Articles, reflections, and thought leadership on evaluation, policy, and development systems
Each is plausible enough to survive casual conversation and damaging enough to ruin programmes when it settles into organisational culture.
The most valuable theories of change are not drafted by a consultant in a hotel room. They are argued into existence by the people who will have to live with them.
The six OECD-DAC criteria are a shared vocabulary, not a checklist. Used as a menu, they discipline judgement. Used as a checklist, they produce thin findings or unread reports.