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For over 50 years, evaluators have used theories of change to articulate the causal logic underpinning how an intervention is intended to bring about a desired change. From its origins in programme evaluation, the approach has been adopted more widely for purposes from program design to program management. As theories of change continue to be used for multiple purposes, it is an opportune moment for the evaluation community—where the approach originated—to provide their perspective on the strengths and limitations of the approach and its future directions. To provide these perspectives, we asked nearly 30 of the world’s leading evaluators and programme theorists to provide a short essay on the past, present, and future of theories of change. This book presents their insights organized into five main themes: the use of theories of change in broader public policy contexts; using theories of change to establish causality; developing theories of change reflective of multiple stakeholder perspectives; using theories of change to understand wider societal change processes; and applying theories of change approaches for multiple purposes. By sharing these diverse perspectives, the book aims to both provide evaluators and emerging programme theorists with critical perspectives to inform future practice. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Emily Gates and Kathy Chau Rohn Part 1. Introduction Andrew Koleros, Marie-Hélène Adrien, and Tony Tyrrell Part 2. Considerations in Using Theories of Change to Establish Causality 2. Theories of Change between Critical Thinking and Social Practices Peter Dahler-Larsen 3. Setting the Stage for Contribution Claims Thomas Delahais 4. Using Theories of Change to Assess Causality in a Policy Change Context Carlisle Levine 5. How Deep is your Ontology? How a Little Ontological Thinking Can Strengthen How Evaluators Use Theories of Change Tom Ling 6. My Perspective on Theories of Change Markus Palenberg Part 3. Using Theories of Change to Understand Wider Social Change Processes 7. Theory of Change for Sustainable Business Jens Anderson 8. Upcycling TOC for Impact Investment and Early-Stage Ventures Penny Hawkins and Zazie Tolmer 9. Strategy-level Theories of Change Require a Focus on Systems Change: An Actor-Based Approach can Help Andrew Koleros 10. Evaluating the use of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (ai/bd) in Policy Making: Unpacking Black-Boxes and Testing White-Boxes Frans Leeuw 11. Developing, Representing and Using Theories of Change for Interventions in Complex Systems Patricia Rogers Part 4. Adapting Theories of Change for Use in Broader Public Policy Contexts 12. Theories of Change in Evaluation of Local Government Reforms Kurt Houlberg and Olaf Rieper 13. Theories-of-Change and the Evaluation of Sustainable Impact: Moving beyond Simplicity in Development Cooperation Peter van der Knapp 14. Use of Theory of Change as a Management Tool for Government Multi-year Development Plans: The Case of Brazil’s Federal PPA Lycia Lima and Marina Lafer 15. Theories of Change in Complex Macro Public Sector Planning Settings in Africa: How Useful are They? Candice Morkel 16. Simple Heuristics for Drafting Theories of Change: A Case of Behavioral Insights into Food Waste Karol Olejniczak and Igor Lyubashenko Part 5. Applying Theories of Change Approaches for Multiple Purposes 17. The Law of the Instrument: Would you Rather be a Theory or a Nail? Gordon Freer 18. 3ie: A ‘Balloon-Squeezing’ Approach to the Theory of Change Marie Gaarder 19. Integrating Theories of Change in Program Management and Delivery Mark Oldenbeuving 20. Theories of Change: Who Needs Them? or: What Evaluators Can Learn from Opera Burt Perrin 21. How to Ensure No-one Uses Your Theory of Change: Lessons from the Front Lines of ToC Facilitation and Possibilities for Renewal Mary Tangelder 22. Why do we have ToCs of the Program Intervention but not of the Intervention that is the Evaluation? Bob Williams Part 6. Developing Theories of Change Reflective of Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives 23. Participatory Explorations of Alternative Futures: Using Narrative Theories of Change Rick Davies, Lara Mani and Tom Hobson 24. Constructing a Living Theory of Change in Fragile Contexts: Grounded on Context, Problem and Evidence Hur Hassnain 25. Flipping the Script on Program Theories: Advancing Towards Transformative Theories of Change Sebastian Lemire 26. Theory Based Evaluation Approaches Can Enable Online Project Success Steve Montague, Heloise Emdon and Eva Grabinski 27. Theory of Change as a Tool for Tracking Intensive Family Program Developments in Whitetown Jane Mulcahey, Catherine Naughton and Sean Redmond Conclusions Andrew Koleros, Marie-Hélène Adrien, and Tony Tyrrell

About the Author :
Andrew Koleros is a Principal Researcher at Mathematica with 20 years of experience in designing and delivering mixed-methods evaluations and programme monitoring, evaluation and learning systems for both small-scale and largescale social and economic development projects. He brings particular expertise in using theory-based approaches that integrate complexity concepts and systems thinking into programme and evaluation design processes to address complex societal problems from safe and affordable housing to youth employment to advancing health equity. He obtained his master’s in public health from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He has published on his work in designing theory-based evaluation approaches in the American Journal of Evaluation, the Canadian Journal of Programme Evaluation and in multiple practitioner settings. He is a member of the American Evaluation Association, the European Evaluation Society, and the Canadian Evaluation Society. Marie-Hélène Adrien is a senior evaluation practitioner and researcher with 35 years of experience in evaluating the performance of programmes and institutions financed by bilateral and multilateral agencies and philanthropies around the globe. Dr. Adrien is a former CEO of the consulting firm Universalia Management Group in Montreal and was the President of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS), as well as a professor of practice at the International Development Studies Program of McGill University. Tony Tyrrell is an independent consultant with more than 25 years’ experience in evaluation and related fields. Tony’s early experience in evaluation was with the European Social Fund Evaluation Unit where he produced influential evaluations on various subjects including early school leaving and local development. He later worked with a number of private consulting firms on strategic, policy, and programme evaluation and on performance management. More recently he spent six years with the Independent Evaluation Group at the World Bank Group (WBG). Tony now works as an independent consultant with various clients including the WBG, the Asian Development Bank, various governments, and private consultancies. He holds an MSc in Management (Organisation Behavior), and an MA in English Literature. Tony was co-editor (with Burt Perrin) of another book in this series, Changing Bureaucracies (2021).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781040030165
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Strengths, Limitations and Future Directions
  • ISBN-10: 1040030165
  • Publisher Date: 07 Jun 2024
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Series Title: Comparative Policy Evaluation


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