions. It is organized to combine user-friendly relatively non-technical overview chapters that will be accessible to a broad audience, with more in-depth discussion of cutting-edge topics. The first part of the book provides a framework for dealing with complexity, and this is followed by chapters on methodological approaches (including mixed methods) and emerging technologies including big data. Six case study chapters provide examples from around the world and a variety of evaluation contexts. The book will be useful as a supplementary text in higher education for courses in program evaluation, as a professional resource in the field, and as a text for professional development workshops.