Evaluation has become an important instrument for rational governance and is used in an increasing number of countries and policy fields. Recent developments at the global, national and local level are changing the conditions and functions of evaluation worldwide. This book examines current global development trends and changing demands for evaluation. It addresses issues surrounding professionalisation and globalisation, examining the need to strengthen accountability for social development in various different policy fields, regions and countries to improve governance and its impacts on social betterment. It also considers issues of quality, utility and further education and the upgrading of evaluation in a broad variety of different organisations, such as multilateral donor organisations, national public administrations, private consultancies, civil-society organisations, universities, and research institutes. With contributions from 30 different countries, this book combines a broad variety of viewpoints to examine the global future of evaluation.

AcknowledgementsNote on ContributorsPART I: INTRODUCTION1. Foreword; Marco Segone and Asela Kalugampitiya2. Ten years of the Center for Evaluation: Review, Purview, Preview; Dieter Filsinger3. The Future of Evaluation: Global Trends, New Challenges and Shared Perspectives; Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang MeyerPART II: ROLE OF EVALUATION IN SOCIETY4. The Role of Evaluation in Society; Reinhard Stockmann5. The Changing Role of Evaluation in a Changing Society; Peter Dahler-Larsen6. The Future of Evaluation in Modern Societies; Reinhard Stockmann7. The Future of Evaluation: Perspectives from Developing Countries; Susan D. Tamondong8. Evaluation as a Global Phenomenon: The Development of Transnational Networks; Pablo Rodriguez-Bilella and María Alejandra Lucero9. Evaluating Sustainable Development in a Global Society; André Martinuzzi and Wolfgang MeyerPART III: EVALUATION AS A PROFESSION: GLOBAL TRENDS10. Does Evaluation become a Global Profession?; Wolfgang Meyer11. Towards Professionalization? The Contribution of University-based Training Programs in Pioneer Countries; Wolfgang Meyer12. European University-based Study Programs in Evaluation: Characteristics and Future Challenges; Verena Friedrich13. Evaluators¿ Capacity Formation in a Context of Changes in Latin America; Sergio Martinic V. & Pablo Rodríguez-Bilella14. Patterns and Influences in the Supply and Demand of Evaluation and Monitoring in Uganda's Public Sector; David Rider Smith15. On Ensuring Educational Evaluation Quality in China; Laura Pan Luo and Yimin YuanPART IV: NEW CHALLENGES FOR EVALUATION: PRACTICE AND UTILITY16. New Challenges for Practice and Utility; Wolfgang Meyer17. The Importance of Evaluation in Development Policy; Hans-Martin Boehmer18. Institutionalizing and Streamlining Monitoring and Evaluation in Post-Revolutionary Egypt; Laila El Baradei, Doha Abdelhamid and Nermine Wally19. Development Evaluation in the Public Sector Projects and Programs in Pakistan: An Analysis of Prevailing Issues and Constraints; Nisar Ahmad Khan20. Political Use of Evaluation Results in Central America; Silvia Hernández Sánchez and Sabrina Storm21. The Role of Evaluation in Social Change: Perspectives on the Future of Evaluation from the USA; Donna M. Mertens22. Evaluation, its Heritage and its Future; Jan-Eric Furubo23. Evaluation between Science and Utility; Reinhard Stockmann and Wolfgang MeyerPART V: NEW CHALLENGES FOR EVALUATION: THEORY AND METHODS24. New Challenges for Evaluation: Theory and Methods; Reinhard Stockmann25. Cyber Society and 'Rulejungling': New Challenges for Evaluation in the 21st Century; Frans L. Leeuw26. Ex-ante Evaluation as a Precondition for Evaluating Impact; Stefan Silvestrini27. The Future of Impact Evaluation is Rigorous and Theory-Driven; Christoph E. Mueller and Maria Albrecht28. Participation and Valuation: On-going Methodological Challenges; Wolfgang Meyer, Evelyn Funk and P. Linh Nguyen29. From Evaluation Theory to Tests of Evaluation Theory?; Brad Graeme Philip AstburyPART VI: THE FUTURE OF EVALUATION: SHARED PERSPECTIVES?30. Conclusion: Shared Perspectives for a United World of Evaluation?; Wolfgang Meyer and Reinhard StockmannIndex