Equity-focused developmental evaluation using critical systems thinking
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Equity-focused developmental evaluation using critical systems thinking
Developmental evaluation can often question the ethical basis of an intervention in terms of whether it’s ‘doing the right thing’ rather than merely ‘doing things right’. Drawing on ideas from critical systems thinking and critical systems heuristics, an evaluation framework with a pro-equity focus is suggested. The framework addresses issues of complexity. It invites theories of change associa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evaluation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1356-3890,1461-7153
DOI: 10.1177/1356389013516054