All published articles with the tag "Evaluation".
Of: Göran Hyden
The importance of the evaluations that lead writer Carl Von Seth calls for more of has been exaggerated in Sweden and other donor countries in recent years. It is not possible to circle all the factors that determine the effects of development assistance, writes Professor Göran Hydén in a reply.
August 21, 2013, Debate
Of: Per Karlsson
The Government's focus on results risks leading to the aid organizations' legitimacy being assessed only on the basis of their ability to achieve short-term and easily measurable results rather than the ability to give the recipients influence and thereby contribute to long-term results. In addition, it leads to increased administrative costs, something that Minister for Development Aid Gunilla Carlsson (M) herself has criticized. It writes Per Karlsson, a recent graduate student at the University of Gothenburg.
August 19, 2013, Debate
The broad consensus behind the Post15 panel's conclusions that well-functioning institutions really produce results for poor people is in a way treacherous. Now we who work with development assistance should seriously ask the question of what can be done better to support domestic institutions for good and effective governance, writes SIPU consultant Karin Metell Cueva
June 24, 2013, Debate
While Minister for Development Aid Gunilla Carlsson (M) is preparing for the abolition of development aid policy, the Social Democrats want to pursue an active development policy that goes beyond the goal of absolute poverty reduction. This is one of ten differences between the Social Democrats' and the government's policy, according to the party's development policy spokesman Kenneth G Forslund.
June 20, 2013, Debate
Of: Class Palm
Quality is based on participation, trust and variation - not control systems and detailed reporting. To cope with Post-2015, development assistance must be reformed and adapted to ever-changing challenges. Evaluations of the evaluations may not be the best way forward in this work, says Klas Palm, consultant and researcher at Mid Sweden University
May 24, 2013, Debate
Of: Anna Liljelund Hedqvist, Ian Christoplos, Janet Vähämäki, Jessica Rothman and Theresa Brolin
Focus on results in international development cooperation does not necessarily mean better results. On the contrary, it can be counterproductive. We who work with the issues are obliged to inform decision-makers about this. That is the opinion of Janet Vähämäki, Anna Liljelund Hedqvist, Jessica Rothman, Ian Christoplos and Therese Brolin
May 21, 2013, Debate
Of: Carin Norberg
The State Treasury proposes to close down and organize parts of the Nordic Africa Institute's activities under one university without first analyzing the institute's unique combination of research, investigation, communication and documentation. If the business is incorporated into a university, it will eventually cease, writes Carin Norberg, former director general of NAI
May 16, 2013, Debate
REPLY Aftonbladet's columnist Lena Mellin draws far too far-reaching conclusions from the National Audit Office's report that almost half of the budget for a project went to the company that was procured to administer the project. The company was procured in competition and the assignment involved more than just administration, Sida's CEO Charlotte Petri Gornitzka replies
April 18, 2013, Debate
Of: Inge Gerremo
In his new book "The successful development assistance - On Swedish development cooperation in practice" Jan Bjerninger writes about his personal experiences of Swedish development assistance and its results. Inge Gerremo, who also has extensive experience of development aid issues, shares her views on the book.
March 25, 2013, Debate
Of: Carl Wahren
The publication "Swedish development cooperation 50 years" omits Sweden's unique pioneering role in population policy and family planning. To skip over Sweden's only real pioneer sector in such a publication is difficult to explain, says Carl Wahren.
March 20, 2013, Debate