The Oxford Handbook of Program Evaluation in the Global South

Anis Ben Brik is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. His research focuses on the political economy of welfare systems, the institutionalization of evaluation, and governance reform in rentier states, the MENA region and Global South contexts. His recent books include Social Welfare in Qatar (Springer, 2025), Public Policy in the Arab World (Edward Elgar, 2024), and The Institutionalization of Evaluation in the Middle East and North Africa (Edward Elgar, 2025).

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Preface

Introduction: Evaluation Realities in the Global South: Challenges, Innovations, and Transformations

Section I Introduction to Institutionalization of Evaluation in the Global South: National Systems, Policy Change, and Governance in the Global South
Chapter 1 The role of National Evaluation Systems in Navigating Complexity in Seven African Countries
Chapter 2 National Evaluation Policies and Systems in Asia Pacific
Chapter 3 The Performance Evaluation System in Mexican Subnational Governments
Chapter 4 New Evaluation Standards for Latin America and the Caribbean
Chapter 5 Mapping National Evaluation Landscape in the MENA region
Chapter 6 Evaluation Challenges, Practices and Use in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Section II: Decolonizing and Youth-Centric Approaches to Evaluation in the Global South
Chapter 7 Made in Africa Evaluation: Decolonizing the Past, Present and Future
Chapter 8 Decolonizing Evaluation Teaching and Learning in the Global South
Chapter 9 Strengthen Southern Voice: Elevating the Knowledge and Influence of the Global South
Chapter 10 The Transformative Youth in Evaluation Movement

Section III: Indigenous Evaluation in the Global South
Chapter 11 The Case of the Missing Project
Chapter 12 Empowering Evaluation through Empowering Communities in India: Experiments and Openings during the Pandemic and Beyond
Chapter 13 Wholesome Evaluation for Bhutan Chapter 15 EvalParticipativa: A Community of Practice and Learning of Participatory Evaluation in the Latin America and the Caribbean Pandemic Context
Chapter 16 Impact Evaluation of the Joven Program
Chapter 17 Evaluation of the Implementation of the Remote Education Program in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Section IV : Evaluating Development Challenges in the Global South
Chapter 18 A Realist Synthesis of Evaluations on Climate Change Adaptation from Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Chapter 19 Evidence for SDG Progress in Brazil
Chapter 20 Evaluating Gender Dynamics in Fragile Situations
Chapter 21 Participatory Approach to Measure the Impact of Women Organizing and Political Participation in Conflict-Torn Syria
Chapter 22 Health System Evaluation Approaches in Conflict-Affected Settings: Insights from Remote Qualitative Research in Syria.
Chapter 23 Empowering Evaluation through Empowering Communities in India

Section V: Evaluation Practices in the Pandemic Era: Adaptation, Transformation and Innovation
Chapter 24 The What? The How? The What For? of Evaluation in Complex Times
Chapter 25 Evaluation Research using digital methods: Case study of Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Chapter 26 Discrimination in the COVID-19 Responses in Paraguay
Chapter 27 Marcelo Clavijo Donoso: Evaluation of the impact of COVID 19 on Foreign Trade: Fighting the Pandemic from Adversity in Bolivia
Chapter 28 Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning (MEAL) in Local-International Faith Partnerships in the Development and Humanitarian Sector: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean

Conclusion: Evaluating Tomorrow: Anticipating Complexities and Innovations on the Horizon

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