Evaluation in Practice : Use and Outcomes in ICT4D Research, Kuala-Lumpur, 8-9 December 2007; workshop report

Projects in the field of information, communication and technology for development (ICT4D) are designed to create spaces for research, innovation and experimentation in ICTs across diverse development issues. ICT4D project partners were invited from Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean to attend the workshop. Three emerging evaluation approaches were introduced by IDRC research partners: Outcome Mapping (OM), Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM) and Most Significant Change (MSC). Key issues that emerged from the sessions were: combining methods; the importance of differentiating evaluation users from project partners; and the need to involve users in evaluation without overburdening them