Policies for Evidence: A Comparative Analysis of Africa's National Evaluation Policy Landscape

Autor/inn/en	Chirau, Takunda J.; Blaser-Mapitsa, Caitlin; Amisi, Matodzi M.
Titel	Policies for Evidence: A Comparative Analysis of Africa's National Evaluation Policy Landscape
Quelle	In: Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 17 (2021) 3, S.535-548 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-2648
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Evaluation; Government (Administrative Body); Evaluation Utilization; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Nigeria; Kenya; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Evaluierung; Government; Regierung; Simbabwe; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Kenia
Abstract	Background: African countries are developing their monitoring and evaluation policies to systematise, structure and institutionalise evaluations and use of evaluative evidence across the government sector. The pace at which evaluations are institutionalised and systematised across African governments is progressing relatively slowly. Aims and objectives: This article offers a comparative analysis of Africa's national evaluation policy landscape. The article looks at the policies of Zimbabwe, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya (not adopted) and Uganda. To achieve the aim we unpack the different characteristics taken by the national evaluation policies, emerging lessons for countries who wish to develop a national evaluation policy, and key challenges faced by countries with regard to evaluation policy development and implementation. The article draws on both a desktop review and action research approaches from the Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results Anglophone Africa to build national evaluation systems across the region. The approach has included peer learning and co-creation of knowledge around public sector evaluation systems. Key conclusions: The national evaluation policies reviewed share certain common features in terms of purpose and composition. They are also struggling with common issues of institutionalising the evaluation system across the public sector. However, there are variations in the countries' guiding governance frameworks at a national level that shape the nature and content of policies, as well as the ways through which the policies themselves are expected to guide the use of evaluative evidence for decision and policymaking, and programming. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01