This report was prepared by the Reviews, Results, Evaluation and Development Innovation (RREDI) Division of the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate in its role as Secretariat for the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Network on Development Evaluation (EvalNet). It was prepared by Ludhiya Johnson, Piper Hart and Megan Kennedy-Chouane under the strategic direction of Head of Division Rahul Malhotra.
The study has benefitted from the contributions of many colleagues. The authors would like to thank: Alison Pollard and Marianna Gamarra for their work in designing the study and supporting the initial phases of data collection; Kasem Alhaeik and Jinyi Ding for support in preparing organisation profiles; Nelson Torbay-Holguin for support on the publication process; and Rachel Sberro-Kessler, Alejandro Guerrero and Emily Bosch for input and support on member engagement.
The authors would also like to thank all EvalNet members and participants for their support and engagement in the preparation of the study. This work would not have been possible without the support of more than 75 staff in EvalNet member and observer organisations who provided written inputs and participated in individual interviews. We would like to offer special thanks to the study Advisory Group for their guidance: Cécilia De Decker and Lise-Marie Vandendriesche (Belgium); Anu Saxén and Sanna Pulkkinen (Finland); Frank Kirwan (Ireland); Wakana Kanikawa (Japan); and Peter Van Der Knaap (Netherlands).
The authors are grateful for the support received from Stephanie Coic for graphic design; Fiona Hinchcliffe for editing the document; and Laura Sahun and Ola Kasneci for facilitating the publication process.