Evaluation: The "Achilles' Heel" of Global Programmes

  • Laura Rahm (Creator)

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Global Programmes play important roles in the transnational policy process: they promote knowledge transfer and policy change across diverse jurisdictions; they pool resources and expertise across countries, agents, and sectors to address the pressing issues of our time. Despite their rapid rise and growing number, these global partnerships have been chronically understudied, particularly with regards to their efficacy. This communication speaks to the panel's overarching question on the transnational policy process by providing novel empirical insights into the function and efficacy of global programmes. How are global programmes monitored and evaluated? How effective are they in reaching their goals? To illuminate these questions, this communication uses the UN-led Global Programme to End Child Marriage, the Joint Programme to Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation, and the Global Programme on Addressing Gender-biased Sex Selection and related harmful practices as case studies. It draws from expert interviews, programme files and impact evaluations, as well as secondary demographic data, to inform about the advances and challenges in assessing global policy interventions to eliminate harmful practices. It finds that the weakest point, the "Achilles' heel" of global programmes is linked to the attribution problem, the inability to causally connect (global) policy to (demographic) outcomes.
Date made available28 Jun 2023
PublisherZENODO

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