Tracking Local Development in West Africa

The evaluation of development projects in Africa needs to be radically changed by shifting the perspective from organizations to people!

In this video Prof Ton Dietz (University of Amsterdam) introduces the methodology of a research project that aims to improve the evaluation of development interventions in Africa. The approach is participatory and holistic. The video contains an interview supported with images from the field (Northern Ghana and Southern Burkina Faso).

Made by Kees van der Geest

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Africa
• Development
• Evaluation
• NGO
• Ghana
• Burkina Faso

[keesvdgeest]

Thanks for your reaction. It's a very good point you are making, especially because our way of evaluating local development interventions is participatory. I hope to includ more of the people's perspective in a new video that will focus on the process of the workshops. The aim of this first video was to present the methodology of the project in a clear and concise way. So thanks again for reminding me. Kees

[coolfreemountain]

It would have been interesting to hear the perspectives of the people who took part in the process