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Evaluation Influence: The Evaluation Event and Capital Flow in International Development.
11 Department of Political Science and Public Affairs, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA, USA.
Evaluation Review
|December 14, 2017
Summary
External evaluations in human development aid reduce financial volatility by influencing actor behavior. Anticipating these events enhances program outcomes and organizational effectiveness, improving foreign aid delivery.
Area of Science:
- Development Economics
- Program Evaluation
- International Aid
Background:
- Assessing human development program effectiveness is crucial for foreign aid policy and organizational learning.
- Aid flow volatility can negatively impact foreign aid effectiveness.
- External evaluation events can act as a tool to constrain this volatility.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the influence of an external evaluation event on actor behavior and aid flow volatility.
- To understand the anticipatory effects of evaluations within a multidonor aid development mechanism.
Main Methods:
- A case study of a multidonor aid development mechanism.
- Qualitative data from 10 organizations (26 individuals) including text, focus groups, and interviews.
- Quantitative data on 75 capital investments.
- An integrated theory of influence and model of alternative mechanisms were used.
Main Results:
- Aid disbursed in the year of the midterm evaluation showed low capital volatility.
- Anticipating the evaluation event positively influenced behavior.
- This anticipation led to enhanced program outcomes and organizational improvement.
Conclusions:
- Formative evaluations can trigger interim activities that lead to more robust assessments of consequences.
- Anticipating evaluations can encourage donor reality testing.
- Findings inform future research on evaluation anticipation and donor effectiveness strategies.
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