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The role of new information and communication technologies in equity-focused evaluation: Opportunities and challenges

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ICT is being rapidly introduced into development evaluation. Evaluators need to keep abreast of
these important evolutions in the field in order to stay current and continue shaping the future
of development work through their practice. ICT is helping to resolve some age-old issues that
evaluators face, especially in terms of time, resources and data quality constraints. At the same
time, the introduction of ICTs into evaluation brings a series of new ethical, political and
methodological challenges that evaluators need to address. The article also weighs the
potential opportunities for ICT to strengthen equity and empowerment-focused evaluation
against concerns that these new technologies could result in more ‘extractive’ approaches
whereby it becomes easier for international agencies and donors to collect information
remotely thereby reducing the ability of local communities and civil society to participate in the
development dialogue.

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Series Title

Evaluation

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Publisher

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 2016

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

13563890

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Edition

Volume 22, Issue 2, April 2016; pp. 228–244

Subject(s)

Evaluation
equity and social exclusion
ICT
impacts of mobile phones on women

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