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Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE): An Approach to Tackle Research-for-Development's Long-Causal-Chain Problem
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Douthwaite, Boru; Proietti, Claudio; Polar, Vivian; Thiele, Graham – American Journal of Evaluation, 2023
This paper develops a novel approach called Outcome Trajectory Evaluation (OTE) in response to the long-causal-chain problem confronting the evaluation of research for development (R4D) projects. OTE strives to tackle four issues resulting from the common practice of evaluating R4D projects based on theory of change developed at the start. The…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Change, Program Evaluation, Social Sciences