Key issues and lessons from Peer reviews
Mixed methods
- Integration of methodologies – process, applications and managing workload
- The need for both qualitative and quantitative – at the right time!
- Open methodology
- Don’t obsess about terminology or the name of the methodology/framework
Clarify (users and input from users)
- Differentiate project partner/beneficiaries from evaluation users
- Knowing your audience is key
- Strengthening of methodologies thru user input (involvement)
Other
- Stakeholder fatigue – don’t over-consult using different methodologies
- IDRC might have created some confusion between evaluation and research for its partners
Timing
- Some research projects have not yet findings – not ready for outcomes evaluation
