Abstract Evaluation capacity building (ECB) continues to attract attention. Over the past two
decades, a broad literature has emerged—covering the dimensions, contexts, and practices …

Although investigations into evaluation theories, methods, and practices have been
occurring since the late 1970s, research on evaluation (RoE) has seemingly increased in …

This article proposes a research program with two goals:(a) to support nonprofit leaders to
productively engage evaluation and (b) to advance a meso-level theory of nonprofit …

Theoretically, ex-post legislative (EPL) evaluations play an important role in the European
regulatory cycle. By critically assessing the administration, compliance or outcomes of …

This article combines the evaluation capacity building and nonprofit accountability literature
to examine how nonprofits use evaluation data to address stakeholder expectations. Our …

Empowerment evaluation and Freirean pedagogy share a common emancipatory tradition.
These approaches help people learn to confront the status quo, by questioning assumptions …

A fundamental reason for doing evaluation capacity building (ECB) is to improve program
outcomes. Developing common measures of outcomes and the activities, processes, and …

Local governments are at the forefront of climate change adaptation planning. Although
there is significant research on adaptation planning processes, there is scant empirical …

A synthesis of the state of the literature is discussed in this section of the Evaluation Capacity
Building (ECB) forum organized around four critical questions:(1) What is ECB?(2) How can …

This article surveys the literature on organizational evaluation capacity (EC) instruments.
Over the past 25 years, articles have been published in four waves covering the …