Apr 3, 2025 · The OECD has defined six evaluation criteria – relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability – and two principles for their use. These criteria provide a …

These five criteria have come to serve as the core reference for evaluating international development and humanitarian projects, programmes and policies. Beyond development co …

Relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability are widely used evaluation criteria, particularly in international development co-operation. They help to …

Jul 4, 2021 · Evaluation Criteria are the standards by which accomplishments of required technical and operational effectiveness and/or suitability characteristics or the resolution of …

The document describes how the criteria should be used thoughtfully, and adjusted to the context of the intervention and the intended users’ needs. These revised definitions and principles for …

Michael Scriven’s Logic of Evaluation uses the term ‘standards in a different way – it begins by identifying evaluative criteria (aspects of performance), and then criteria (levels of …

These criteria have shaped the design and evolution of international development evaluations over the past 30 years. The criteria are widely recognised as playing a central role in …

This guidance aims to help evaluators better understand the OECD-Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria and improve their use. The OECD-DAC evaluation criteria are widely …

Evaluative criteria: a brief description; When is it appropriate to use evaluative criteria? How to use evaluative criteria; Ethical issues and practical limitations; Which other methods work well …

This document describes how the OECD DAC Network on Development Evaluation (EvalNet) revisited the definitions and use of the OECD DAC evaluation criteria in 2018-2019. The …