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The OECD has defined six evaluation criteria – relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability – and two principles for their use.
- Evaluation Criteria: Adapted Definitions and Principles for Use - OECD
This document describes how the OECD DAC Network on...
- Better Criteria for Better Evaluation - OECD
The document lays out adapted definitions for relevance,...
- Evaluation Criteria: Adapted Definitions and Principles for Use - OECD
This chapter considers each of the six criteria in greater detail. It explores what their definition means in practice, different elements of analysis and how the criteria can be applied in ways that critically reflect inclusion and equality.
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 document lays out adapted definitions for relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability, and for one new criterion, coherence.
This chapter outlines the purpose of the six evaluation criteria and explores their role within evaluation. It explains how the criteria can be thought of as a set of complementary lenses and the way that each criterion can provide a different perspective on the intervention and its results.
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 document lays out adapted definitions for relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability, and for one new criterion, coherence.
The document lays out adapted definitions for relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability, and for one new criterion, coherence. The document describes how the criteria should be used thoughtfully, and adjusted to the context of the intervention and the intended users’ needs.
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 referenced in evaluations of international development and humanitarian projects, programmes and policies.
