David Wand

Improving Development Evaluation

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Join Dr. David Wand as he takes you on a provocative, investigative journey challenging Canadian & American international development organizations as well as international organizations to improve their performance measurement frameworks (PMFs) or Activity Monitoring and Evaluation (MEL) Plans. In Season 1, part 1 of the episode, Dr. Wand will introduce you to an international development organization and one of its projects where flaws in their PMF will be identified. In part 2 of the episode, the international development organization and evaluation experts will be invited to discuss Dr. Wa...

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David Wand

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Canadian Bureau for International Education Episode 2 Part 2 Evaluation experts discuss flaws in their Performance Measurement Framework and provide solutions. 03.12.2023 31:36

Sign the petition here to require Canadian Bureau for International Education to put all its PMFs and related data on its website: www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid In this Part 2 of Episode 2, Dr. Wand discusses with evaluation expert Hayat Askar flaws in the Canadian Bureau for International Education http://www.cbie.ca/ Performance Measurement Framework PMF for its $5,000,000 project in Canada e...

CARE Canada Episode 1 Part 2: Evaluation experts discuss flaws in their Performance Measurement Framework and provide solutions. 27.11.2023 39:14

Sign the petition here to require CARE Canada to put all its PMFs and related data on its website: www.change.org/EvaluateCanadaAid In this Part 2 of Episode 1, Dr. Wand discusses with evaluation experts Donald Cole and Dr. Mark Degner flaws in CARE Canada's Performance Measurement Framework PMF for its $3,400,000 project in Vietnam entitled Advancing Women's Economic Empowerment. They conclude th...

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA South Sudan: Flaws in its Performance Measurement Framework PMF 18.11.2023 26:01

In this episode 3, Part 1, Dr. Wand critiques a United Nations Population Fund UNFPA www.unfpa.org Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) for a $37 Million project in South Sudan entitled Human Resources for Sexual Reproductive Health Rights and Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan. He concludes that the PMF is flawed and that the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA cannot make the claim that it...

Canadian Bureau for International Education: Flaws in its project Performance Measurement Framework PMF 25.10.2023 20:01

In this episode 2, Part 1, Dr. Wand critiques a Canadian Bureau for International Education www.cbie.ca Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) for a $5,127,124 project in Canada entitled African Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarships Fund. He concludes that the PMF is flawed and that the Canadian Bureau for International Education cannot make the claim that its project services have achieved its projec...

CARE Canada: Flaws in its project Performance Measurement Framework PMF 19.10.2023 18:35

In this episode 1, Part 1, Dr. Wand critiques a CARE Canada www.care.ca Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) for a $3,400,000 project in Vietnam entitled Advancing Women's Economic Empowerment. He concludes that the PMF is flawed and that CARE Canada cannot make the claim that its project services have achieved its project outcomes. He also describes the services that the project delivers and i...

Trailer - Improving Development Evaluation 07.10.2023 14:55

In this trailer, Dr. Wand will provide details covering 3 areas: 1 - What each episode (parts 1 and 2) will cover including explaining how international development projects are not being evaluated and how the podcast will offer solutions to improving the evaluation of the project; 2- The types of projects to be covered in Season 1; 3- How the listener can become involved with the podcast. https:/...