10Clarificative Evaluation
Clarificative evaluation is designed to assist stakeholders to conceptualise interventions and improve their coherence, and thus increase the chances that their implementation will lead to desired outcomes. While responsibility for these actions would appear to be the responsibility of program developers, research shows that many developers have encountered difficulties in planning programs for which they are responsible (Bickman 2000).
This view resonates with our experiences in working with planners and policy managers across the government and not-for-profit sectors, and can be explained by factors such as:
- lack of time to fully research and articulate program plans;
- a preference to base practice on implicit or ...
